vstardragon Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 THis is for a friend of mine. She has a 1 year old Male Jack Russell Terrier that she purchased at a pet store.....yeah...I know...bad idea to start with. Trust me I warned her and warned her several times before she went there not to even walk into a pet store because of the risks of birth defects and that it promotes puppy mills. Anyways her JRT has a birth Defect, which i noticed in a pic she showed me and she is really noticing it now. basically both of the puppies front paws are turned out, i saw it right off when I saw the pic. She used to think it was cute because he looked like a frog when he sat there. I told her that his feet look bad and she needs to take him to a the vet to get checked. She did and they recommened seeing a specialist and she was told it would be about $4,000 per leg to straighten them out. Unfotunately there is no way she can afford it and she is thinking of putting the dog to sleep. The dog is already starting to have problems running and can't jump up on anything over 12 inches high. i told her to contact the rescues and see if there is anything they can do to help or start a fundraiser for the pup for the bills or if that's not possible to give the dog to a rescue rather than put it down. Anyways, i was looking for more advise and wanted to know what kind of ideas everyone else has. thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendalyn Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 What state is she in? I would look into puppy lemon laws and bringing legal action against the pet store. Each state is different though. Some have these laws and some don't. And of course the laws vary state by state. How bad is it going to get? Could she hold off until she can save up some money? Or maybe the vet will let her make a down payment and then additional payments after the surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vstardragon Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 She is located in Florida, she is going to try to sue the place she purchased the pup, I can't remember what the name of the store was though. She said she noticing more and more that the dog is having problems running and one leg is worse than the other so he really has to compensate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokipups Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Here is a link to Florida's puppy lemon laws, [url]http://www.malteseonly.com/lemon.html[/url] she should be covered by them if the dog is just around 1 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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