kenankaren

21 hours ago, NikkiandKane said:

I have a puppy contract in Australia

As we are now finding out from a few breeders on this web site, Unfortunately we didnt get one from Breeder who has now been informed of the complaint that has been lodged about him. Dont really want to discuss it any more as it is now our problem that we will deal with as needed.

Hi dogsfevr we are currently waiting to hear back from breeder to get his opinion on the matter will keep you posted.

11 minutes ago, Dogsfevr said:

I guess what you need to look at is if you decide to pursue the breeder for costs you may not get what you fully want .
In this case if we sold a pup & something went wrong after purchase & the person contacted us we would get a second opinion .Why because too many vets do get it wrong & it can be an expensive wrong .
We make it very clear in our puppy folder if anything weird crops up let us know.
We have been there last year with a pup we sold & what a massive screw the puppy owners did .
We received a very nasty email based on the vet telling them we breed an issue & they should pursue bigtime .
Give the owners one moment of credit they did decide to email us before they did what there vet wanted .
Got a second opinion & that vet was horrified at the complete incompetence & the attitude.
The puppy owners forwarded all the tests,x rays to the vet picked ,that vet discussed the findings with there vet & just shock there head .
Dog actually had no issue ,had a treatable issue the second opinion vet found & that was found to be due to something the owners mismanaged themselves .
Short story pet owners paid big bucks for testing & extra testing based on there vet ,they no longer talk to us due to the aggressive method they picked  informing us (most likely very embarrassed ) .
There vet as a side note charge $1500 to spay a 6 kg dog which is OMG .

So i think you need to do some serious deciding on the path you want to follow .
Keep in mind if you ask for refund then generally you return the goods .
Many breeders will refund the price & work with the no further costs if you want to keep the pup ,you truly need to start talking with the breeder .
As you have found from replies on the post your vet is saying go big ,where those with experience work with go simple whilst still growing .
In the end only you can decide

 

Interesting because we are at the moment waiting to hear back from breeder for some of his advice on the issue?? will keep you posted on reply / response.

just to let you know asal. The Vet of his had noted it on the vaccination Cert so he didn't really have a excuse not to let us know in my opinion?? Interestingly though we probably would have still taken her anyway but would have definately done a bit of research to find out what we were going to be up for with the fault she has.. Have been

in touch with breeder to ask if any of the other pups had similar faults & if not was it fair that he still charged us full price for our pup?? All good will see how it ends eventually.

been some interesting reading on this issue so far?? Had a chance to talk to a specialist the other day & he said that the sort of unfortunate issue our girl  is that she has copped a double whammy?? Born with a shorter lower jaw & has what they refer to as narrowing of the K9's ??  The K9's are sticking into the roof of her mouth? at the moment we are a bit lost at what to do for her but am going to hope the Specialist is right in the option of removing the troublesome teeth?? They have also said that the breeder should have been more honest about the condition prior to taking the pup But that will be dealt with at a later date. Will let you know how it all pans out..

hi Jemappelle. She is an Australian Red Cattle Pup.

Hi Dogsfevr. 

Just reiterating that the Vet is concerned for the pup at the moment because the teeth are already sticking into the roof of her mouth which is why we are going to give the minor option a try to help the teeth comming through realign ?? This is no ordinary Vet it is a specialist clinic that we have had no issues with before with our past 2 dogs. 

Puppy contracts are not used in Australia most sales are done on good merit & no insurance was offered with puppy. Yes we took the pup but were not told prior about the fault we were informed of this on day of pickup?? As I mentioned earlier the main gripe is the fact that the breeder knew about the issue 3 weeks before we took dog as his vet had made note of it on the vaccination records of the dog & I Just feel that he should have been a bit more honest 7 should have let us know especially as it was prior to balance of payment for dog.

Thanks for the replies but one thing I forgot to mention in first post was that the reason the Vet is concerned is because her teeth are already starting to punch holes on the roof of her mouth?? Not minor overbite it,s a moderate one at the moment??    And no was not listed in sales contract we were informed the day of pick up of pup.

Hi There, Have just taken ownership of a new pup after the loss of our old boy over 10 months ago. the new girl is a lovely dog & full of energy & life she has brought a smile back to both of us & home feels like a home once again. Only thing I was checking about was the issue that we purchased from a registered breeder o this site did everything as asked by breeder etc?? Paid Deposit at 2 weeks Paid in full at 6weeks. Dog has had first Vacinations etc . Went to pick dog up via 7 hour Road trip to be told on the day of pickup that dog had a slight Fault?? Which is a Overbite. We have taken ownership of dog but feel a bit annoyed tat the breeder knew a fair while before we made final payment for pup but didn't disclose this to us prior to picking pup up. Our vet has said she will need surgery to try & fix problem but if this early intervention doesn't work she will probably need major work later on at a hefty cost?? Money for work needed to try help her is not a big issue for first operation But was wondering if we have right to ask Breeder for assistance with second operation if needed ?? Or ask for a partial refund of the original price ?? We are not giving dog back to breeder either so that is not a option.

Thanks Ken & Karen.