Meg, it made me so upset for you when I read your message about poor wee man, and Flan has just said the exact words I was going to write.
A decent kennels, no matter how badly it may reflect on their business, would have been only too happy to tell you everything. It is the only decent thing to do, no matter how angry your reaction, you would have been aware of the truth.
This cover up only creates more stress, anger and determination to dig away until the truth comes out.
The papers would print a story like this. Threaten them with this unless they tell you exactly what happened.
Good luck Meg, thinking of you and Wee man xxx