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Originally Posted by LottesMama
Unfortunatly our vet doesn't seem to have much basset experience and the breeder we got her from is not very responsive now that we have brought her home. We thought we were getting this show quality AKC registered basset hound from good healthy parents but she has had health troubles litterally from day 1. We took her to the vet on her second day in our home and she was underweight and already had Giardia. By the time she was done with antibiotics for that then she had ear infections in both ears. Four days after she finished up her ear ointment she wakes up one morning with cherry eye in both eyes. She had to have surgery in both eyes which didn't take in her left eye so that required a second surgery. Now she is limping and her right eye looks like it will also require another surgery. I just can't imagine how much stuff one little baby puppy has to put up with! We love her to death, she is my best friend already, but with my husband losing his job and all the money we have put into her vet bills I don't know how much either us or our baby can deal with. I just want her to be a happy healthy puppy.
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Awww you poor thing and even worse, poor wee Charlotte!
I bet her immune system is really low with all these problems!
And Giardia, how did she contract that? Isn't that something very serious and from drinking dirty water that has some kind of bacteria in it or something like that? I would think your breeders have been rather 'neglectful' and I wonder how the rest of the litter are, healthwise!
And MikeyT, maybe my breeder is fairly strict about walking young puppies for only short lengths of time and building up gradually because he has show quality Bassets with many successes from his pups and wants dogs who walk well with no joint problems and likewise with the stud dogs he uses, where the breeder also of many champions is also careful with his dogs.
Coincidentally my vet is also mindful of not exercising Basset puppies too much, too young and went to great lengths to explain how their bone structure is unlike other dogs!
Edit: With respect MikeyT, you seem often to reply to messages on here with quotes from books.... and I don't know if you are a vet or something like that..... or maybe you are a Google fan like myself at times!
