My family and I got our Doberman, Brooklyn, from anypets.com 5 years ago. When we went to go pick her up from the airport, she was COVERED in dirt! It was caked in her eyes, ears and nose. The
End of her tail was not properly cut leaving it exposed as well as her dewclaws. We paid $700 to be insured that she was from a breeder, well little to our surprise, when I took her to our vet, 85% of her stomach and intestines were covered in bacteria and coccidia which is commonly found in puppies that come from puppy mills. Sure enough, the breeder wasn't a licensed breeder and was in fact, a puppy mill.
Once we told anypets.com, they did refund our money for the dog however, her whole life has been a health battle. She ended up developing pancreatic problems which she is now on $110 a month medication PLUS special food for 4 years to keep the enzyme that breaks down the nutrients in food from in her body since she cannot produce that alone.in just the last year we have found a cheaper form of the medication. Before we found out about that, she was going to the vet/emergency room once a month because she would have uncontrollable diarrhea and vomiting. We had to feed her rice for a good 4 months before all the testing showed it was her pancreas. Now being 5 years of old, we just took her to the vet because she is in liver failure. We are hoping that we caught it in time to fix it but this bill will be close to $1000.
Totaling all of her medication PLUS the special food she was on for a good portion of her life the grand total comes to $12,685.76... WOW is all I have to say. This dog has become a part of our family and I would never regret getting her, she is such a sweetie and a furchild to say the least. The bills however keep on piling and I would like to know where anypets.com is now. This letter may not get very far but just a sounding board for our frustrations. Please keep Brooklyn in your thoughts and prayers. We still don't know if she is going to pull out of this one...
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