I did not post this before because it was not a lighthearted subject. However, I want to post just in case someone has the same experience as me.
My husband bought me two West Highland Terriers as a Mother's day present. He gave them to me a week early and the little boy quickly became ill. We did everything we knew to do for him and took the vet's advise but Mother's Day morning he died in my arms on the way to the emergency clinic.
We researched for the best place to buy a replacement pup and found a woman breeder whose son went to school with my brother. I trust this breeder and know she is not a puppy mill breeder. In the meantime our little girl pup was diagnosed with kennel cough and we treated her for that and made sure she was well before picking up the new pup.
The new pup came home and was here for a week. The two bonded very well and were a great pair. Then little girl started having seizures. The vet indicated a likely diagnosis of distemper which is a fatal disease. This means also that the kennel cough was a misdiagnosis and was likely the first signs of distemper. Nearly 80% of all dogs with distemper will die and the rest are likely to sustain permanent damage. We chose to have her put down to protect the new pup the best we could. We are currently waiting for her lab results to come back do an official diagnosis. The kids are very upset that their dogs have died. We should know by Monday next week if Wrecks has distemper.
A time line review:
Week 1: boy and girl litter mate puppies
Week 2: boy pup died and only have girl
Week 3: Buy and bring home a replacement boy pup at the end of the week (meaning we waited almost 2 weeks before bringing a new one home)
Week 4: Pups do great getting to know each other and are the perfect pair and inseparable.
Week 5: Girl pup begins to have seizures and is diagnosed with possible distemper and we put her to sleep. Now we wait to get her test results back and to see if boy pup 2 gets distemper.
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