So it has been an interesting few days.
First off, the puppy is absolutely wonderful, and so cute. She is a little shark, and wants to eat our hands, feet, fingers, and toes all the time, along with anything else she can grab. She spends half her time sleeping and half her time playing and does both as adorably as possible. Also, she loves to have her belly scratched.
However, the breeders scammed us. I won't talk about what recourse I have, other than there are rules about this in Florida, because I may be taking them to small claims court, but they sold her to us with a chronic case of hookworms, along with at least three other parasites that required her to get an emergency blood transfusion. It pretty much cost us the price we paid for her to begin with. They are refusing to pay for the bills at this point. I will be making sure they have a very hard time selling their puppies from now on. I'll go to every site I can find and hunt them down and I intend to alert the AKC and Better Business Bureau. So regardless of how the case goes, they will have a hard time of it, I will make sure of that. Poor Bêlit nearly died.
Still, I am glad we got her, she is an absolute gem. She is also a holy terror, and keeps both of us up all night with walking schedules. but that is par for the course for puppies.
I am worried about her relationship with the cats. Finch has already smacked her with her claws. We were scared she got her eye, but she didn't. Still, Bêlit cried like crazy, and I don't want her to see cats as a threat to the point she becomes a cat killer. I need her to avoid them, is all. We have to socialize her with my mother's clawless cat, Nala. Nala likes dogs and has even headbutted Bêlit in greeting. The puppy was lethargic from lack of blood at the time though, so they need a new meeting. I worry for Nala. She'll now have to face the shark. We'll keep an eye on them though.
