# Legal Question: Adopted Dog Sick **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628 "2016-05-01T21:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/81 "2016-05-08T20:18:35Z")
Thanks for the happy update! ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/82 "2016-05-08T20:21:04Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Believe me, I’m on board with those arguments - in both directions! I adopted retired racing greyhounds and flipped so crazy in love that I started volunteering. Most people thank me for rescuing my dogs. However, at a meet and greet once, someone confronted me with “don’t you think that by taking the dogs from the tracks you’re part of the problem by allowing them to keep doing business as usual?” The answer was both yes and also no, for many reasons (that I won’t go into unless you guys are interested and then it should be a separate topic). I am happy to rationally discuss both points of view with anyone because I very much believe in fighting ignorance. _\_ **JcWoman** , I for one would **very** much like to hear your experiences and advice re retired greyhounds. My grannie always had a greyhound and/or a whippet (sometime both) when I was a child and, presently being dogless with a large suburban yard, those are two breeds I’ve thought about adopting. Maybe the discussion should be in another thread? \<_Hijack ended. We now return you to your regularly scheduled topic along with hearty good wishes for the OP’s adorable puppy’s continued improvement.\>_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/83 "2016-05-08T20:33:32Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > First, a ‘pupdate’ lol He’s doing fantastic. Full of energy, running, playing being a regular puppy pain in the ass. Still has a bit of diarrhea but it’s slowly but surely firming up. He refuses to eat anything helpful like rice or pumpkin so I just gave in and got him back on his regular food. I’m going to contact the vet on Monday to figure out how to handle his vaccines going forward, to see if we need to wait or not. But pretty much it looks like we’ve got a happy, healthy puppy back :). Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/84 "2016-05-08T21:22:03Z")
Yay healthy puppy! > [@spamforbrains](#): > > … > > It’s not “normal” for anyone other than a puppy mill or an irresponsible backyard breeder to have an extra puppy… You know that there are backyard breeders and careless dog owners who don’t actually abuse their animals, right? All my pets have come from shelters, partly because a lot of the “responsible” breeders… You know what, this isn’t the pit, and I’ll just so and say that the one time i acquired a pet from a “responsible” breeder i learned when i picked up my kitten that the cats all lived in cages. I’ve had several pets from an animal that wasn’t spayed in time who had better lives. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/85 "2016-05-08T22:09:44Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > First, a ‘pupdate’ lol He’s doing fantastic. Full of energy, running, playing being a regular puppy pain in the ass. Still has a bit of diarrhea but it’s slowly but surely firming up. He refuses to eat anything helpful like rice or pumpkin so I just gave in and got him back on his regular food. I’m going to contact the vet on Monday to figure out how to handle his vaccines going forward, to see if we need to wait or not. But pretty much it looks like we’ve got a happy, healthy puppy back 🙂 YAAASSS! I’m so happy! He’s a lucky little pup who has a great family! I’m sure all your hard work made the difference, AngelSoft. Congrats and Happy Mother’s Day! ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/86 "2016-05-09T02:43:11Z")
I guess what really annoys me about this thread is the OP bought a puppy from a disreputable source, therefore encouraging animal abuse, and despite the problems ensuing, his experience may encourage others to do the same. It’s great the puppy is recovering, but it would be even better if he didn’t have to get sick in the first place. Which, if the OP had gotten a puppy from a reputable source, almost certainly wouldn’t have happened. And not one poster has asked about the welfare of the pup’s parents. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/87 "2016-05-09T04:14:42Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > I guess what really annoys me about this thread is the OP bought a puppy from a disreputable source, therefore encouraging animal abuse, and despite the problems ensuing, his experience may encourage others to do the same. It’s great the puppy is recovering, but it would be even better if he didn’t have to get sick in the first place. Which, if the OP had gotten a puppy from a reputable source, almost certainly wouldn’t have happened. And not one poster has asked about the welfare of the pup’s parents. If she had gotten the puppy from a reputable source, that puppy may still have gotten sick. Parvo is EVERYWHERE and you can’t vaccinate for it until they are 12 weeks old. At our shelter which is very clean, we won’t even let puppies younger than 6 months out in the dirt/grass play yards for fear of parvo…and sometimes they still get parvo. The fact is, she didn’t. She got the puppy where she got it. What do you want her to do about it now? Get rid of it? Apologize to you personally? What are you doing about backyard breeders in your area? What are you doing to help the homeless dog situation and over population crisis in your area? I guess what really annoys me is people who criticize others, but aren’t doing anything about the problem themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/88 "2016-05-09T05:05:12Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > I guess what really annoys me about this thread is the OP bought a puppy from a disreputable source, therefore encouraging animal abuse, and despite the problems ensuing, his experience may encourage others to do the same. It’s great the puppy is recovering, but it would be even better if he didn’t have to get sick in the first place. Which, if the OP had gotten a puppy from a reputable source, almost certainly wouldn’t have happened. And not one poster has asked about the welfare of the pup’s parents. You have had far more than your say on the subject at this point. If you want to continue discussing your feelings about pet purchasing leading to animal abuse, feel free to start your own thread. But don’t bring it up any further in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/89 "2016-05-09T15:49:48Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I think you mean you’d like a “pupdate”. 😉 🙂 I’m glad to hear the little guy is doing so well. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628/90 "2016-05-09T18:08:48Z")
Thanks for the pupdate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-adopted-dog-sick/753628.md?page=4)