Respected sir/madam,
I bought a miniature australian shepherd puppy from Willow River Farm. I had it vet checked including parvovirus, which was negative. Less then three days after I received the dog it Deteriorated very rapidly and required immediate emergency hospitalization to be saved.\r\n\r\nAdditional testing showed that the puppy was infected with the Coccidia parasite.\r\nHere are a few quotes from peteducation.com.\r\n\r\n\\\"A puppy is not born with the coccidia organisms in his intestine. However, once born, the puppy is frequently exposed to his mother\\\\s feces, and if the mother is shedding the infective cysts in her feces, then the young animals will likely ingest them and coccidia will develop within the young animal\\\\s intestines\\\"\r\n\r\n\\\"from exposure to the coccidia in feces to the onset of the illness is about 13 days.\\\"\r\n\r\nSo this mean that the puppy was clearly infected at the breeder facility and most likely from eating feces of another dog that was shedding infective cysts.\r\n\r\nThe puppy survived and required additional medication.\r\n\r\nThe breeder refused to cover any of the medical costs including the medication.\r\nThey also treated us very unprofessionally and even seemed uncaring and hostile.\r\n\r\nI STRONGLY advise anyone looking for a Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy to not even consider purchasing from this breeder:\r\nBarb Wilson\r\nWillow River Farm\r\nMiniature Australian Shepherd\r\nhttp://www.willowriverfarm.com\r\n\r\nI made that mistake and hopefully this information will help you to not make the same mistake.\r\n\r\nThank you.