The sales person kept checking in on us every two minutes while my wife and I were discussing this purchase and before we made a decision she cut off his collar and said, ""Go to your new Mommy and Daddy."" We went to this store because of all the positive reviews but I think some of these reviews are written by Today's Pet staff because ALL of the puppies we checked out were extremely hyper. We did buy a puppy from the store. We were overcome by the cuteness of the one tired puppy brought to us. We were told the puppy was already neutered and had a soft spot on his head and were told this was normal. When we got home the puppy seemed okay at first but then started to become very aggressive with our 1.5 year old Shih tzu who was only sniffing him. Now I know people are going to say, ?he was just being playful? and I would not blame you. But you did not see what I saw which was: this puppy would growl, bare his teeth and with a scream lunge at our dog?s face repeatedly until we separated them. This happened every time we put them together. Our vet said that possible in-breeding can lead to the soft spot which may cause brain damage leading to aggression problems. She recommended we return the puppy to the store because he would not outgrow this. When we brought the puppy back to the store the manager told us there would be a $400.00 restocking fee to return the puppy. We had him less than three days. The manager didn?t see what happened but basically told us we didn?t know what we were talking about and there was nothing wrong with the puppy. The puppy also had an inguinal hernia which the salesperson at the pet store was no big deal and they had already neutered him because of an undescended testicle. When we told our vet about this, she said that breeders are required to neuter puppies with inguinal hernias because it is a birth defect and hereditary. Bottom line- a responsible breeder would not have bred a dog like this and if this puppy didn?t come from a puppy mill then it came from a backyard breeder who was not experienced in breeding dogs.
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