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I suggest you do that without being chased for it... The quote below is taken from the NSW Companion Animals Register Change of Owner/Details form: It is the responsibility of the ‘old’ owner – the person selling or giving away the animal – to notify the change. Failure to do so may result in a fi ne of up to $880 or up to $5500 for a dangerous or restricted dog.

Thanks for the replies everyone, and particularly for your thoughts. I was too scared to ask the breeder what they were going to do with my puppy. However, on pickup (my kids and I left the house as I couldn't bear the thought of having watch him being taken away.....instead I cried my eyes out in the car whilst driving to no where), my husband asked what they were going to do with him. The reply "we'll do what needs to be done"...... Now I have interpreted that both ways.............however, he is still microchipped too me as I haven't signed a transfer of ownership form. I'm hoping she will ring or email me in regards to this.....at least it's a positive sign. But, honestly not knowing is proberly easier too deal with. Many thanks everyone for your thoughts

Hi there In a perfect world, Yes, that would be a great result. Unfortunately, the breeder still insists the dog was dropped or kicked by our children.....she won't accept it was HD, but was happy to take the puppy back and refund the purchase price. She also stated she won't be breeding the mum and dad again.......which makes me query how could she blame the children. After owning a Labrador with ED, and seeing the pain he went throughout pre and especially post surgeries, I was very aware of ED and HD and how to be careful of the environmental factors surrounding the diseases. The children were never unsupervised with the puppy, so we are upset that was even suggested. It's just such a big disappointment for us.

Hi again Thank you for the replies, much appreciated. We live in country NSW so we are limited in choice to about 5 vet clinics. The vet that examined our pup at his 12 wk booster, hardly had to touch his hip and he yelped in pain. To be honest, I wasn't suprised, as a few times in the backyard he seemed to show pain or yelp if he was playing and landed on his hips. The vet advised he recheck it at his final booster in a month. But a couple of weeks later he was playing in the backyard and his back end bumped against the kids play swing and he yelped in severe pain then spun around trying to bite at his hip.......my heart sank......the next day when the vet clinic opened I took him over (we live three doors down). He was sedated and vet had the opinion that hips were lux, sorry I have the vet report in my office for the official wording, it just upsets me rereading it.... He organized an xray that afternoon. He diagnosed hip dyplasia in both hips. I was devastated. Not accepting the result, we booked him into the biggest and specialist vet clinic for a second opinion......the results proved the same.(we never mentioned he had seen our vet earlier in the week)...... We contacted the breeder, who was shocked as well. We emailed both reports to her, and she took them to her vet to seek his opinion. In the mention time, one of my close friends is a vet in another vet practice over on the coast, so I sent her the reports and discussed the results with her.......it was agreed that we return the puppy, it wasn't about getting his purchase price back, it's just the fact that we had been through this with our first Labrador, and as I'm not working at the moment, it was my husbands decision. (with my chocolate lab I happily paid the thousands for two surgeries........now I have young children and not working i can't do that). I am confident that both vets are correct in their diagnosis. Anyway, he went yesterday, and I am heartbroken. He followed me around the house, and yard, and I loved him and his personality to bits. Today, I was sweeping and I missed him trying to eat my broom like he always did,that I had too stop. Tonight I went to put the washing on in the laundry and his bed and toys sit there empty..... Hope this answers your questions.

I was hoping too seek some advice. We have an 8 yr old chocolate Labrador. We purchased him from a breeder and parents had excellent hip and elbow scores. Unfortunately, at around 6 months he developed elbow dysplasia in both legs. Two surgeries followed, and he has lived a happy life with our family. Two months ago, we purchased a yellow lab puppy too join our family. Again, parents had good hip, elbow scores as I was extremely cautious this time. At his 2nd vaccination at the vets, the vet picked up his hip had some pain on manipulation........two weeks later he was sedated and found to have hip dysplasia in both hips. We were devastated........we were very careful with him, not overfeeding, over exercising etc. I had researched so much about hip and elbow dysplasia before we got him. He was returned to the breeder yesterday. We have a big hole in our lives..... I wish too replace him, but I am very nervous about it. We we're so attached to our puppy, and it's been hard on our family, particular my children. My youngest just adored him and spent everyday just lying in the grass playing with him. Does anyone have any advice they can offer in regards to obtaining a new pup? or is my luck just extremely bad I should look at another breed? We love labs, as our chocolate lab is just a friendly, docile loving dog. I appreciate any comments.