Desperate Advice Needed on Puppy Purchase.

Feral_Moon

pulliptears wrote: »

Anyone else reading the latest posts and thinking Parvo? Poor poor puppy.

More likely to be colitis possibly caused by parasitic overload, poor diet or bacterial infection. Stress can cause it to flare up which is likely in this pup's case due to the trauma of travelling long distance to a strange home. But there will be an underlying condition which needs to be investigated.

LilElvis

I find it quite telling that the OP has accepted £450 from family members to buy a puppy in order to "take her mind off" her impending bankruptcy - a bankruptcy which will involve her shafting another family member to the tune of £8,500. Nice!

tomtontom

merlin68 wrote: »

The OR didnt bat an eyelid that we have 5 pets when we went bankrupt.
Op do you get housing benefit if you do you can register with pdsa and then you only have to pay 10% of vet bills.
If not tesco were quiet cheap. Obviously they wont cover preexisting conditions.
I just included the animal food of about £10 a week in shopping costs.
The booster injections are £33 or if you have a jollies there £25.
I use billy no mates for fleas and a natural wormer.

Not really something to boast about is it? Makes you wonder why you were in debt in the first place ...

PDSA ask for a donation, and at the very least you should be giving sufficient to cover their costs - far more than 10%!

Toxicity

"AND HE WILL REMAIN WITH US, ONCE FIT & WELL, UNLESS *WE* FEEL THAT IS *NOT* AN OPTION!!!!"

Why wouldn't it be an option? because you cannot afford the vet bills?

I don't doubt you will end up getting rid of the puppy, just at least try and make sure he goes to someone who can afford him and will look after him this time, please.

Fosterdog

merlin68 wrote: »

The OR didnt bat an eyelid that we have 5 pets when we went bankrupt.

It's a bit different already having pets and getting one while already going through the BR process though.

You also don't say what the 5 pets were, they could be fish or other small animals that cost less to keep. In OPs case we are talking an expensive to keep breed of dog (I am a GSD owner so know all too well the cost of keeping the breed)

I agree these symptoms do sound a lot like parvo and don't know how the vet could rule it out without a blood/stool sample.

It could also be a mix of stress from leaving mum and litter mates, travelling stress, new home, possibly different food/extra treats, different drinking water or the dewormer given on the weekend disagreeing with the dog. the combination of some/all of these could lead to a very poorly pup.

pulliptears

Feral_Moon wrote: »

More likely to be colitis possibly caused by parasitic overload, poor diet or bacterial infection. Stress can cause it to flare up which is likely in this pup's case due to the trauma of travelling long distance to a strange home. But there will be an underlying condition which needs to be investigated.

I hope for the pups sake you are correct.

hollydays

According the the kennel club site, a German shepherd dog needs a large house and a large garden. And obviously high sturdy fences.

pulliptears

hollydays wrote: »

According the the kennel club site, a German shepherd dog needs a large house and a large garden. And obviously high sturdy fences.

I had a German Shepherd as a child, lovely dog but needed hours of exercise a day. You really couldn't wear him out. He was long haired as well so needed a fair bit of grooming, not to mention being a rather large boy he ate a fair bit.

Getting him was not a decision my parents took lightly. It took 6 months to find the breeder and they had waited several years until they both did shift work so he was never left for long and could be walked several times a day. In this photo he was about 8 months or so I think, certainly nowhere near fully grown.



Beautiful boy he was who i'll never forget, but the amount of care he needed was probably the biggest influence when I got my first dog - a smaller, easier to manage Westie.

wiltsguy_2

poor dog! get it the treatment that it needs with the vet, it's your dog so your bill, not the breeders. If you cant afford it ask the vet if you can pay in instalments, don't make the innocent animal suffer

DKLS

I would start saving some money OP if the pup recovers no doubt there will be more health issues caused by poor breeding and husbandry.

I know two people who "rescued" puppies from a farm, both dogs have suffered with numerous ailments which have been very costly and no insurance company will cover them.