Well, we took Jax, (We finally named him) to the vet today for his first checkup. All is well, besides that they heard a heart murmur. She said it was slight, took him to the back, to have another vet listen in a more quiet room. She came back and said that he heard it too, on his right side. She was actually not too concerned over it, till I got upset and asked her if she would have that in writing, since I need my breeder to know this. She said she would have to say it is between a 1 and 2 because anything under a 1 would be about impossible for them to hear on a normal checkup. She also said he may outgrow it and they will look again in 3 weeks when we go in for shots. Sigh, I could throw up right now. I do not know what to do. I cannot get in touch with the breeder right now, maybe tomorrow.
I read, and read, and read about boxers. I take a long time, looking for a breeder. My first attempt ends within 4 days, when the pup gets stepped on by it's mother and has to be put down. I, unfortunately passed on a beautiful little pup, named Gordy, because he had a heart murmur. I spend more time looking for another breeder, find one, but am on the bottom of the list. We finally get a pup, after searching for 7 months, the wife loves him, the pup is bonding with my 12 year old well, he is behaving good, and now this. I somewhat feel that I could have gotten one from the newspaper, and had better luck!
Don't know what to do. Breeder said we could return him, when we purchased him. My wife would hate me if I do. If I do that, I rather ask to wait till he is 12 weeks and see if he outgrows it, but then it will be that much harder on the family.
I read, and read, and read about boxers. I take a long time, looking for a breeder. My first attempt ends within 4 days, when the pup gets stepped on by it's mother and has to be put down. I, unfortunately passed on a beautiful little pup, named Gordy, because he had a heart murmur. I spend more time looking for another breeder, find one, but am on the bottom of the list. We finally get a pup, after searching for 7 months, the wife loves him, the pup is bonding with my 12 year old well, he is behaving good, and now this. I somewhat feel that I could have gotten one from the newspaper, and had better luck!
Don't know what to do. Breeder said we could return him, when we purchased him. My wife would hate me if I do. If I do that, I rather ask to wait till he is 12 weeks and see if he outgrows it, but then it will be that much harder on the family.