By Guest
Date 26.04.04 16:38 UTC
I HAVE JUST BEEN TO SEE MY FAWN CHIHUAHUA FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE WAS SCURRYING AROUND LIKE A MAD THING. HE WAS BRED BY A REPUTABLE BREEDER . WHO SHOWS HER DOGS. HE WAS ONE OF A LITTER OF FOUR. ONE SURVIVED TWO DAYS, ONE SAT SHIVERING LOOKING REALLY SICKLY. THIS LITTLE
BOY AND HIS SISTER RAN ABOUT. I SAW THEM WITH THEIR MUM AND THEY SEEMED HEALTHY. THEY ATE WHILE I WAS THERE AND ELIMINATED NORMALLY. THE LITTLE BOY RUSHED FORWARD TO GREET ME AND WAS VERY NOSEY, CLIMBING ALL OVER ME AND I 'FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM'. THE BREEDER THEN ANNOUNCED HE HAS AN EXTRA DEW CLAW AND THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY AS I ONLY WANT HIM FOR A PET. IS THIS OK? I ALSO NOTICED HIS EYES WERE WET UNDERNEATH. I LOVED HIM SO MUCH I HAD TO 'PUT A DEPOSIT ON HIM'. I SAW ALL THE DOCUMENTS, ETC. BEING A NOVICE COULD YOU LET ME KNOW... CAN THESE TWO THINGS AFFECT HIS HEALTH LATER ON IN LIFE??? AM I WORRYING ABOUT NOTHING?....I HAVE HIM BOOKED INTO MY VETS AS SOON AS I PICK HIM UP AT 12 WEEKS. THANKYOU FOR YOUR ADVICE! DOES THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER AND THE OTHER PUP LOOKING SICKLY AFFECT HIS FUTURE HEALTH IN ANYWAY? THE BREEDER SAID THE SICKLY LOOKING PUP JUST HAD A DIFFERENT NATURE AND WOULD SUIT AN OLD PERSON.