NylaJuno

Thanks for this. It makes me Happy to know there was good news!

If i Not to be rude but isnt that a little bit of cheating? Your dog has a problem which would preclude it from breeding and after rehab it goes on as an entire dog to win shows? If it's becoming more common in your breed and this type of thing is happening it's not surprising. Champion on paper = $$ for puppies. I'm sure this is a question to be asked in another thread, Or a pm.

She came with one month free pet insurance, which we kept going and we're in the process of claiming. I'm beginning to believe that there is really nothing we can do at this point, about her breeders. They're simply being uncontactable and I'm not chasing them around the country side with lawyers. Thanks for everyones help. ????

I'm only quoting what we were told by her specialists, and apparently with ACD's its not that common. But, regardless its good to know that its relatively easy to fix in other breeds. Thanks for that.

I can neither spell, nor say 'osteochondritis' - so Thanks for that! Yes, that's it.

Australia Cattle Dog. So, you'd expect to see a stout little tub of dog which never falters. Instead we've got a Blind dog that can't walk properly, by her 1st birthday. I don't know what the husband does, but the wife does breed full time. I understand completely that sometimes things just happen, I was wanting to know If I had any rights in this or its all done and dusted and I've just got to suck it up.

Yes, registered with the QLD Canine council, and I've got pedigree papers for both of the dogs. Ultimately there is a shard of bone growing off her shoulder socket and inhibiting her from moving the shoulder and leg properly. So she limps around when walking, and if she picks up some speed she lifts it off the ground all together. Its painful to touch/move and she often gets up from sleeping and her leg is totally immobile until she 'warms up'. Both the Glaucoma and this are not common at all in the breed, and its been determined by our Vet (And several specialists we've been to) That they're genetic deformities.

Yes, for both. They save that they haven't even heard of Congenital Glaucoma, which says volumes to me- but regardless they are registered in QLD and Dam/Sire/Pups had all relevant health checks before the pups were sent home. Although- about a month after we got the first pup, it seems the heat did away with the Dam... I have my speculations.

Our Pup isn't really a 'Pup' any more (She's just turned 1y/o and our other dog is 6months) But I still would like some advice, or opinions & can't for the life of me find any relevant posts about such things. Our Oldest dog has got Congenital Glaucoma, and it wasn't apparent until about 4 months. So we've got treatment and everything for her, she's about 99% blind but taking life by the horns (so to speak!) When we told her breeder, they seemed upset and tried to explain that this had never happened before. When she was about 7 months old, we get 'given' a half price pup from the same breeders, for our troubles and to act like a seeing-eye-dog. (That worked, and their amazing friends now!) When the second dog was born they pleaded poor, and asked us for an extra $200 to cover certain costs etc. (I know, We were taken for a ride but for the benefit of our dog we gave in) (Note: I understand that this is how they make their living, don't get me wrong. But weeks after, they go on about how they've giving away an entire litter to friends and things like this. It just made us think twice!) The second dog is a little gem, absolutely nothing wrong with her and she's tough as nails- She's the kind of dog that I wish our first had been, for the simple reason that I now realize all that she's missing out on! Our first dog however, has recently been diagnosed with another genetic disorder in her left forelimb, to do with abnormal bone growth and ultimately she'll have to have surgery to remove the part of her shoulder that's giving her grief or if they can't remove it, she can live with pain for the rest of her life, or have an amputation to remove the entire leg. What options do we have, in regards to the breeder? With our dogs eyes, We brushed it off as a one-off freak occurrence. Now it seems like we're never going to have her healthy and well and terrible things keep happening to her. I've been speaking to them off and on but whenever I send them an email with bad news or try to call them, they never reply to me. Its rude and I've totally been taken aback to the point where I'm not sure if we'll ever own this breed again.