How about a rescue Chi? I know in CA there are quite a few in the shelters.
\ \ /\ Alice ( ) [email protected] .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > On Jul 20, 2013, at 4:22 PM, "Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > > We were devastated last week when we had to put our 10 year old female chi, > Maya, down. She started caughing a couple of years ago and the vets told us > that it was a collapsing trachea issue that would get worse over time. > > The caughing got worse 3 months ago and the vets gave us medication that > helped for a little while. Unfortunately, last week our beloved Maya took a > turn for the worst and Sunday she crossed over the rainbow bridge. > > We will be looking for another chi in the future and will contact several > breeders. I was not familiar with this problem when we got her and the other > generations of chis that the breeder had ranged in age from 3 to 13 and none > had this issue. Are there anything that we should look for next time when we > go to view puppies to possibly avoid this problem again or is it something > that just happens. My wife and I are still heart sick. Greg > >
