I am so sorry that is beyond terrible. But you are not bad parents!
No one got your puppy sick. Your puppy had what it had before you got her. You had her for 2 days and a little diarrhea and 1 hack was not enough to alarm anyone. Even if you had gotten up in the middle of the night and noticed something was wrong and brought her to an emergency vet I doubt that they could have saved her. It happened way too quick. She may have been born with it. It used to be that puppies had to be at least 8 weeks before they were weaned and now it seems that breeders are just booting them out. I personally think that 6 weeks is too soon. I have met people who got puppies as soon as 4 weeks old. It is just wrong.

I personally wouldn’t get a puppy until it’s 8 weeks. But that’s just my opinion. I have met other pet owners that have lost puppies early on and it could be for any number of reasons health wise. I don’t want you to think that I think you were wrong for getting your puppy at 6 weeks. That’s not what I am saying at all. It’s just that where I grew up you could not adopt a puppy until it was at least 8 weeks old. That was all of the shelters. The breeders used to be the same way. It seems like everyone is just weaning too early for my taste. But like I said that is only my opinion and I although I take care of other peoples pets for a living and I have vet experience, I am not a vet.

I agree. Florida law requires that puppies be vet checked and eight weeks old before they are sold. That is the absolute youngest a puppy should be separated from mom and litter mates. And another month would be even better. Puppies learn a lot of things from mom and the other puppies in the first three months of life. Also I would not buy a puppy unless the mom and puppies are kept in the house and exposed to normal household sights and sounds. They should also be very used to being held and handled by humans right from a few days old.

The same thing just happened to us. We are totally in shock. We had the puppy for a week and a half and there were no problems at all. The puppy had all of it’s shots and everything seemded normal. He had been very playful all day today until 20 minutes before he died. We thought he was asleep, but when my boyfriend walked by him and he did not move, he knew something was wrong. He was still alive at this point but was totally non-responsive. He did shake just a little but his gums had already turned white and he was not breathing. He was completely gone a couple of minutes later. We were on the phone with the emergency vet who told us there was probably something genetically wrong with him. He showed no symptoms other than a little bit of diarrhea last night, but there was no vomiting or blood. He was a playful puppy, running around and chewing on everthing. This is a total shock to our family and we hope to get some answers. The breeders live in Illinois and say this has never happened to any of their puppies. If anyone has had this happened or has any answers for us please respond.
DKT

Hello, I am so sorry to hear what happened to you. I can’t believe that you were able to take this puppy home at 6 weeks. I don’t blame you, I blame that breeder. I hope that you were able to get your money back on the puppy. If I were you I would get a new healthy puppy from a breeder that knows what they are doing. Any good breeder knows that a puppy that is only 6weeks old should never be away from its mother. I don’t want to sound rude, but why on earth were these puppies away from their mom anyway? This should have been a red flag to any one getting a puppy from them. I am not an expert on dogs and only know about the Bulldog breed, but it is kind of a rule of thumb for any breed. There is a flu type problem that attacks the resp. tract that has been going around. I am not sure if this is what that little guy had, but it could be a starting point. I lost my bulldog who was only 2 years old to this back in December. She ended up dying after her lung collapsed from this infection and they could do nothing to save her. However, it could be many different things because the puppy was so very young. Did a vet give this puppy a clean bill of health??? Again, I am so sorry for what you are going through. Many people want to bring these tiny babies home and just can’t wait, but they just don’t realize what they are getting themselves into. Take care and I hope that you are able to move on, find a good breeder, and have the dream puppy you have always wanted.

I am so sorry for your loss…….. I had a very similar thing happen to my puppy last night. My puppy (Cooper) was 8 weeks old. He was an English/ American bulldog. I picked him out of the litter aprox 3 weeks ago, and brought him home 5 days ago. He was UTD on his shots/wormer, and a very active/playful puppy. I have another adult dog at home (Caine), which he got along w/ very well. Cooper would go in his cage, which was like 4x’s his size, when I wasn’t home and through some of the night. He was a typical puppy and cried for a while then quit and would sleep, once he realized he wasn’t getting out. I worked yesterday, and my mom came over to let Cooper and my Caine out. My mom said Cooper played in the yard, and they went for a walk. She said he was his normal playful self. When Cooper came inside he had some water and a little food, then back in his cage. She said he wined in there until she left (normal for him). 4 hours later I came home to find Cooper dead in his cage. He looked like he just layed down and died. There were no signs of distress, the newspaper under him was not messed up, he had no marks around his mouth or body, like he was chewing or scratching on gate door to get out. I did not have an autopsy, but I did have his body examined by a vet. They put a scope down his throat, and determined he did not choke on anything. It is unknown why Cooper died, he never showed any signs of illness. The vet did say Cooper was very large for his age. I am so sad that my little Cooper was deprived of a long, wonderful life I had planned for us. It seams so unfair:( It gives me a little closure to read your story, seeing Cooper is not the only one this has happedned to. I have added a picture taken of Cooper less than 24hrs before he died. Although Cooper is not physically here with me anymore, he will always have a very special place in my heart. Until we meet again…….. R.I.P Cooper

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I really feel for you.
Back in December my wife and I lost our 4 year old weimaraner way too early to liver cancer. We had no clue she was sick until the night before we had to put her down. We’ve spent the past 3 months grieving and preparing ourselves to bring a new dog into our lives. On March 20th, we brought our new 13 week old puppy that we named Sadie home. She immediately took to our 2 year old son and seemed to be adjusting really well. About half way through the week, she wasn’t eating as much and was peeing in the house right after we had her outside for an extended period of time. after 5 days of having her at home, we noticed she had become a bit more lethargic but we assumed it was because she was stressed being in a new environment, etc. Two days later we decided we were going to take her to the vet because we thought she had a urinary tract infection which was causing her to pee in the house like she was. Once the vet checked her out and conducted and x-ray and then an ultrasound, they informed us that there was something wrong inside her intestine and that would have to operate on her. When they went in they found the worst possible thing. A fungal infection had taken over her GI tract and her intestines and lymphnodes were extremely inlfamed. We were informed that treatment for this had never yielded long-term positive results. We had to let her go a week after bringing her home. It was the toughest thing seeing her on the table three months after going through the same thing with our first weim.
I’ve spent the past couple of days beating myself up and trying to think of tihngs I could have done differently or better. But there was nothing we could do since she got the fungus before we brought her home and there were no real symptoms until it was too late.
I hope you and your boyfriend have been able to move on. I’m sure my family and I will as well in time. It’s such a tough thing when you become so attached to that little thing.