Ashley K.
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A month ago our youngest begged me to go play with dogs at the humane society, I couldn’t find the time to get out there so I asked if she would settle for Petland. She played with lots of pups before we came across the most precious faced Cavalier King Charles puppy and instantly fell in love with him. The very next day I was told that I needed to start thinking about quality of life for my first baby, Capone while at his vet appt. My heart was broken and my sweet husband wanted to try and help it, so that weekend we brought home the puppy from Petland. Hoping he would get close to Capone on his last month with us and that our new baby could help relieve some of that pain when Capone crossed the rainbow bridge.
Within a few days it was clear there was something going on with him, it was Memorial Day so vets were closed. We were told per our warranty that we had to take him to their vet in order for things to be covered if there was anything wrong. That Tuesday we did and found out the he had Giardia, a very wicked intestinal parasite. This is highly contagious to both dogs and also humans. He went on lockdown and I cleaned all day long trying to make sure it didn’t spread, we finished up 10 days of medication, retested and he was still positive. 2nd round of medication was finished and their vet supposedly retested and said he was clear, 3 days later there is to be another check and he was clear again according to this vet. I knew he wasn’t ok because he had bloody diarrhea, and when I voiced my concerns to their vet I was ignored like I wasn’t even in the room speaking to her. The next day I had to take Capone to be put to sleep, and I brought in a stool sample from our puppy so that our vet could check it and of course he was still positive for Giardia. So we started round 3 of antibiotics this time for 14 days. We then had further testing done that came back two nights ago and this puppy has multiple severe parasites and is positive for a bunch of other bacteria and viral infections. Again, all of these parasites can be given to other animals but also humans! Yesterday he was back in the vet because of throwing up blood and his hair falling out, all due to how messed up his insides are and all the medication he has been on for 30 days now. I have had to deal with the heartache of losing Capone, but now also in fear of losing our new baby because we just keep getting hit with something new every few days. My heart hurts, I’m mentally, physically, and emotionally drained.
Learn from us… DO NOT BUY DOGS from Petland, they are sick!!! These parasites found in poop and sharing water are highly contagious and if you don’t do round the clock cleaning, disinfecting, and treatments they will never go away!!! Ask any reputable vet about them or even just google it! Do not ever use Animal Health Center vet, this is the vet Petland makes you use and they don’t care at all about the health of these puppies and in fact claims to go there twice a week to check on them so she knowingly lets these dogs sit there sick and infecting all the other dogs. Don’t go in there to hold or play with these dogs because you’re putting yourself and kids at risk of catching things you would never even think about! I went in to Petland after all of this to get owner information and walked the puppy wall and EVERY single puppy had diarrhea that looked exactly like our pups. Our puppy now has 4 medications he takes every morning and night, one of which will be long term possibly even permanent. We thought we were safe after talking to the manager about the horror stories and our puppy having all the paperwork from breeder, vet, bloodline etc. DO NOT BELIEVE THIER STORIES! The breeding facility they claim to go an visit doesn’t even exist and the breeder was tied to an Amish puppy mill ring in Indiana. I wish I could give this place negative stars! We love our puppy and will do whatever we can to fight this stuff wrecking havoc in his little body, but will never step foot in petland again!!
