What would you do? - Page 4

Feel free to share it with us if you find it. I agree it is likely over the high number of homes that have Labs. I was suprised to see they were at #6 in Texas for non-fatal bites.

EKvonEarnhardt... I don't know??? Do you know me??.. I tried to email you off list but it bounced back in error.. I can be reached from my email.... I'm curious now...

I had a puppy returned, for reasons that have turned out to likely be caused by the buyer, but when that puppy was returned, it brought back KENNEL COUGH with it, which, LUCKY ME, got spread around to the other dogs, as it is an airborne virus which is highly contagious. This puppy could have been exposed to ANYTHING. You know how people are when they get a new puppy--it goes with them to PetsMart (where some dog owner took THEIR dog who has not been vaccinated and is carrying parvo around...make that the newer more virulent strand of parvo) and POOF, that sweet little puppy is now carrying around one of the viruses that you can't vaccinate for. Parvo is just ONE example among many. I learned the hard way, don't make the same mistake that you've been forewarned about, or you'll regret it later. I certainly did!

This was off a website on dog legislation: Toronto, August 23, 2006: The Attorney General for Ontario announced last night that in view of the success of the province's ban on pit bulls the government is turning its attention to another very popular breed of dog. He made the following announcement at a press conference late yesterday: "These dogs are involved in more biting and mauling incidents than any other breed in Ontario. Every time I read a news report about a dangerous dog, it involves a Lab or a Lab cross. We had another incident today in Waterloo involvong Labs attacking people on the street Enough is enough. It's time to take a long, hard look at these dogs."

OK to the original ? on this thread... Get your dog back, make sure your costs are covered for quarantine time needed, Refund the rest. AND forwarn any breeders locally about these idiot people. To the LAB thing... I manage a shelter most of you know this, I will tell you I have had more lab and Lab crosses try to take my face off than any other breed here, We get alot of Labs and Pits here and mixes of both, and have only had 2 pits that had to be euthed because of temperament, can't comment the # of Labs, I don't beleive the Lab breed is to blame, I beleive it's too many people have them not spaying and neutering not paying attention to temperament faults and well then here we are with "aggressive" or Fear aggressive issues with these dogs that should not even really be called Labs, as true Labrador temperament is high drive to please, good family character, and "STEADY" nerves. so it's odd that we are seeing this other than the fact that everyone on every street has one and lets it breed to god knows what, and here we are. Idiot owners should be what is banned in legislation rather than targeting breeds of dogs.

You can see more labs for sale in the local papers than most other breeds. Most of the Labs I have been around were either drug dogs or hunting dogs. All of them had excellent temperments and very high drives. Never saw one of them with any temperment problem. Not suprising to see the (as you say echo) idiots in the general public start ruining the breed. As most rescue shelters say they hate seeing their preferred breed on dog on TV or a movie as the mass breedings start and in a year or so start seeing increases in dogs needing rescued.....

Easy enough to find out where the pup has been (these people only had it one day)..... the vet is the last place I want my dogs to stay ever..... THAT is where all the sick dogs go!! And whoever said parvo is airborne, although I do believe that to be possible, unless new studies have proved otherwise.. parvo is transmitted via bodily fluids

Maybe I'm wrong--but I never got the impression from the initial post that this was a pup. 'Young female', 'one of the kids being afraid of large dogs', buyer happy that she's just what he's been looking for'--all clues that she's a much older pup or 'young female'--I'd guess about 10 months.

DKiah, We can agree to disagree on this one. Just wait til you get a puppy back that is carrying something. Then you'll be singing the same tune I am. I used to believe the same thing you do! As far as asking where the pup has been??? HAHAHA....people are rarely honest about that, especially since in my old contract, you were to maintain the puppy in quarantine at your home for the first week, other than visiting the vet's office. Many people are not honest about where they have taken their puppy, for fear you might blame THEM if the pup should come down with something. My vet keeps the sick animals in one area of his veterinary clinic, and the well ones in another area. Vet techs from one side are not allowed to the other. Vets clean up before entering and prior to leaving each side, so as to not spread anything. It's simple sanitation, really. I've seen a dog get parvo that was nowhere near any body fluids of another dog, but did happen to be in a crate which was sitting 6 feet away from a dog who later was found out to have had parvo at the time. BUT, if you're saying that parvo is only transmitted through bodily fluids (remember that parvo is a HIGHLY contagious disease, the VIRUS being one that can live for an extremely long time in all types of temperatures, etc....) then you REALLY shouldn't be worried about your vet's office, unless they run a really crappy clinic that doesn't keep things sanitary. Also, see what was said by EDD in Afgan--giardia can be spread SO easily and NEVER goes away, even after treatment! All you can do is keep things under control. Do a search on it. I got lucky to just have had kennel cough. Remember that not all vaccinations work for EVERY type of the virus out there. It's often specific, and you can get different strains of the same virus that have mutated. Just like the flu in humans, or any viral cold. They mutate and you get sick again. Ask a family with multiple children how many times they get sick in a row...round robin.....around and around it goes. Just my humble opinion. Take it or leave it, it's only advice and what I have personally been through. After what has happened, I have made some much needed changes to the way things will be handled here in the future...

VomFelsenHof, You are right.. but I am a retired vet tech and although the first place I worked had an isolation ward, the 2nd one didn't.. and ALL animals enter thru the same door and walk thru the hospitals in both cases.. that is why I always carry young pups in Parvo can have residual effects on surfaces and once things start splattering (and oh do they ever!!)the risks of further contaminations increase. Because of the residual effects, any client with a dog with parvo was advised to not bring another into their home for 6 months - 1 year. And other than an indoor dog show, what better place to get kennel cough than at the vet hosiptal where everything is closed up and germs and bacteria are rampant? I can't begin to tell you how many boarding dogs we treated for kennel cough once they went home! Back inhey come!!