I have not purchased a dog from the dog house but I can tell you I work in the animal field and it sounds to me like alot of you don't have a clue as to how these parasites are transmitted. Yes you can get some parasites from your pet but if you wash your hands after picking up stool you should not have a problem.Most parasites (worms,giardia,coccidia)are easily cured with antibiotics as long as you have good compliance meaning that all the stools are picked up and disposed of properly EVERY time your animal has a bowel movement AND medication is given regularly according to their directions. If you have a bunch of puppies in one room and one has a bowel movement all the other puppies have to do to get infected is run through the stool and lick their paw ingesting feces is one of the most common ways they get infected. If you purchase a dog from any store take it to your vet right away get it check and run an Internal Parasite/Giardia test to make sure your dog won't infect other animals in your household. Keep them away from your animals until then. Its not uncommon for puppies to get parasites and its not the end of the world either. Use common sense people if you don't have the money to take care of a dog IF it gets sick don't buy it. Its like having a baby.. At one time or another its gonna happen and need a vet if you can't afford it don't buy it!!! That goes for any dog anywhere! I also looked into how many dogs they have sold in manchester over the years and I can tell you it's in the thousands your never going to make everyone happy I just find it funny how people only want to say the negative and never talk about the positive side of things.I say if you want a dog go look for yourself don't listen to everything you hear on here get references I'm sure there are many happy people who have purchased from there before. If you had a few thousand transactions Ibet some would be complainers who make it known to the world and not all the happy ones their happy
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