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anniemm · 01-02-2016, 02:37 PM

Well I guess I have learned my lesson about buying a puppy. I was looking for a black and tan parti female and found one on Puppyfind...Please don't shoot me...I realized it was a bad idea the minute I sent a deposit. For some reason I thought the puppy was coming from Arizona. My mistake! She was coming from Arkansas. When they made arrangements to ship her she was supposed to leave on a Saturday and get to me on Sunday. I didn't like that but it got worse. When I got the shipping receipt she was scheduled to get here on Monday. I was very upset and I called the shipper and spoke with them. They assured me, just as the breeder did that she would be fine. A week before she came the breeder sent me a new updated picture. She didn't look well to me and I asked if I could talk to her Vet when she brought her in to be checked the day before she was to leave. The Vet said she was fine. I was still uneasy about it. I picked her up at the airport on Monday 12/21 in the late afternoon. On the way home she was making gagging noises and the smell was so awful I had to crack a window. I called my vet as soon as I walked in the door. It was after hours but he met me to check her out. She was sick. She had like a kennel cough. He gave her a shot and she was put on antibiotics. I worked very hard to keep my other pups safe from this. She stayed upstairs away from my pups. I wore some old slippers in the room with her that I didn't wear out of the room. I washed my hands and even changed my clothes after holding her and cleaning up after her. 9 days later I was back at the Vet with her and my male and one of my females. The pupppy had to go on another antibiotic and by the time New Year's Eve rolled around I had 5 out of 6 of my dogs on antibiotics. This included my old Golden Retriever. I am also sick with some kind of respiratory thing but I was told I didn't get it from her and it was probably because I was so stressed and worn out from dealing with all of this. The breeder will take no responsibility for any of this. I have been in touch with the shippers because they are the ones who put a sick puppy on a plane. They may reimburse me for my vet bills...maybe. I wrote a review on puppyfind but it was taken down until I send my vet's letter and other documentation which I did on Thursday. I have learned a huge lesson here. I am not sure if there is anything else I can do but what should have been an exciting happy Holiday with a new puppy just didn't happen. I just hope everyone including myself gets better soon. Thanks for listening!

01-02-2016, 02:37 PM	#1
anniemm Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Newport, NH, USA Posts: 38	Received a sick puppy Well I guess I have learned my lesson about buying a puppy. I was looking for a black and tan parti female and found one on Puppyfind...Please don't shoot me...I realized it was a bad idea the minute I sent a deposit. For some reason I thought the puppy was coming from Arizona. My mistake! She was coming from Arkansas. When they made arrangements to ship her she was supposed to leave on a Saturday and get to me on Sunday. I didn't like that but it got worse. When I got the shipping receipt she was scheduled to get here on Monday. I was very upset and I called the shipper and spoke with them. They assured me, just as the breeder did that she would be fine. A week before she came the breeder sent me a new updated picture. She didn't look well to me and I asked if I could talk to her Vet when she brought her in to be checked the day before she was to leave. The Vet said she was fine. I was still uneasy about it. I picked her up at the airport on Monday 12/21 in the late afternoon. On the way home she was making gagging noises and the smell was so awful I had to crack a window. I called my vet as soon as I walked in the door. It was after hours but he met me to check her out. She was sick. She had like a kennel cough. He gave her a shot and she was put on antibiotics. I worked very hard to keep my other pups safe from this. She stayed upstairs away from my pups. I wore some old slippers in the room with her that I didn't wear out of the room. I washed my hands and even changed my clothes after holding her and cleaning up after her. 9 days later I was back at the Vet with her and my male and one of my females. The pupppy had to go on another antibiotic and by the time New Year's Eve rolled around I had 5 out of 6 of my dogs on antibiotics. This included my old Golden Retriever. I am also sick with some kind of respiratory thing but I was told I didn't get it from her and it was probably because I was so stressed and worn out from dealing with all of this. The breeder will take no responsibility for any of this. I have been in touch with the shippers because they are the ones who put a sick puppy on a plane. They may reimburse me for my vet bills...maybe. I wrote a review on puppyfind but it was taken down until I send my vet's letter and other documentation which I did on Thursday. I have learned a huge lesson here. I am not sure if there is anything else I can do but what should have been an exciting happy Holiday with a new puppy just didn't happen. I just hope everyone including myself gets better soon. Thanks for listening!