Rockett will be a whole 1 year old next month and it really is a miracle that he's still alive. We got him from a breeder who sold him to us with a clean bill of health. Less than a week after bringing him home, he stopped eating and had horrible diarrhea, a fatal combination for a puppy that weighed less than a pound.
After numerous vet visits and reassurances that he would be fine, I woke up one morning and he was barely breathing, and couldn't even lift his head. We rushed him to an e-vet who immediately got him on fluids and told us his blood sugar was so low they couldn't register a number. The vet told us if we had waited even an hour longer, he would have died.
Turned out he had coccidia, a parasite that the breeder should have been aware of and told us about when she sold him. Words can't describe my hatred for this woman, who didn't care enough about her puppies to make sure everything was well before she sold him. When we told her about Rockett's issues she told us we could have our money back, as long as we gave her the dog back. Like heck we would!
After a night in the hospital, we got Rockett back and he was a completely different puppy! He had energy, and a light in his eyes that we hadn't seen since we brought him home. Now he's nonstop and always going, a picture of perfect health.
Sorry for the wall of text, I just wanted to share Rockett's story with his birthday coming up. Here's some pictures
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