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by missbeeb on 24 October 2010 - 09:10
Fact : Diara has good hips; to my knowledge, her elbows are unscored... as are a good many animals bred from in this country!
Nurture v nature... how was your puppy reared? Good food? Correct exercise? No OTT jumping / too much playing with other dogs etc? Her sister has good hips & elbows; you don't even mention your dogs elbows... were they scored? Does it not suit your purpose to mention them?
I'm with Bazza... and incidentally, if you think any other decent breeder will sell you a puppy after this nasty piece, you may well be mistaken!
I have a dog (in partnership) with Sue & Jim and a friend has a litter sister... we've had no problems whatsoever. Neither have many others that I've spoken to!
Barbara MacKenzie
by bazza on 24 October 2010 - 09:10
by Jodie on 24 October 2010 - 09:10
I too am with Bazza, there is more to this story than you are saying.
by NO FEAR on 24 October 2010 - 10:10
Barbara
Wise up ! Bazza , wipe your tongue ! Jodie go back to sleep !
Facts are facts ! It doesnt matter when this puppies hips were scored ! Her hips are bad & puppy should either be replaced or money refunded !
by after6cpl on 24 October 2010 - 10:10

by missbeeb on 24 October 2010 - 11:10
Let me share a few facts with you all.
If one purposely breeds from animals with proven poor health condition/s (hips) and subsequently produces puppies with the same condition; then and only then, would that person be liable!
How could Sue have known the hip score before you had them scored? Vets have mis-read scores on countless ocassions! Clearly, it is YOU who has much to learn for few breeders would take your Vet's word as gospel.
I know that Sue always provides a contract and endorses registrations, "progeny not to be registered"... check your paperwork, for the courts certainly will.
At the moment, Sue's sweet old girl (Kally 13 years) is very ill, indeed her days are numbered, therefore, she is unlikely to be giving crapola like this any kind of priority... nor should she!
by pencil on 24 October 2010 - 12:10

by missbeeb on 24 October 2010 - 12:10
Pencil, I have long since given up trying to make sense of your bad attitude toward people in general and Sue Belfield in particular, but contracts are contracts... right? Oh, I know you reneged on yours with Steve Foran, so your word is worth, what? Yup, not too much! No surprise there!
Nurture v nature Pencil... if the dog rearing is at fault (and we don't know that it isn't) that has a huge bearing on matters and so does a contract. Most would agree that you should NOT put a puppy over jumps, because of the damage it can do... yes?
Now, I do believe you informed us that you were a solicitor! One can only assume, that it's a different kind of soliciting, for you're no legal help to anyone!

by Abby Normal on 24 October 2010 - 13:10
Pencil you made a ridiculous suggestion that the OP should now breed from a dog with known bad hips to get her money back - that is simply outrageous. If the dam had good hips, a pup with bad hips is just bad luck, there is no case to prove that the dam is not fit for purpose. Granted it is for the breeder to deal with this situation gracefully when it arises, but there is no requirement that I can think of (unless it is in the contract) that means she has to give a refund or replace the puppy. All that you can realistically ask from the breeder is moral support!
It is devastating to get bad news about the hips, but it happens. I know - been there done that. But never did I blame the breeder as all the hips behind the dog were good.
Everyone seems to be very hot under the collar about this. I don't think the blame should be directed at how the puppy was raised. That alone cannot cause HD unless the dog is already predisposed towards it. I simply think the OP needs to understand that this can happen to anyone. Some breeders don't deal with these things well, and some do. But the outcome is the same and it can and does happen in the best of breedings.

by Videx on 24 October 2010 - 13:10
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