Hi everyone,
I need some advice about a breeder, and not sure where to turn. Not sure if the breeder is having a streak of bad luck or if this is just a series of red flags and I should run for the hills. If this is not the appropriate sub please let me know and I will post elsewhere.
In February I went on a waiting list for a pure GSD pup. Breeder seems great, we've visited the premises, I met him and his 2 females and 3 males. We decided to go with him. The pup was born in June, and we received weekly updates on her progress. We visited the litter twice before we received her. 6 puppies were born in the litter, 4 survived.
Within a week of her coming home I noticed she wasn't well. I contacted the breeder, he reassured me she was just adjusting to the food. She was vomiting up to 20x a day - this clearly wasn't normal and I had her evaluated by a vet on day 5. She was diagnosed with congenital mega-esophagus. I informed the breeder, he picked her up and put her down the next day. He paid the vet bill and told me he would replace her soon.
On his next available litter, apparently the female was pregnant at at some point lost the entire pregnancy.
He just had another litter, an x-ray confirmed 2 days ago 4 puppies, she just delivered 2 live puppies- 2 of them died in delivery.
Is all of this normal when breeding GSDs, or any dog, or does any of this seem off? Over breeding? Is he losing too many puppies? I know shit happens, it just seems like there is a lot of shit happening here.
Thanks for any advice.
I need some advice about a breeder, and not sure where to turn. Not sure if the breeder is having a streak of bad luck or if this is just a series of red flags and I should run for the hills. If this is not the appropriate sub please let me know and I will post elsewhere.
In February I went on a waiting list for a pure GSD pup. Breeder seems great, we've visited the premises, I met him and his 2 females and 3 males. We decided to go with him. The pup was born in June, and we received weekly updates on her progress. We visited the litter twice before we received her. 6 puppies were born in the litter, 4 survived.
Within a week of her coming home I noticed she wasn't well. I contacted the breeder, he reassured me she was just adjusting to the food. She was vomiting up to 20x a day - this clearly wasn't normal and I had her evaluated by a vet on day 5. She was diagnosed with congenital mega-esophagus. I informed the breeder, he picked her up and put her down the next day. He paid the vet bill and told me he would replace her soon.
On his next available litter, apparently the female was pregnant at at some point lost the entire pregnancy.
He just had another litter, an x-ray confirmed 2 days ago 4 puppies, she just delivered 2 live puppies- 2 of them died in delivery.
Is all of this normal when breeding GSDs, or any dog, or does any of this seem off? Over breeding? Is he losing too many puppies? I know shit happens, it just seems like there is a lot of shit happening here.
Thanks for any advice.