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October 30, 2009
Puppy Care
I had problems with the quality of this breeder. My puppy is OK now - and once you bring a puppy into your home, if they are as unique and precious as a new baby - the health guarantee is useless... you have to return a dead dog or pay for an autopsy which means you can't properly lay your pet to rest if it dies w/in the first year -- or pay for a procedure to verify the cause of death has something to do with the breeders actions and that cost could exceed what the puppy cost. My puppy is going to be ok, but the promises on the website about how lovingly and individually the puppies are eac treated, as well as particular steps that are taken for their pre-placement care were not truthful. I was told of a problem - told a vet diagnosed it, but was given no record of that. I just had a feeling he needed a home and so I took him at a discounted price which no I find was excessive. I discovered at the first vet visit that the problem is much more severe and not what I was told at all. It could have even happened through trauma. Of course we will give him a great life... I am also aware by this puppies behavior that if he hadn't endured a physical trauma -- it was an emotional one and not as minor as neglect due to coming from a huge puppy factory.
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jy9098
September 6, 2009
sick puppies
I just baught a yorkie pup from this woman less than a week ago.The breeder assured us that the puppy had all needed vaccinations and wormings. She also stated that she gives all vaccinations, docks tails and ears on her own and the pups are not vet checked because she had been doing this for 19 years. This made me slightly spectible. I noticed it had a cough on the way home. Being excited and thinking the new pup is probably nervouse I took him to his new home. He acted ok for a day or two, then off to the vet he was coughing, gagging ans had no energy at all. I took him to the vet, the gave him fluids, antibiotics, and put him on a special diet. We were back at the vet the next day, and the puppy had to stay there. He was so sick, the vet said it was a bacterial infection that he contracted at birth or shortly after that could've easily been treated, but was left untreated . I got the puppy when he was 10 weeks old, and there was nothing myself, the vets, or all the money in the world that could've saved him. This lady has an out rageous amount of dogs and puppies at her home. Most looked clean, but obviously looks can be deceiving. I've contacted her several times and she has not returned my responses about the whole 1 year health gaurantee. I can't even get a 1 week gaurentee. Please-please-please don't buy any puppies from this woman unless you are ready for heartbreak. I don't know if my family will ever recover from being so excited about a new member of our family just to loose him so soon. If she ever does make right about this I wil correct this complaint to state that at least she did the right thing, but I wouldn't hold my breath. If you take any advice from this at all it is please be careful about where you get your puppy from. Sometimes we go to places like this we save a couple bucks, but whats really in it for the long run? I'd rather spend a litle bit more and have a life long companion.
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