OH, there are stories! My Favorite is one of my pups and this was the 3rd one I sold the guy. 3 month after they took her, she got diarrhea which from the sounds of it the owner did not realize and then started was vomiting as well, he had 5 acres so God only knows what she go into She just got really skinny and moopy. The vet took her into the hospital insisting it was parvo put her on IV's and when the test came back negative kept the pup and treated her for diarrhea and vomiting, no Flagyl or metro so what I don't know he would not tell me, for 5 days when nothing helped he told the owner that she had some kind of genetic defect and he should come in and sign a euthanasia. He told the owner he would sign an affidavit to the effect this pup had a genetic defect, I guess so he could get a replacement or refund... I told the guy I wanted her back and I would determine if in fact if was genetic or something that could be fixed. However if he put her down I would give him nothing... For what ever reason he would not bring her back to me but he did take her to an emergency where there were specialist (he did not call me until Saturday afternoon) They thought she might have a blockage and did Surgery.....(: Turns out all she had was Giardia and had they simply treater her with Flagyl she would have been fine, it cost this guy 4,000 and put that poor pup through hell...... Breaks your heart when these poor guys get put through this kind of thing... Deb ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================