Saxon (phantom warlord)
ALL GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG LOVERS BEWARE.
Have a little PATIENCE before buying that cute little puppy. Don't be left LIKE MY BELOVED DOG and MYSELF.
After paying hundreds of pounds for what I thought was best to get a good pedigree dog, I bought my dog from a breeder in FLIXTON and the stud dog is from ALTRINCHAM.
I was told the pups parents had both got good hip scores,and saw evidence of this, also on a five generation pedigree, but at this time I should have come home and checked with the Kennel Club about any sibling in the back lines, although only pups that have been hip scored at 12 months will show up on the records, or like myself had found that my pup had Severe hip dysplassia and asked for it to be registered on sending a vets report to them at the Kennel Club.
At 6 months old my dog was x-rayed after being treated for lameness from the time he was bought, and my vet found that my dog had SEVERE HIP DYSPLASIA and in his opinion was that it had been INHERITED.
After being told it was my fault that my dog was poorly by my breeders I got in touch with the Kennel Club to find that my dog had siblings in back lines with very high hip scores, this is when I sent the Kennel Club my vets report to be registered , also I found out later that one of my dogs family siblings also had Hip Dysphasia, and that a other family sibling was being use,d for breeding, even though it had siblings with Severe Hip Displaysia.
I have been told that the new puppies born, after my dogs litter, have not shown any sign,s of H/D, but only a few of the pups born have been hip scored to date, so how can this be true.
I was offered a refund for my dog to be taken back from me when he was 14months old, this I found UNCARING and a INSULT, this I would NOT been unable to do if I had paid thousands of pounds for him or he had been free!.
Trying to get justice for my dog I have had to listen to my breeders,BLAMING MYSELF,EACH OTHER and having to take[ VERBAL ABUSE,]a lot of [UPSET],[BEING USED], and been made [PHYSICALLY ILL], but if I can stop it happening to someone else it will have been worth it.
The bond between myself and my beloved dog over the last few months has become stronger after the sudden loss of my husband, leaving just the two of us.
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Please try like I said at the beginning of this letter have a little PATIENCE before rushing to buy that beautiful puppy, it will stop a lot of pain and hurt, that you will have to watch daily.