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Originally Posted by magicgenie  Wow, is all I can say too. I don't know Kim Balas, never heard of her before the thread where the customer is blaming her for the puppy breaking his leg the day after she purchased him. I'm very confused about the allegations of malnutrition being a contributing cause for a leg fracture after purchase. Why did she buy an unhealthy looking dog?
Poop eating is very common, by the way, and in no way indicates a dog is malnourished. Dogs naturally see feces as a possible food source. Females instinctly clean up their puppies' poop to keep predators away. People should actually learn something about what they're talking about before spreading fasehoods.
Looks to me like the buyer tried to shake down the breeder for money for the puppy's injury and set out to ruin her reputation when she didn't oblige. I wasn't there, didn't see any of it, but that's how it looks to me. Some people on here are ready to stomp on her because her name is associated some way with Poodles and Poms as well as Yorkies. In their minds that seems to confirm this is a bad breeder.
I'd also like to question the person on one of these Kim Balas threads who makes reference to "socially acceptable" age for spay/neuter. As an advocate of relatively early spay/neuter, this is the first I hear of social acceptability in that decision.
Anyway, these attacks on breeder based on flimsy evidence is a huge part of why I lurk and rarely post.
Rant over for today, I hope. Have a nice day. |
My heart goes out to the person with the puppy, but I'm confused by this as well. Judging from the number of threads on YT about poop eating, the habit is not a sign of malnutrition.
What indications were there that the dog was malnourished? Did the vet say that this was the cause of the leg fracture? Exactly how was the leg broken? Surely there had to be some sort of incident, malnourished dog or not. I would think a puppy would have all kinds of health issues (in addition to the ear infection) if truly malnourished enough to have bones breaking.
