If you are considering purchasing a Miniature Bulldog, please call or email me first.
I will be happy to share my horror story with you!
We purchased Peanut on September 10 from the website www.bulldogminiatures.com from a lady named Lisa. This company goes by many alias names listed above. Lisa told me that Peanut was 100% healthy and all of their puppies are 100% healthy. Every time we called Lisa, she would answer the phone or get right back with me. This completely changed when I was standing in the airport with Peanut.
I arrived at the airport 30 minutes prior to Peanuts' arrival. When the puppy finally arrived in his crate, I bent down to see him. I was horrified. He was covered in blood and puss. He was crying and shaking. I immediately picked him up and the flight attendant gasped when she saw him. She almost cried when she saw how disgusting the puss and blood coming from his ear was.
I immediately called Lisa to report this. She did not answer her phone. I left a message that this was an emergency and I was taking Peanut to the animal hospital. No response. I tried calling numerous times and never a response.
I went straight to the animal hospital. Peanut had a very bad ear infection that was so infected he screamed in pain when anyone even touched him. The puss and blood was dried and stuck in his hair. There were very deep cuts in the ear that has left permanent scars on Peanut's ear. Peanut also had Pyoderma that had to be treated. After doing a fecal exam, the vet said he had coccidia. The vet did not think that this happened from the time The Bulldog Exchange shipped him in the morning to when I picked him up in the afternoon.
I called Lisa again and requested she call me back since the vet wanted to know what medication Peanut was taking already no response. I faxed the bill and report to The Bulldog Exchange and left more messages without response.
Peanut's condition did not improve so we took him to a local vet. The vet could not believe how bad of a condition he was in. He found his ears had bilateral otitis externa yeast and bacteria, pyoderma on head and neck, bilateral hip luxity. We had to take our other dog, Snickers, to the vet that day to make sure she did not contact coccidia or the pyoderma from Peanut. Once again, I faxed the bill and report to the breeder with no response.
On 10/2/08, Peanut woke me up because he was screaming in agony. He would not eat the night before or drink and vomited several times and had diarrhea. I could tell he was in a lot of pain and took him to the vet again. They kept him in the hospital and let us pick him up later in the evening.
Once we got home, Peanut would not eat and had diarrhea and vomited numerous times. His temperature went to 104 degrees and he was shaking. He seemed disorientated and ran into things. I thought he was having seizures. A vet tech that lived in our neighborhood said we needed to take him to the hospital now.
We rushed to the animal hospital. At the hospital, the vet had to inject fluid under Peanut's skin to keep him from getting dehydrated. Lots of tests were performed. Hours later, we took him home. Peanut did not eat for days and we had to give him water from a dropper to get him to drink.
On 10/20/08, I took Peanut back to the vet because he had a bad cough. He was given medication. The vet thought it was kennel cough.
The past few months have been a nightmare. Peanut has suffered so much because of The Bulldog Exchange. Numerous attempts to reach the breeder were ignored. We have a GUARANTEE on the puppy, but what good is it when they refuse to respond to you? We were told we were getting a 100% healthy puppy, when in fact; we received a very, very, sick puppy. We have spent thousands of dollars over the last few months to keep Peanut alive.
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