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question for breeders-please! If you sold a puppy 2 weeks ago and the new owner found out it had what is being called Maloccluson and is being sent to a specialist for it, who is responsible to pay these costs? The puppy is now hospitalized because her gums are so badly inflamed that she cannot eat! She is also just over 1 pound! She has also been treated for earmites which the new owner paid for. I don't know much about Maloccluson and I'm not sure what they have to do to help her? The breeder suggested "going in halves" on the bill....what do you all think?? This post is for our YTer Pam who just got her baby a couple weeks ago. Her internet is down! |
My understanding is that malocclusion is a bite problem that can cause irritation in the gums. Did she check the puppy's bite before she bought her? Generally this is a genetic problem. Between this and the ear mites. it makes me question what kind of breeder this was. She may be lucky that this person will pay half. Here's a web site that might be of help. http://www.dentalvet.com/patients/or...thodontics.htm Good luck to Pam and her baby. |
So you don't think the breeder should pay for the treatment? And now I think I've confused myself about the difference between congenital and genetic?! Thank you! |
Aren't congenital and genetic the same? Both are inherited, and caused by genetic abnormalities? The breeder should pay for the malocclusion, maybe half of the earmites bill. Are you positive the ear mites came from the breeder and not from the 2 weeks at the new house? edit: Oh I'm not a breeder, obviously, that's just my 2cents, haha. |
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That is what I thought too-they mean the same thing? Anyway, no, the mites were discovered when she first went home to her new mommy, the day after she got her. So I think she should pay that bill, but didn't. Then she took the baby to HER OWN vet when they discovered the gums were so bad and the vet said the breeder should spay the parents because of this! She paid $70 there, called the breeder and she said "come over now, we'll go to MY vet" and then she made her pay that visit as well! I don't think any of this is right, but thats just me :p |
wow, i hope everything works out |
Not all breeders are good breeders. I have learned that from this site. Piper was so sick when we 1st got her the breeder paid half of the 1st vet bill. It took several visits to the vet to get her better. I contacted the breeder & she said Piper was fine when I sent her, so your on your own. I took her to the vet the very next day after getting her, she was not fine. Some people just breed to make money, so they surely don't want to spend their profit on a sick dog. Sometimes they offer to take it back, but they know your already attached & won't do that. Breeding dogs does not make one a breeder. Knowledge of the breed & having the love for that breed does. I have found out the best way to get a puppy now, is word of mouth from YT on excellent breeders. Not from a store Not from a internet site with no referals Not from a backyard breeder |
I definitely think she SHOULD pay for it. I'm just afraid of the kind of breeder she apparently is, breeding genetic defects and the problem with ear mites, she might not. She just doesn't seem very ethical or responsible. Good luck to you and your baby. Hope she is doing better. |
The earmites vet bill is the responsibility, I think of the breeder, if the mites were in the first few days at the new home. (Did the new owner have other pets that may have affected the new baby??) Maloclusion--bad bites--are genetic. I don't know what the price of the baby was.....was that part of the sales price that it was part of a reduced price. Many small breeds have this problem. It is considered a fault at a dog show. Did you pay for a breeding/show quality dog? or did you pay for pet quality? what does your contract say about teeth and other genetic defects? One of the dogs I bought, the breeder assisted with half the dental bill. The other dogs I paid the vet bill, because it was only 1 tooth each dog.... |
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The earmites were found the day after she brought her home, I believe. Her other pets do not have them though. AND now she also tested positive for giardia!!!! Thanks for your help and input! |
It just makes me sick to hear that people are breeding dogs with health issues, it just ends up breaking so many hearts. This is a huge problem in puppy mills, most if not all dogs usually have some hereditary problem from disabling luxating patella to liver shunts. That is way some states have passed Puppy Lemon Laws. Here is a link: http://www.malteseonly.com/lemon.html If she bought the puppy in any of these states then the breeder is required by law to pay the vet bills up to 150% of the cost of the dog!!! |
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EVERY state should have a lemon law!!! |
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