My husband took me to look for a Siberian Husky puppy, as I've always wanted one. We get there and OMG....it was dirty, smelled real bad and the puppies weren't clean. I was so put off that I didn't want to stay, let alone hold a puppy. I told my husband that I wanted to leave. Needless to say, he coaxed me into looking at the puppies.
The room they were in was very small and we could hardly move around to look at the puppies in the cages. There was another couple in there with us, plus the breeder, herself. It was very cramped indeed.
I was told when shopping for a puppy, to get one that's really friendly, outgoing, you can hold like a baby, etc..... We're looking and this one Husky pup came right up to me at the front of his cage, wagging his little tail, yapping, whining and looking at me like: take me home, please play with me and pet me. I fell in love and asked to hold him. Very friendly pup and passed all the tests. He smelled aweful. Ended up buying him. The breeder said she would clean him up (small wonder).
Named him Diesel, after a dog in the movie: Disney Snow Dogs. It took a few days for the smell to wear off of him. We gave him a bath, sprayed some puppy odor spray on him......it kinda sorta helped. He contracted a couple puppy parasites from being at the farm. Then he developed epilepsy. Finally, he developed juvenille caratracs in both eyes.
Looking back, I'd have to say, we saved him from someone who over breeds and because she does that I have to wonder if that isn't why Diesel developed alot of medical problems so young. My bosses mixed breed dog is a couple years older than Diesel and still has yet to develop one medical problem, where he's had several.
At the time, I never thought about it, but I should've reported the breeder for an unclean environment and over breeding.