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Bailey's Story

We purchased an adorable little puppy from a store in Northglenn, Colorado on 8/25/07. They guaranteed the health of the puppy.

We noticed that Bailey (we named him that shortly after we got him) had a cough and a couple of dry spots on his ears and tummy so we scheduled a visit with the vet that they recommended as soon as we could, which was Monday 8/27/07. Their vet diagnosed him with Kennel Cough, mild giardia, spiros, and coccidia. She said the dry spots were nothing. The vet gave us medications for him to be on for 2 weeks and told us that it would clear up, she said that he would continue to cough but not to worry about it, only call them back if he was having troubles resting.

So we left with out medications thinking that he would be just fine, they never asked us to schedule a recheck, just to schedule an appointment for his first set of shots one month later. We decided to go to our own vet for his shots, so we canceled that appointment and went to the vet we've always dealt with and trusted. On 9/21/07 we take little Bailey for his shots, he's still coughing a little but since the other vet told us to expect that we didn't think it was serious. Our vet listened to his chest and told us that he now has pnuemonia and wants to run more tests for the giardia he had before.

Of course the giardia is still there, even though we followed the prescriptions to a T. So poor little Bailey gets put on more medications, a higher, more expensive dose. We go back or a recheck on 10/05/07, his pnuemonia is still there and the dry spots that the first vet said were nothing. Well, that's ringworm. So we continue all the treatment for the pnuemonia and giardia plus now treatment for ringworm.

On 10/13/07 poor little Bailey can barely breathe so we rush him back in to gentle pet care and he's hospitalized for pnuemonia.

Unfortunately Bailey passed away tonight, even though we did everything in our power to get him healthy. (The pet store) has been completely unresponsive and have gone so far as to tell us that he was sick because of our negligence. So at this point, we've spent $1,571.74 and all we have to show for it is a horribly broken heart. I've included pictures of poor Bailey so you can see how much he touched our hearts my 7 year old will be devestated in the morning when I have to tell him what happened.

Poor little Bailey was such a sweet soul and deserved none of this.

I noticed the report on the Channel 4 (Denver, Colorado) web site of the "Puppy for Sale" incident.  We too had a similar problem with the North Washington Street Kennel.   The receipt for the puppy stated that they would give a guarantee for all dogs within 1 week of purchase.  3 days after we purchased
our dog we had taken him to the kennel's recommended vet.  This vet thought that the dog had "kennel cough".  A medication was given and we took the dog home.  The dog did not get any better. 

We then took him to another vet, one closer to our home and the vet thought that the dog had pneumonia.  Two other medications were given to the dog.  The dog still did not get better. After a chest x-ray and lab work completed we found out that the dog had e-coli.  Another medication was given and he still did not get any better.

He was down to less than 2 lbs and would have seizures and was foaming at the mouth.  Exactly 1 day short of a month, the puppy died in the care of the vet.  We asked that the vet open the dog up in order for them to learn more about what was wrong with him.  The vet said that his lungs were completely full of the virus and that they were surprised that he lived as long as he did. 

We have received a check back from the kennel with a note stating that they would only pay for the dog and none of the vet charges.

It's sad to see that other families have gone through the same emotional stress as we did.

Sincerely,

Elisa