When I bought my Maltese from Petland I thought she was the perfect puppy. She was eight months old and past the chewing phase and such. When I took her home they put a bow around her tail to make her look cute. It eventually cut off the circulation to the tip of the tail where it was placed. She was on two medicines for it, and the vet told us it needed to be amputated. I had to go through many phone calls and trips to the vet to make sure she was going to be Ok. I even had to go complain to petland to convince them that they need to pay for it since it was obviously their fault. They would only cover how much we payed for her which was $250 so we had to get her procedure done at the Humane Society with her spaying. Now she is missing four centimeters of her tail and is under pain medication.
Also, after her first vet visit we found out she had the parasite Giardia. Puppys contract this parasite from being in an unclean, small place too close to their waste. She was put on two more medicines, but eventually gave it to our Papillion. He had to start treatment for the parasite as well and I'm hoping me or my family don't contract it. I had to talk Petland into covering our Papillion's medication, because it was obviously their fault he was sick, but it wasn't in their warrenty.
She also had a baby tooth that she hadn't loss. If it wasn't removed it could result in tartor build up and painful crouding. Why hadn't any vet noticed either of these illnesses in the papers we recieved? Why are Petlands facilities dirty enough to give a puppy a parasite? She was only there four months.
I still love my puppy to death, but after her surgery and all the medications she had to be put on I am very against supporting petland. I had to run around and make at least fifteen vet visits for both dogs due to their negligence. I am hoping in the future I can set up some sort of investigation into Petland to see what really goes on with their puppies.
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