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The reason the dog is in the hospital is for multiple reasons.

First, the vet told me that bite wound (which I could not find) had never been treated by a veterinarian and he shaved the fur off of the dog where the bite is and removed the scab revealing a large gaping wound that was semi-healed. He said it was a good thing the pills were lost being I had no idea what they were.

Secondly, he looked at the hip papers I have and what the breeder had claimed (I have print-outs of the documents). He said that the only way we can find out how bad the dog is afflicted is to x-ray the dog's hips under anesthesia. This will be done today.

Thirdly, the dog had never had her teeth cared for and the vet suspected some may need to be extracted.

Fourthly, the vet was very worried as it had been being fed this dog food called "Diamond Dog Food" which was recalled and apparently many dogs have died from eating this stuff. He threw the food and the flea/tick treatment I had found it the garbage can in his office.

He is an old man but this didn't slow him one bit. He went from the examination office back and forth to his typewriter (I could hear him typing) several times to make notes.

Fifthly, he told me that there was a 99% chance that any siblings to this dog were also afflicted. Seems a very rich man not too far from where I live has the brother. He told me to contact this man after we know the results of the x-rays for certain and advise him that my veterinarian told me to contact him (he was given as a "reference") to let him know that the dog he has is also likely in the same shape as this one is.

Sixthly, the vet found a crude tattoo on the dogs rear leg with a driver's license number on it! It is ugly.

Seventh, the dog has recently had the puppies as the nipples are still erect and it appears she gave birth to them within the past few months. The vet said that all of these puppies should have never been born and that they were all afflicted with the same hip problem. He was totally disgusted.

In any event, a very sad situation at best. I am very angry and so is the vet. He told me not to give her another cent (she sent me an "invoice" demanding more money for the bite that the dog has that she claimed was "treated" but in fact it was not).

So as you can see there are many problems here. I wrote to the American Shetland Sheepdog Assn. last night and received a reply. This is it in part:

>>I am very sad that you had an experience like this. Unfortunately, as I'm sure any lawyer could tell you, we are not an organization with rights to do anything to anyone in these types of civil situations. It burdens me; but there are just no laws we can use. Here are some suggestions;
Call animal control or the SPCA in their area. Give them their address and say they should check them out and give them the details of your experience. Have your vet call too.

Have your Vet call the vet organization in their area and ask for information on them (if they are anyone's client). Then inform their vet what they have done.

If you have a friend that is a lawyer, have him write them a letter that is "threatening" to press a lawsuit unless they refund your money in this obvious abuse situation.
Good luck, and I'm glad you have the dog. <<

So as you can see they will do nothing. I called the AKC and they will do nothing either.

In the meantime I have this extremely shy/traumatized dog now. I'm supposed to get her back this afternoon.

I'll keep you posted. Any more tips greatly appreciated.

Thanks friends - any lawyers out there that might care to help me and most importantly the dog?