If you are a breeder and you sold a dog to someone, and the dog a year later is diagnosed with hip dysplasia, what is the common practise?
Nelson just turned one last week (check out photos of his party here http://bulldogbreeds.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=6925) and we took him to the vet for a checkup and he was diagnosed with hip displasia.
We rang the breeder and he said there have been no problems with any of the dogs in their litter. He said that we should take Nelson back to him so he can see Nelson and his xrays. But i'm guessing the vet knows best. Anyway, the breeder does sound like he genuinely cares they've had many litters before and his wife is just so empathetic that I can't imagine that they are tyring to be shifty. He said that if it was bad enough that he would rather put nelson down instead of costing us so much money in vet bills and meds and give us first pick of the next litter for free. but obviously thats not an option for us.
a few friends have said that the breeder should be giving us back a portion of the $1000 that we bought nelson for because he has hip probs as we have papers and nelson's parents are supposed to have perfect hips and perfect temperments. ah, what do i do?
ps i don't need anyone to tell me " you should have found a more reputable breeder" etc because this is the most reputable ab breeder in our state. i dont' need anyone to give me a lecture on what i didn't do and should hav edone. what i need is some advice on how i should handle this from here.
should i be asking for any hard copies of the bloodlines of nelson's parents and their hip scores? what other information should i get from them?
Nelson just turned one last week (check out photos of his party here http://bulldogbreeds.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=6925) and we took him to the vet for a checkup and he was diagnosed with hip displasia.
We rang the breeder and he said there have been no problems with any of the dogs in their litter. He said that we should take Nelson back to him so he can see Nelson and his xrays. But i'm guessing the vet knows best. Anyway, the breeder does sound like he genuinely cares they've had many litters before and his wife is just so empathetic that I can't imagine that they are tyring to be shifty. He said that if it was bad enough that he would rather put nelson down instead of costing us so much money in vet bills and meds and give us first pick of the next litter for free. but obviously thats not an option for us.
a few friends have said that the breeder should be giving us back a portion of the $1000 that we bought nelson for because he has hip probs as we have papers and nelson's parents are supposed to have perfect hips and perfect temperments. ah, what do i do?
ps i don't need anyone to tell me " you should have found a more reputable breeder" etc because this is the most reputable ab breeder in our state. i dont' need anyone to give me a lecture on what i didn't do and should hav edone. what i need is some advice on how i should handle this from here.
should i be asking for any hard copies of the bloodlines of nelson's parents and their hip scores? what other information should i get from them?