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luvdorkyyorkies · 03-04-2006, 04:43 AM

I wanted to say Im so sorry for your loss of your lil angel.....what a pretty tiny girl Zoe was.
Your breeder certainly wasnt responsible by selling her to you and not disclosing her knee problems. Not all small dogs have luxating patella, but its not uncommon. By her response it sounds as if its routine for her to sell her dogs with this problem and for her not to think twice about it. If shes breeding it into her dogs it might be true. "All her dogs might have it" by ignorance she might really think all the lil ones end up with it. Thats sad.
It really upsets me the vet didnt do more for Zoe. Especially with her size they should have kept her, put her on antibiotics something more!
Did they do a fecal (stool) exam at all? With diarrhea you would think that would be the first check.......checking for coccidia or HGE, a bacterial infection or worms. Sending her home with a bland diet alone was not enough.
ASet back is having her for 2 months, the diarrhea may have not been from a genetic condition.
With coccidia the incubation time is approximately 13 days, so this would be something that would have happened after leaving the breeder. With the autopsy being inconclusive it would be hard to prove a genetic problem causing death.
If you have all correspondence though from her and she never disclosed her knee problems then you might have something there, especially if you found someone else who had this problem with their puppy too.
Im absolutely not an attorney by any means, I just wanted to bring up its possible the diarrhea, not eating was not caused by a genetic condition or fault of the breeder (such as infections coming from her home)
Again Im so sorry, I can tell you I understand how you feel, I had a puppy sold to me with liver shunt a few years ago, she died, and it is still painful to think about it. The breeder never offered me a thing, except the door and I never pursued it. I should have.
I think I would let the breeder know, you know, not all dogs have knee problems. Maybe you could teach her a thing or two.

03-04-2006, 04:43 AM	#37
luvdorkyyorkies BANNED! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,681	I wanted to say Im so sorry for your loss of your lil angel.....what a pretty tiny girl Zoe was. Your breeder certainly wasnt responsible by selling her to you and not disclosing her knee problems. Not all small dogs have luxating patella, but its not uncommon. By her response it sounds as if its routine for her to sell her dogs with this problem and for her not to think twice about it. If shes breeding it into her dogs it might be true. "All her dogs might have it" by ignorance she might really think all the lil ones end up with it. Thats sad. It really upsets me the vet didnt do more for Zoe. Especially with her size they should have kept her, put her on antibiotics something more! Did they do a fecal (stool) exam at all? With diarrhea you would think that would be the first check.......checking for coccidia or HGE, a bacterial infection or worms. Sending her home with a bland diet alone was not enough. ASet back is having her for 2 months, the diarrhea may have not been from a genetic condition. With coccidia the incubation time is approximately 13 days, so this would be something that would have happened after leaving the breeder. With the autopsy being inconclusive it would be hard to prove a genetic problem causing death. If you have all correspondence though from her and she never disclosed her knee problems then you might have something there, especially if you found someone else who had this problem with their puppy too. Im absolutely not an attorney by any means, I just wanted to bring up its possible the diarrhea, not eating was not caused by a genetic condition or fault of the breeder (such as infections coming from her home) Again Im so sorry, I can tell you I understand how you feel, I had a puppy sold to me with liver shunt a few years ago, she died, and it is still painful to think about it. The breeder never offered me a thing, except the door and I never pursued it. I should have. I think I would let the breeder know, you know, not all dogs have knee problems. Maybe you could teach her a thing or two.