Hi all,
I'm new to this forum... I need advice on what options I have... Situation is we bought 2 german shepherd puppies from a breeder. Not sure if he's registered but probably not. We found the AD in trading Post. Anyways we took the puppies home... the following day they had runny stool with blood in it... We rang the breeder and he suggested we take it too him. He gave us a full refund but said if they are fine do we still want them... I said yes of course... well they were put on antibiotics for a week.... We asked him to hold them for us for an additional week so my wife could take time off and look after them... We visitied them several times... They did not look well but he assured us they were.. they look tired but I thought maybe they are pups and get tired when we visit... So we decided to pnly purchase the male pup... We gave him the full amount... 2 days prior to us picking up the pup I get a call from the breeder, he said the sibling is sick and he thinks it leptospirosis.. he told us to come take the male pup now so he doesn't get infected... But they've been living together for 2 1/2 weeks so chances are he has it...
The vet that looks after the pups said more than like the pup has it and she recommends that we do not take the puppy home as our son has medical condition which reduces his ammune system. I requested a refund from the breeder but he's refusing... said if the pup dies then he'll give us a refund... but if it doesn't then we can have him back or he can sell it to someone else and give us the money...
The vet said the virus can have incubation period of 10 to 14 days... But some cases 4 to 6 weeks... she said not to risk it and do not take the puppy. What options do I have? go to fair trading or get a solicitor? I do have a solicitor I've used in the past. She's very good at what she does... It's an expensive route but at least I know I'll get my money back going down that route.... but is there any other options? I've tried calling the breeder a couple of times today but he's not picking up
Sorry for long rant