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11-29-2012, 09:32 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Newfoundland
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| Would you accept a yorkie puppy that has kennel cough before getting to you? Hey All, This is a question for experienced yorkie owners- if before you received your puppy, you were told it had kennel cough and the breeders decided to keep the puppy until it was healthy. Would you want that same dog (after you've already grown attached to that specific dog), or would you get a different dog? This is not my exact situation but you could almost say it was the same! After having my dog for a day he developed the cough and was sent back. I was offered a refund or a new dog or that same dog to be healed and returned. What would you do? |
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11-29-2012, 09:34 AM | #2 |
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| So what did you do? If I was attached- I would wait for him to get better.
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11-29-2012, 09:38 AM | #3 |
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| i got one (rescue, different I know and a misdiagnosis by my vet) and it gave all my other two kennel cough and shes never left my side. they are all on antibiotics and getting better. so if it were me i would want the same furr baby, healed.
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11-29-2012, 09:39 AM | #4 |
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| I still haven't made a permanent decision. I've told the breeders that I'll take him back but I still have time to change my mind. I'm wondering if others would take a different dog or go with a different breeder. Surely sickness so early would make one wonder.. :/ there are many scary stories out there. |
11-29-2012, 09:40 AM | #5 | |
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Thank you for your opinion. That's definitely what I'm personally leaning towards. He was perfect in EVERY way except that he was ill. Not just coughing a small bit, was coughing constantly. | |
11-29-2012, 09:43 AM | #6 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| I am not in that situation so I don't know what I would do honestly! BUT for you, I would go with what you feel in your heart-
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11-29-2012, 09:45 AM | #7 |
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11-29-2012, 09:48 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | I agree everyone has a different opinion. You have to go with your gut.
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11-29-2012, 09:56 AM | #9 |
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| Well that's good to know that people don't think it would be crazy to take him back! I want him so bad just don't want to ignore warning signs. |
11-29-2012, 10:11 AM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cherokee Village, Arkansas, Sharp County
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| Kennel Cough is so easy to get rid of, if I was attached, which I can't imagine you aren't. (it took me all of 15 min. or less to know that my little guy was going to be with me forever) I would take the same baby back! |
11-29-2012, 10:11 AM | #11 |
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| Buster had kennel cough when I first got him. I was under the impression that kennel cough is more like a cold and can be easily caught when dogs are at the groomers or being boarded(when they are older). I do not think it is as serious as hereditary defects which would concern me more. I like the idea that the breeders held them back until they got better so that the costs of the treatment was not on you. I say if you bonded with your baby go with your heart.
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11-29-2012, 10:47 AM | #12 |
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| Thank you so much guys! You've really calmed my fears! I can't wait to get the bugger back even more now!!! The wait is so brutal! Haha |
11-29-2012, 11:02 AM | #13 |
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| I agree with Buster Brown that kennel cough is like a cold to human. Puppies hadn't fully developed their immune system yet so a little cold can happen easily. So long they are being treated medically, they will recover.
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11-29-2012, 11:39 AM | #14 |
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| I agree with others I would go with my heart. Also agree kennel cough is like a cold in humans and treatable. Georgie had a congenital spine defect that we didn't know about until he was 6. I know God gave us Georgie for a reason. He had surgery in September of last year and is doing amazing! He is actually better then he ever was. I am sure your furbaby will be just fine and you will be so happy that he is yours
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11-29-2012, 11:48 AM | #15 |
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| I hate to be the WET BLANKET" in this thread.....I am posting this information NOT TO FRIGHTEN YOU, but I do not want you to consider kennel cough as nothing more than "a little cold". It CAN present serious issues.....it CAN last several months......it CAN go into pneumonia......your baby is being treated by a vet, and treatment was started in a timely manner....I do not think your baby will deteriorate into a worse case scenerio.....but it is not fair in my mind to leave you with the impression kennel cough is simply a cold, because it is more serious than that. With proper medical intervention, it can be cured, and it develops into nothing more than an aggrivation to both you and the baby....If it was me, I would go ahead and accept that baby back, with the stipulation that the breeder covers the cost of vet visits and antibiotics required to treat the condition if the baby is still coughing when you get him back. Now, I am not talking about any FUTRE cases if he should come down with this....just this current infection that he came to you with. "Canine infectious tracheobronchitis, generically referred to as kennel cough, is a highly contagious and common condition affecting puppies and adult dogs. The disease causes an inflammation of the dog's larynx, trachea, and bronchi--tubes leading to the lungs. Most cases cause only mild disease with signs that tend to be more aggravating to owners than dangerous to the dog. But kennel cough in puppies can cause stunted lung development, and/or develop into life-threatening pneumonia. The disease can be caused by any one or combination of several different infectious agents. The most common culprits are bacteria called Bordetella bronchiseptica, the canine parainfluenza virus, and the canine adenovirus-2 (CAV-2). These agents attach themselves to the delicate hair-like cilia in the dog's trachea, or actually cause the removal of the cilia. Kennel cough can develop into a vicious cycle difficult to cure without help from your veterinarian. The infection causes irritation that prompts the cough. But the honking cough causes even more irritation. " Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 11-29-2012 at 11:50 AM. |
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