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Originally Posted by julieandrea  Hey Guys,
I'm new to the site and am looking for some advice. I recently got a 9 week old yorkie puppy that is the sweetest thing I have ever seen. He was flown to me and have a full day of travel to get to me.. Poor thing. Anyways when I got him he seemed fine at first. Within a few hours though he was coughing.
The coughing got worse within a few days so I brought him to the emergency vet. I left the vet with antibiotics but was left with more questions then when I started. The vet thought it could be tracheal collapse based on the X-ray she took but she phoned me and told me she was wrong and there was no tracheal collapse. I told her Grim was now throwing up (from the meds I think). Long story short the vet made more suggestions and suggested more testing. This all happened within 4 days of me owning him.
Now to get to the point.. I stayed in contact with my breeders frequently. They showed alot of concern for mine and Grim's well being. They insisted I send him back so that they could nurse him back to health for me. I sent him back and he has been sick for a month now. I'm just wondering if anyone went through a similar experience with their breeder and what the outcome was. Thank you kindly for any comments as I have been pretty worried about the whole situation. |
I dont know what I want to say first....I WILL say what I share is fact and I certainly am NOT passing judgement on you, so dont get your feelings hurt and think I am admonishing you....I am not doing that. I will tell you what concerns me with this situation. First, I have a problem with a BREEDER that will put a 9 week old baby on a day long trip....but then again, as I write this, it dawned on me that he may not have been shipped...that could have possibly been a car ride that took so long. If that baby was shipped to you, for that length of time, at that early age, that is a concern for me. Second, at 9 weeks of age, he has not had vaccinations given via the protocol recommended for vaccinations here in the USA....I dont know what they are in your area, but this is cause for concern for me. Third, this is yet another reason why I like to hold onto my babies until they are 14 weeks old. These babies are very susceptable to everything that comes down the pike, between 6 weeks and 12 weeks....after 12 weeks old, they usually have survived any "childhood diseases" they are going to come down with. The have started on their vaccinations, they are protected medically, and their little immune systems are more substantial....they can fight off such simple things as GI upsets caused by weaning, most stress related illnesses, etc. The emotional and social and physical benefits of them being with their mothers up until 12-14 weeks of age are well documented, so I wont go into all that.....some people do not believe what is written about that....I choose to believe it, and I am the breeder, so none of my babies ever leave before 14weeks of age. I respect that your breeder was concerned and took that baby back until they could get him through this....however, in my opinion, that was the least they could do since they let him go so young, unvaccinated, in the first place.....one step further is for them to pay for any vet bills you have incurred with this illness in Grim. I do remember someone on here had a similar situation happen...perhaps she will read this and come back and tell what she did....kennel cough is difficult to shake and he could be coughing from this for a long period of time.