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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  But why does the puppy have to suffer? |
Why must the puppy? Who else? Who always gets it in the end when greeders are at work mating everything they can? Yet people line up to buy from them because they are selling a dream or selling "cheap". And who knows if this particular little puppy will suffer to death or if the breeder will euthanize or treat it, despite what she might say now? She can't be an absolute monster or the OP wouldn't have dealt with her, surely.
Not the puppy's fault in any way but why should a buyer have to pay for an ill-bred, sick dog they unwittingly bought in good faith(not including those who knowingly buy from this type greeder) when they can't really afford all of the thousands of dollars in medical bills due to irresponsible breeding? Why else do states make lemon laws that cover the sale of sick dogs if not so unwitting buyers can return sick dogs? It's either that or ask a rescue to try to save the dog when they are already brimming over with unwanted or surrendered dogs.
I'm sure if the OP were wealthy or had people supporting her financially, it wouldn't be an issue and she could think only of the puppy's well-being. But not every one lives in that world, Taylor.
Some live in far more straightened financial circumstances than others, living a very hard-scrabble life of making a tough living where the dollar comes uneasily and have to make life and death choices in more than just canine-related issues. Our own government and the insurance industry do it in the health care coverages they provide and people suffer - children suffer - because of limits and non-covered care or conditions. People, children and babies die because they are ill and cannot get needed care due to hard financial decisions every day. The weakest among us almost always suffer due to others' financial decisions. Amy's little dog is no different.
If BYB'ers are forever allowed to get off continuing to produce sick dogs with no take-backs and we all pay for their breeding mistakes either directly out of our pockets should we sadly buy one of their dogs or by contributing to rescue organization funds, how many more puppies suffer every single time that breeder creates another litter in the future? Perhaps if we made them take back the sick dogs they create and take a stand, they will slow down on how fast they stick just any two dogs together or what pups they offer for sale.
Returning a sick dog to the breeder that created it might be the only way for the public to begin to make a dent in a bad breeders' business. That and sites like this, word of mouth. But in this case, if Amy does take the dog back, I'm certain she will suffer, too, just in a different way.
And hopefully those that read this and other such related threads will learn the high, high price of buying a dog from a less than stellar breeder, the pain and heartbreak to their customers that we all warn about constantly and in the process learn who always ultimately pays the most in the end - the poor, poor little dogs.