Bonita of Bwana
Posted : 12/16/2008 6:51:41 PM
Is this an AKC dog? Was the dog shipped? What age is the dog? Did they get a health Certificate with the purchase of the dog? ... there are a lot of things that factor into what any state can do...
If he bought a designer dog w/o papers or health certs and no Written Health Guarantee then he may well be up that creek with out a paddle...If he bough an unregistered "purebred" dog then again he has zero recourse through a Registry , they can and will fine and penalize breeders who sell sick puppies. I hear all the time folks who claim that a contract or gaurantee is not worth the paper you print it out on... but this is exactly one of the reasons I insist on contracts. I want things clear and up front. Between my kennel gaurantee and the health certificates gotten with in 2 days of the placement of a puppy, ( this changes only when we are delivering the pups acrossed country as we will not ship commercially) Every puppy must have a visist with the family vet with in 3 working days of placement. Full refund and vet bills paid if the puppy is returned for health reasons. And we pick the puppy back up, again we do not like shipping. Also regardless of breed if the puppy is under a specific age and placed interstate , there are laws that protect the buyer. I am sorry to hear the puppy is ill , they should keep every scrap of paper given them from the vet, they may be able to recover in small claims court .
Bonita of Bwana