Sorry to hear that man. It is really difficult when a dog dies. Some people dont understand that, but it is for those of us who love dogs.
About 4 years ago my wife and I had a moment of weakness, we both knew better, we went to a pet store in arlington to buy a dog cage to train the puppy we were planning on buying.
While we were there my wife started playing with this little golden retreiver, that is what we were in the process of finding a GR from a breeder. Well we broke down and spent 700 bucks on the puppy.
One day after having the puppy she started coughing, we got very worried immediately. We called the vet and brought her into the vet the store recommended, big mistake. He checked her out and said she is in great shape, must just be a little stress from moving into the house. So we thought that was very vague and odd. We went home and she seemed to be ok.
During the middle of the night, the dog was in her crate next to my side of the bed. I heard her making these horrible noises, I got up and turned on the light and she could barely breathe, It was taking everything she had to get one breath.
We took her to an all night 24/7 vet. The vet their was great and honest. Within 15 minutes she told us the dog was very sick, parvo virus and had to be put down. It pretty much crushed my wife and I. We were so excited to have bought our first house and then the new puppy. We both really love dogs.
We couldnt put her down, we had to call the store. They told us she was fine and that we violated the return policy by going to a vet not on their list......you can imagine how angry I was. So I called their vet and he told me to bring her in during the afternoon, not first thing at 8 am sometime in the afternoon. The dog could barely breathe. It was the most painful and sad thing I have ever watched. The dog just stared at me scared to death.
We brought the dog in and the vet and the guy from the store, said oh she is just a little dehydrated, did you feed her? I was ready to rip the guys face off. So then they tell us we will take her overnight and let her sleep in this little tent that recycles a medicine through the air that will help her breathe. She will be fine in a day or two we will call you.
We were stunned. We both said what are you talking about, the vet told us she had parvo virus and within days would have all kinds of side problems and it was about 10, 000 dollars to attempt to treat her and the odds of it working were like 10%.
They insisted she is fine. We will call you. Next day comes and no one calls so I call the place and ask how she is and the guy on the phone was like what? Who? oh oh yea yea the retreiver, she is fine eating and doing great. We couldnt believe it. Next day comes I call because they never contacted me and the same thing, what who oh yea yea she is fine. SO I said can we come see her today and they said no no, we dont let customers back there. HUH?
it gets to be 6 days and enough was enough. I call and the guy who was the assitant manager...friggen loser. starts giving me crap for calling and questioning them, so I had enough and insisted to speak to the owner and wanted to know what was going on. He got all ticked off called me every name in the book and then hung up on me. Then I call back and one of the 16 year old part time girls answers saying the manager wasnt there. So I did some digging and found a way to contact the owner, who I was told was out of town. I called this jackazz and asked him where the dog was and he told me the dog had died.
You can imagine how I felt. I was more angry than anything. After a day of arguing with this guy I went into the store and demanded my money back for the dog and all the accessories we bought there. They refused. I had to fight with this guy almost literally to give me my money back. To this day they only gave me back the money for the dog. I just sold the crate in a garage sale this year. When I went into the store to get my money I told the owner on the phone I wanted him to personally give me the money and explain why the dog died.
WHen I showed up and told the 16 year old part time girl at the register she said oh I am ready to give you your money back, I stopped her and said go get the owner, I forget his name. She said he is busy, I laughed and said oh really, where is he in the back, I will go get him myself...so I started walking in the back and she called him to the front....amazingly he wasnt busy he was hiding. Scumbag. My wife had to hold me back. The owner told the girl to call the cops. I was going to rip this guys head off. Thankfully after screaming at him for a half hour an inch from his face with other customers in the store I realized it was enough, and it was over. I informed him that I was going to write a letter to the better business bureau explaining what happened, the names of the employees and how they acted, give them dates and receipts. The guy got furious with me and threatened to call the police again. I told him to go F himself and left.
Worst situation ever. And there was no recourse for me the pet owner and customer, I was lucky to get my money back. I spent a week researching pet stores and was sickened from where they get dogs and what they do. Now at the time I was 27 years old and should have known better, but I never bought anything but dog food from a pet store in my life.
It was our fault for contributing to the cruelty of animals by buying a dog from a pet store. Never do that. So you might want to look into parvo virus because puppy's are prone to that. Sorry for rambling.
My wife and I ended up doing the right thing and adopting a dog from a kennel. We found a 1 year old Dalmation. We made a 75 dollar donation to the agency and took home the dalmation. She is the best dog I have ever been around. Its as if from the first minute she was with us she was grateful.
Sorry for rambling I just thought I would share. The pet store was in north arlington in lincoln square near the ballpark. Never give them business. They are the scum of the earth.
here is the GR that didnt make it.
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and here is our Dalmation..lady
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I've lost several pets over the years and it's never easy.
