My Puppy Selection Experience Some of you have read about my current experience with my breeder so I thought I'd share my puppy selection process. I'd really like to know what you think. The breeder lives only a few minutes from me. I first contacted the breeder when the puppies were 4 weeks old. Was allowed over to see them at 6 weeks. There was one puppy who couldn't get enough of my husband and daughter. She had the shiniest coat as well. The breeder said she was pretty sure she was selecting her for herself. My husband and kids were disappointed but it was her right. So the next time I called her we got to see them they were 9 weeks old. At this point she informed me that she changed her mind about the female my husband and kids loved. They were thrilled but I was taken by a male at this point. Before we left my husband and children won out and we were going to be Farrah's forever family in a few weeks. The week we were to pick her up, I went to visit. Farrah was the only pup who had a shaking problem. Like she was cold. Again, my husband didn't care and we took her home that week. She outgrew the shaking quickly and was a happy and crazy little puppy. In the process I learned that she was one of 5 in her litter. And that another bitch only had one pup so she took one from the litter of 5 and let the other mom nurse her with her one pup. Of course the one was Farrah who nursed from the other mom. Do you think this could have caused any issues? Why do you think the breeder changed her mind in her pup selection? |
I'm sure the breeder saw signs that this puppy was not healthy. As for the nursing - I wouldn't believe that this would by any means contribute to health issues. I mean lots of very tiny puppies are bottle fed and grow to be healthy. How is your puppy doing? Getting healthier, I hope. Oh, BTW - Nassau or Suffolk? |
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I don't think that another mom nursing the pup would have caused issues, certainly not Leggs Perthe. I think you should consider doing a "formal" breeder review on the forum for this, if you are ready to do so. I hope that at some point your female has had a full blood panel done,perhaps the docs did this before operating? I certainly wish all the best of health for your Farrah now and in the future. |
Leggs Perthe Here is one article found on Leggs Perthe - Not the bolded area Article Written by Dr. Daniel A. Degner, Board-certified Veterinary Surgeon (DACVS) Key Points This is a disease primarily seen in small breed dogs Treatment is femoral head and neck excision Prognosis is very good, providing that rehabilitation therapy is done after surgery Same disease but different names (synonyms) Calve-Perthes disease Legg-Perthes disease Avascular necrosis of the femoral head Coxa plana Osteochondritis juvenilis What is it? A disease of the hip joint that results in abnormal deformity of the ball of the hip joint The disease starts with an insult to the blood supply to the head of the femur bone As the blood supply is damaged, the bone dies off The bone in the femoral head collapses and the cartilage coating of the femoral head becomes cracked and deformed Arthritis or inflammation of the hip joint results, which causes pain and lameness Cause Not completely understood Genetics - can be autosomal recessive gene in some dogs Injury - compression of the vessels of in the femoral head Abnormal sex hormone activity - preconcious Because of the potential heritability of this disease, affected dogs should not be bred Signalment Typically dogs that are less than 1 year of age (5 to 8 months of age is most common with peak incidence around 7 months of age) Breeds commonly affected <UL type=circle>Yorkshire Terriers - most common breed Westies Many other small breed dogs </UL>Equal risk for males versus females Clinical signs Irritability Chewing at hip of flank region Progressive lameness (may take about 2 months until dog is not bearing any weight on limb) Stiffness of affected limb (85 to 90% of dogs have only one hip affected) Atrophy of muscles of affected limb Pain when moving the hip - especially when extending the limb backward and also to the side Crepitus or crunchy feel of the hip joint on range of motion Diagnosis Physical examination - hip pain Radiographs <UL type=circle>flattening of femoral head lucencies of femoral head bone spurs - arthritic degeneration increased joint space Below is a radiograph of the hips of a Yorkie that has the disease; take note of the moth-eaten appearance of the femoral head (below left and right) </UL> |
Actually humans can have this condition too. My younger brother had perthe disease and underwent surgery for when he was past puberty. |
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