bluesteelapd
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As I mentioned before its been a crazy year.
We wanted to adopt so bad but it just wasn't working out. We finally found a breeder that we thought was reputable but the breeder we got Mona Lisa from said the guy we found was a BYB and frankly if we got a dog from him he'd never speak to us again. Ok, I got the message, so we asked him again who he would recommend since he and his wife were no longer breeding. He put us in touch with a couple in PA and we liked them and they liked us. Early January we met them and saw their litter and Leonardo literally picked us by putting his little paw on my foot. I had to go to Atlanta to help my Mom because she was going to have knee replacement surgery. We weren't going to put Lele in a crate all day nor were we going to have him bond with a pet sitter so his breeders were SO SO SO kind as to watch him an extra month while I got things settled in Atlanta.
Come to find out the boy has a grade 3 heart murmur. The breeders vet caught it. We took Lele to our vet who agreed with the diagnosis and off to the heart doctor we went. It is a grade three but in November, when this boy turns one, we'll have a better idea of what's going on. He'll fall into one of three categories. #1 . He'll need nothing and will be fine the rest of his life #2 . He'll need meds the rest of his life, or #3 . He will need surgery.
So far two of the four out of the litter have outgrown their heart murmurs. We are hoping, of course, that Lele outgrows his. I can't remember the name of the type he has but the signs to watch out for are heavy breathing in a relaxed mode, pale gums, and going completely stiff for about 10 seconds. So far he has had ZERO problems.
I've posted pictures of him already. We are both adjusting to having a boy! Deep Sigh. Not used to having a boy around the house and frankly his penis comes out way too much! Yuck.
We wanted to adopt so bad but it just wasn't working out. We finally found a breeder that we thought was reputable but the breeder we got Mona Lisa from said the guy we found was a BYB and frankly if we got a dog from him he'd never speak to us again. Ok, I got the message, so we asked him again who he would recommend since he and his wife were no longer breeding. He put us in touch with a couple in PA and we liked them and they liked us. Early January we met them and saw their litter and Leonardo literally picked us by putting his little paw on my foot. I had to go to Atlanta to help my Mom because she was going to have knee replacement surgery. We weren't going to put Lele in a crate all day nor were we going to have him bond with a pet sitter so his breeders were SO SO SO kind as to watch him an extra month while I got things settled in Atlanta.
Come to find out the boy has a grade 3 heart murmur. The breeders vet caught it. We took Lele to our vet who agreed with the diagnosis and off to the heart doctor we went. It is a grade three but in November, when this boy turns one, we'll have a better idea of what's going on. He'll fall into one of three categories. #1 . He'll need nothing and will be fine the rest of his life #2 . He'll need meds the rest of his life, or #3 . He will need surgery.
So far two of the four out of the litter have outgrown their heart murmurs. We are hoping, of course, that Lele outgrows his. I can't remember the name of the type he has but the signs to watch out for are heavy breathing in a relaxed mode, pale gums, and going completely stiff for about 10 seconds. So far he has had ZERO problems.
I've posted pictures of him already. We are both adjusting to having a boy! Deep Sigh. Not used to having a boy around the house and frankly his penis comes out way too much! Yuck.