Ruth of Circleville OH (09/23/07)
My boyfriend and I purchased a 10-week old english bulldog. We were told the puppy was up to date on all shots and was healthy. As per their guarantee we took the puppy to their vet (North Fork Animal Clinic) within the 4 business days. We were told then the puppy was healthy and looked great. We were given an antibiotic for a small rash on his tummy. We started the antibiotic that day. Later that evening the puppy developed a cough.
The next day, after taking 3 of the antibiotics, we thought maybe he was having a reaction to the meds so we stopped giving them to him and called our vet (who takes care of our other 3 dogs). On Sunday, a normally healthy, super active, super great puppy, would not eat, slept all day, and was hot to the touch.
We immediately called our vet who informed us it was puppy flu and Petland in Chillicothe has been having this problem for about a month. When I called Petland, they said it was an opinion of our vet that there had been no problems. However, they agreed to cover our emergency office call and meds. Our vet even told us that a puppy from there had died from the puppy flu and another from bordatella within the last two weeks.
Luckily we caught ours in time and the puppy should recover. However, we have now infected our other 3 dogs (13, 12 and 2).
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