I took Duffy to the vet since he has been "reverse sneezing" for a few weeks (after having his inhaled bortadella vaccine) and after telling me he has an upper respiratory infection, he then told me that Duffy has luxating patellas on both back legs. He said they aren't bad right now and may never need surgery, but if he does it will cost from $5,000 to $8,000 for the orthopedic surgery!!
. He was really good about answering my questions and explained everything to me about it. Duffy is 8 months old and may not need surgery for years, if ever. My question (after all that!) is: My husband paid $2,500.00 for Duffy from a breeder here (yes, that is $2,500.00), and while I think he is worth every penny of it, I am a bit ticked that he has the knee problem since my vet said it is genetic. I looked at my "guarantee" from the breeder and it says she guarantees from "life threatening genetic" problems for 1 year. The vet said I should call her so she knows she shouldn't be breeding the parents again. Any ideas on what I should expect her to do about it, if anything?