My Mother (who is 85) searched the internet for a blue merle male with blue eyes, who was registered with AKC & ASCA for breeding. She found a pup, who's parents had very impressive pedigrees, and the Sire was a beautiful black tri with stunning blue eyes. The Dam was a blue merle with blue eyes as well. The cost listed on the website was $450 with a $250 shipping fee. My Mother after having conversations with this breeder, sent her the money. My Mother lives in Tennessee, and this puppy was in Florida. Once the breeder got the money for the pup, she then told my Mom that she wouldn't ship him, unless she got an additional $600 for breeding rights. When my Mother told her that was NOT what the agreement was, she was told that she would send her money back MINUS a $500 "deposit". At risk of losing $500, she sent her the additional money. A month passed, and we still had no puppy. Blaming it on the weather, which may or may not be true. My Mother and I decided to drive to Florida to pick him up. We had wanted to visit her kennel, and meet the parents of this pup. We were sent two different photos of this pup. One photo showed two ice blue eyes, and one had one brown eye..obviously two different puppy's. She assured my Mom that this pup had two bright blue eyes. When we drove to Florida (a 1600 mile round trip) to pick him up, the breeder had excuses as to why she couldn't "meet" us at her home. She sent her son to meet us in a parking lot. The puppy (who by this time was 7 months old), was so weak that he couldn't jump in or out of the car. He was FILTHY, and obviously never socialized. At that point we noticed that one of his eyes were brown, and she did not send registration papers with her son. She sent a note saying that his AKC/ASCA paperwork would follow "soon". Reluctantly, we took the pup home. At that point, we still trusted her. Months passed, and STILL no registration papers. We then hear from her that the original Sire, who we based the purchase of this puppy on, was indeed NOT the Sire. She then told us that is was her other male, named Beau. She said that she had to get his DNA done before she could register the litter, but that she was out of work, and was standing in food lines. She mentioned that my Mother was in better financial shape than she was. First of all..that has NO bearing on this transaction, and secondly, my Mother lives off social security, and had saved money for a long time to be able to purchase this dog. Again, months later...I get an email that said that she had the papers, and she mailed them to my Mother. When inspecting the papers, we see that there is yet ANOTHER Sire listed as this pups father. This is a Sire who is only registered ASCA, and has a less impressive pedigree than the first said Sire. She would not have purchased this dog had she known that the breeded had no idea who he belonged to. We will send in the registration application, and a DNA. The Sire she lists (now) is listed on her website. He has listed that his OFA is "excellent", and that his CERF is done yearly. When searching for the OFA/CERF on the data base..guess what..it's NOT there. She then tried to tell me that this dog is retired. I told her the data base doesn't expire. After asking her to contact OFA/CERF for their certifications, she said she never sent them in, so they wouldn't be on OFA/CERF data base. She said that her vet checked the hips and eyes. I explained to her that OFA doesn't work that way, and she knew that. I told her that for her to have that on her website is basically a lie. So, now we have a dog that was Sired by only God knows, if he is the offspring of this latest Sire (Dakota), then he is only registered ASCA, has bogus health screening for OFA/CERF, and a pedigree that wouldn't have been a pup we would have purchased. When I told her that I was very unhappy about her scamming my Mother, she became obnoxious, and told me she would replace this dog with another. I told her he is a year old now, and we weren't going through this hell again. She then said, "this will be my last email to you", and that she has no time for "ignorance". I suspect she is a mill operation, or one close to it. A reputable breeder wouldn't scam a senior citizen out of $1350 by using the beautiful black tri as "bait", who was BOTH registries, and an impressive pedigree. This dog is not even in her state. He is in Colorado, at a kennel that I called, who said they are NOT sister kennels, and that his dealings with Sherrie Rouse were very limited...yet, she uses his Sire's photo to sell her puppies. Disgusting. I have every email and receipt. I can back up all of this review. I posted on her puppyfind site, and she removed it. I will put it back on. I hate to see others get screwed over. Billie Gossack [email protected]