On the sunday morning we find another puppy gasping for breath and take this one over to Basildon. Cruelly, when we return we have barely been in the house for half an hour when we discover that another puppy is showing the same symptoms. We phone the vets and before we can tell them, they tell us that the puppy we had taken in on Friday night has gone downhill and they ask for our permission to put him to sleep.
We then get into a minor disagreement about the last 'healthy' puppy. We know that we have to take the affected puppy back to Basildon and so we ask if the last puppy can come too as we feel it is only a matter of time before she too struggles to breathe. The VRCC is adamant that this puppy should stay at home. After a lot of pleading, they finally agree to take her which is just as well as by the time we arrive at the VRCC this last pup is also having breathing difficulties.
