I Guess Just Because You Asked Me Doesn't Mean You Have to Heed Me.
Friends got a puppy. I was asked about breeders, I explained about health checks, health guarantees, breeder support etc.; they went to a BYB. In what follows there seems to be no support.
I was asked about spaying, I provided a link to the health info we have here; they spayed her before 6 months.
Puppy is nearly a year now and has constantly repeating UTI. I was asked, I in turn asked about inverted vulva, provided links to GR boards where incontinence was discussed, this before her spay, and after. She DOES have an inverted vulva, the Vet spayed her anyway. She has now had her SECOND bladder draw for sterile urine to check and is lethargic and not eating since. The Vet may have pierced the bladder wall on the other side or hurt her back when doing the draw without anaesthetic. Poor little puppy girl has since been Xrayed and ultrasounded from stem to sturgeon (sp?) and such can not be found.
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I'm not a breeder or a Vet so I tried not to sound like a know it all, even though my opinion was asked. I did provide scientific literature to show where I got the information I had learned. Their cry now is "why didn't anybody tell me this?" I did, I did. :( :( :(