Posts Tagged ‘Saint’
We have been looking and researching into saint bernards as we are hoping to buy one, we have been to see various breeders and have spoken in depths with them all and have bought the books and scoured the net but I would like to here from anyone who has or had a saint bernard/s about any health problems, the breeders we have spoken to have all come up with things like hip dysplasia elbow dysplasia etc and although we have gathered numerous insurance quotes what are the vets bills like for keeping a saint bernard? are there many illnesses that can be wrong I have only found things like the dysplasia and occasionally if not well looked after a skin condition can be picked up or even develop through no fault of owner or dog but please give me an insight into life with a saint bernard and a vet apart from drool hanging from ceilings and walls etc and needing more exercise than imaginable, I am only asking as speaking to breeders I don’t know what is going through their minds and they could be hiding things and just trying to make a sale no matter how irresponsible this is of a breeder even the best breeder in the world could think it not that all breeders are like that I dont mean to imply that but not knowing anyone who has had a saint bernard before I am a bit in the dark of the most responsible breeders that there are out there so for all the ones we have seen look reputable and completely have paper work etc to back up their reputation I do not know anyone who has bought from them. please do shed some light if you can or even if there are any sites you have seen that can shed some light on health problems in a saint as I am stabbing around in the dark looking for one.
By the way he/she would be a family pet not for breeding or anything else – i dont know if this makes a differenc to any health problems that he/she may get or not.
thank you