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Yorkiemom1 · 08-25-2012, 11:55 AM

These babies are so vulnerable...it seems to me in my experience, from 5 weeks to 9 weeks, they are most likely to manifest any disease process that is going on...that is ONE reason irresponsible breeders dump these babies before they are 12-14 weeks old...if they can sell them at 6-8 weeks they will "luck out" and "get them gone before they get sick and cost the breeder any additional money.....or before they die on the breeder, and they get NOTHING for the baby. If the baby dies on the new owner, the breeder can at least swap out for another baby.....wont cost her in vet bills for the sick baby....and appeases the buyer. This is just ONE angle that people that are not "in the business" are not aware of....I dont know how old this puppy was, and this may not even be applicable in this case....but it is a reality that buyers need to consider when they go out buying babies too young. A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER KEEPS HER BABIES UNTIL THEY ARE 12-14 WEEKS OLD....THIS IS NOT JUST TALK, IT IS DONE FOR AN ETHICAL REASON, PEOPLE!!!...(IT COSTS US A LOT OF MONEY TO HOLD ONTO THESE BABIES THAT LONG....OUR PROFIT MARGIN DIMINISHES SUBSTANTIALLY...RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL BREEDERS ACCEPT THIS AS A CONDITION OF BEING ETHICAL) ...USUALLY, BY THAT TIME, ALL THE USUAL PUPPY IDIOSYNCRASIES, ARE RESOLVED, AND THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING A HEALTHY BABY, THAT HAS BEEN ON A WORMING PROGRAM SO IS NOT EATEN UP WITH WORMS, HAS PUPPY SHOTS ON BOARD, AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY WEANED AND IS EATING WELL, ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. ~ I think you need to at least have a definitive diagnosis of everything that is wrong with this baby. Your vet will need to supply that or you dont have a leg to stand on. Most contracts state you have that baby seen by a vet within 36-48 hours....if you had done that, all these worms would have been evident and everything else this poor little soul is experiencing would have been pinpointed. You could have then contacted the breeder IMMEDIATELY and told her the condition of the baby...when the baby is seen immediately after purchase, there is NO way the breeder can say the pup was healthy when you got it....."YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING wrong" to make this puppy ill so she washes her hands of it. I certainly do hope this baby survives....she should, as worms are treatable and so is coccidia....good luck with this.....I am praying for your baby...

08-25-2012, 11:55 AM	#57
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	These babies are so vulnerable...it seems to me in my experience, from 5 weeks to 9 weeks, they are most likely to manifest any disease process that is going on...that is ONE reason irresponsible breeders dump these babies before they are 12-14 weeks old...if they can sell them at 6-8 weeks they will "luck out" and "get them gone before they get sick and cost the breeder any additional money.....or before they die on the breeder, and they get NOTHING for the baby. If the baby dies on the new owner, the breeder can at least swap out for another baby.....wont cost her in vet bills for the sick baby....and appeases the buyer. This is just ONE angle that people that are not "in the business" are not aware of....I dont know how old this puppy was, and this may not even be applicable in this case....but it is a reality that buyers need to consider when they go out buying babies too young. A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER KEEPS HER BABIES UNTIL THEY ARE 12-14 WEEKS OLD....THIS IS NOT JUST TALK, IT IS DONE FOR AN ETHICAL REASON, PEOPLE!!!...(IT COSTS US A LOT OF MONEY TO HOLD ONTO THESE BABIES THAT LONG....OUR PROFIT MARGIN DIMINISHES SUBSTANTIALLY...RESPONSIBLE, ETHICAL BREEDERS ACCEPT THIS AS A CONDITION OF BEING ETHICAL) ...USUALLY, BY THAT TIME, ALL THE USUAL PUPPY IDIOSYNCRASIES, ARE RESOLVED, AND THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING A HEALTHY BABY, THAT HAS BEEN ON A WORMING PROGRAM SO IS NOT EATEN UP WITH WORMS, HAS PUPPY SHOTS ON BOARD, AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY WEANED AND IS EATING WELL, ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. ~ I think you need to at least have a definitive diagnosis of everything that is wrong with this baby. Your vet will need to supply that or you dont have a leg to stand on. Most contracts state you have that baby seen by a vet within 36-48 hours....if you had done that, all these worms would have been evident and everything else this poor little soul is experiencing would have been pinpointed. You could have then contacted the breeder IMMEDIATELY and told her the condition of the baby...when the baby is seen immediately after purchase, there is NO way the breeder can say the pup was healthy when you got it....."YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING wrong" to make this puppy ill so she washes her hands of it. I certainly do hope this baby survives....she should, as worms are treatable and so is coccidia....good luck with this.....I am praying for your baby...