Sarah F.
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Just wanted to share my experience and hopefully serve as a warning to others. All of this has been well documented as instructed by the CKC and CKCSCC
Their waitlist was 1-2 years. Then magically they said they had 1 puppy in particular I could have right away and skip the line, as long as it was that exact puppy, no other puppies
The puppy was given her final vaccine by the familyâs grandson in the living room, from their own private stock of vaccines, as we were headed out the door with our new puppy. Our puppy had a bright blue glossy eye. I was told the puppies do not see a vet prior to going to their new homes, nor are they professionally vaccinated by a vet. If something was wrong puppyâs eye, we would need to be seen by their personal vet to confirm
We went to our vet to find it was very damaged and was not reactive to light. Our vet hypothesized 2 causes, either our puppy had inflicted some sort of trauma to the eye early in life like a littermate scratching the eye/ the trauma was never treated, or she had an infection that went unnoticed/untreated and allowed the eye to continuously deteriorate. Had the puppies gone to a vet, our puppyâs eye problem could have been treated. We then went to CHKâs personal vet, and they agreed with our vets findings and hypothesis. Both vets agreed our puppy would need to go see an ophthalmologist. $500 refund was given, but deducted the cost of our puppy needing to see their own vet.The puppy also had Giardia and coccidia
We had also now exceeded 8 months without receiving CKC registration papers for the puppy. I
was told by CHK they did their part, and the CKC must be just slow
I called the CKC myself and gave the puppyâs info to ask for an update. They informed me they had no record of a litter being born that day, and had no paperwork at all for any of the puppies
The CKC sent a letter citing the infractions to the breeder giving them 30 days to register the entire litter, and process the registration of my puppy. 30 days went by and the breeder ignored it. On the 31st day, the CKC sent another letter saying they did not comply, and therefore they would be proceeding with the disciplinary committee, including examining suspending their CKC license. On the 32nd day, magically the litter was registered and our puppy was finally registered- but with the wrong tattoo information. The CKC fixed her errors
All by the first birthday: diagnosed her as having luxating patellas, hyperextension in all hind joints, and overall extreme ataxia in the hind end. It was suggested was neurological. We went to a neurologist, and they strongly suspected Syringomyelia. The neurologist told me to immediately inform my breeder so they were aware they were producing SM in their breeding stock and offspring, as any responsible breeder would want to know and ensure it didnât happen again, as the neurologist said this is highly preventable through MRI testing the parents. I emailed Jennifer, and she replied to the email saying it was highly unlikely she had that at such a young age and she would need to be older to be able to diagnose that.They DO NOT do MRI testing on parents for SM/CM. They went on to say normally when they hear one of their puppies has SM they would offer me a new puppy, but they will give me back all of our money so they do not have to deal with me anymore
We got an MRI which showed Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation, Hydrocephalus, and spinal disc disease/degeneration
All of this at the ripe old age of 1.5 years of age.
I sent the MRI report and they sent the refund money with the promise of me not bothering them anymore
I hope to serve as a warning to others. The only dog I could have just so happened to be the one with corneal disease, syringomyelia, Chiari malformation, hydrocephalus, luxating patellas + ataxia. So now I have a dog in chronic pain needing lifelong medical treatment, that could have been prevented with MRI testing and higher breeding practices/standards
