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Originally Posted by yorkiefan_  It's just devastating to read about little Max's health problems. I just can't imagine. I hope this surgery can help him to live a normal life after. It sounds like it has to be so rough for him at his age. 
I just can't imagine if it was Cookie dealing with this, having to put her through a surgery like that at such a young age. I still remember how rough it was on Minnie when we she had to get cut to remove a large growth, and she was a twelve pound adult. I'm happy for Max though, in that he is with you guys who sound like his only chance.
I couldn't imagine returning a puppy. I mean I was in love the very second I saw my girl both times (Minnie and Cookie), so that's just terrible that's the contract offered. I mean there is no way I'm going to send someone I love on a one-way ticket to the pound and likely euthanasia, which is what I expect when I see a "guarantee" like that which requires return of the pup. |
Valerie-On October 31st, Judy sent my husband, Rich, this e-mail: "I am so sorry. I would never hurt anyone as sweet as Shelia. My breeder friends and vet friends seem to think that the drops need to be used for a long period before giving up and doing a surgery. I agree Sometimes the body can fix itself with time I hope that is the case here... If he comes back to me that what I will do, take care Judy"
I was confined to bed, and he came and sat and talked to me. He said, "Babe, your MS is progressing due to all the stress of worrying about Max. Your medication for the Lymphocytic Colitis has stopped working, and the doctor told us, it was the last medication he could prescribe. (I've been on the Mayo Clinic protocol for almost a year.) So you know that means surgery after we see the G.I. Doc in December, so maybe it would be best to let Judy have him back. She said she will continue the drops, and take care of him".
I cried at the very thought of returning him, but I also saw the worry in my husbands eyes. My G.I. Doc had talked to us at my September appt. and told us, to see our attorney and have a Living Trust and DNR in place.
So, I said, "If you feel that is what is best".
At that time, I still so much wanted to believe that Judy really didn't know he had this condition.
So, he replied to her e-mail and said he would bring Maxwell back, but he needed to make arrangements for my two girlfriends to stay with me, and he would need to make it a round trip in one day. Because I needed to be lifted out of bed, and even though I weigh 75#s at 5'2, he didn't want them to get hurt, and he didn't want me to get hurt. And he said, he realized that her contract stated replacement puppy, but he asked her to give us a refund. He didn't ask her to reimburse us for his medical bills, which, at that time were around $250.00.
At that point, we were willing to let the fact that she lied about the Dam and lied that she imported Treasure, slide.
She wrote him a nasty e-mail and said, "You know I am very disappointed . I have a contract for a reason. You knew that when you bought Max. I really like Shelia and I am sorry for her illness. I have mailed AKC papers to you and the ownership can't be changed until you register him and then return the papers to me. I never give papers on a puppy until they are spayed or neutered but I did it for Shelia . You have told me I did not send the real picture of Treasure which you saw her when you were here! Basically you have called me a liar. Now you want a refund, not a replacement puppy? I still have the tiny female and 1 other small male. I will let you have either one of them . I will take Max back but by my contracts terms. I am sorry but that is all I will do .if I had known he had any problems at all I would of never offered him to you. If you want to return him let me know what day so someone is here."
After that e-mail, and the scathing e-mail she sent me, she can forget it.
We will file a complaint with YTCA & AKC. (I am so glad her friend here in YT told her about my review, because last night, I remembered I had checked the YTCA breeder referral list, before I contacted her, and she is a member.)
Maxwell has his 3rd appt. with our Vet on Tuesday, and it appears that the Congenital Lacrimal Gland Aplasia has developed in his right eye. Yesterday morning, when I cleaned his eyes, to put the Tacrolimus drops in his left eye, I saw that his right eye was red with inflammation. The Ophthalmologist had told our Vet to tell us to pay close attention to his right eye, because it may yet develop in his right eye.
So, at his appt. I believe our Vet will do the Schirmer tear test in both eyes. I am terrified at the thought of this tiny boy having surgery, because it is not without problems, after.
I pray so hard that there is some tissue that the Tacrolimus drops will stimulate tear production, but we are seeing what appears to be white pus in his left eye.