The following gives a full account of the dealings with ********* of ********** in *, Texas.
I’m writing to express my disappointment in the transaction and convey my deepest concern for the health and safety of the remaining animals in ****** care. After hours of research, I’ve come to the conclusion that ***** is not acting in the best interest of the animals she sells and their health is severely in jeopardy.

Transaction summary & events following:
Through internet research, and as a surprise gift to my daughter and I, my husband found ******** information via ******** Seeing a picture of a Maltipoo, and after communicating with ***** over the phone, my husband paid for the dog via our credit card on 12/13/08. The cost for the dog was $799. ***** then agreed to meet my husband in New Braunfels, TX on 12/24/08 with the puppy. (We live in Austin and they agreed upon New Braunfels as a meeting place).
On 12/24/08, the day we received our puppy, we noticed blood in her diarrhea-consistency stool. The bloody diarrhea continued approximately ever 30-minutes. For fear that something was seriously wrong, we took her (on 12/25/08) to the Animal Emergency Clinic. After numerous tests, it was determined that our new puppy had a intestinal parasite called Giardia*. At the vet’s recommendation, we started her on medication right away.
On the night of 12/29/08, our puppy began coughing persistency and having difficulty breathing. I took her to the * Clinic in town on the morning of 12/30/08. It was then determined that our puppy had kennel cough, which is especially serious in small puppies. At the vet’s recommendation, we immediately started her on medication. Our puppy was now on three medications, as she was still dealing with the intestinal parasite.
On the evening of 1/2/09, our dog began having very serious problems breathing. Fearing that she would not survive without rapid treatment, we immediately contacted the local emergency clinic. On the morning of 1/3/09, it was determined that our dog had developed pneumonia, which was a result of the kennel cough and her weak immune system.
On 12/26/08, I contacted ** to let her know about the issues we were having. She responded saying that the stress of a new environment can bring on such illnesses.
We have now had three veterinarians evaluate our puppy’s condition and all three agreed that the puppy was harboring these illnesses before she came into our possession.
We feel it is only right that **** reimburse us at least $500 in veterinarian bills.

On 1/5/09, and again on 1/6/09, we contacted **** via her cell phone to explain our puppy’s full condition. She has not agreed to a refund.

More important than the refunded vet bills, is the fact that *** is still breeding animals that may be in the same condition. We’ve found numerous accounts via internet search that lead us to believe this situation has happened on a number of occasions with ****. Our sincere hope is that ***** with stop breeding animals that she can not properly care for. We believe her establishment to be a “puppy mill” and not a healthy environment for animals.

********
Vet Bills to date:
• * - $244.58, 12/25/08
• *- $86.75, 12/30/08
• *- $106.77, 1/3/09
• *- $234.26, 1/5/09
• *- $66.00, 1/6/09. For hospitalization and nebulization treatments
• *- $86.05, 1/7/09. For hospitalization and nebulization treatments and medicine

Total charges for veterinarian care to date: $824.41

* Giardia are protozoans, tiny, one-celled parasitic life forms with the potential to cause serious illness. . If the dog has an immature or overburdened immune system, the trophozoites continue to multiply by dividing and can cause the debilitating disease.


**** please read the rules of posting PRIOR to making posts!
You are NOT permitted to give full names, addreses, phone numbers, websites, opposing adverising sites, etc ANY personal information on this forum.
While I sympathize with your situation, it is not permitted here.

Was not pleased with the time it took to edit this one post, as names were repeated every sentence.
Exact name and location of the vets involved were removed as well.
File a copmplaint with the site that she is advertising on.

In the future...the fact that she sells mixed breed puppies at high prices should clue you in to not deal with them.



***Edited By: lpn169 on 1/14/2009 12:13:26 PM***
Reason: Many broken forum rules

I think you are going to get in trouble for putting her name in here. I feel for you--big time. Please look for my post--Poor Annabelle--on one of the pages of this forum. Your poor little puppy came from another horrid breeder that only cares about $ in her pocket and not the welfare of the dogs she raises. Good luck. I took the breeder of Annabelle to small claims court, won by default and have not received a penny. I can not express how important it is to do research, ask for references and go see with your own eyes the conditions these pups are raised in. I wish you all the best and hope your little pup comes out ok.

Maybe someday there will be stricter laws enforcing the way breeders breed.

If they let you get away with putting her name and info here--you will soon see all of Annabelle's breeder's info here too. I am so disgusted with her. I have blogged about her several times. Google Poor Annabelle and it pops up.

I'm sorry for your troubles, but did your husband sign her contract? She makes no guarantees whatsoever, no refund of puppy price (under any circumstances), no refund of payment of vet bills, nothing except assistance and advice, unless the puppy dies, and then she'll replace the puppy (if her vet approves the validity of the claim). If your husband signed it, I see no recourse for you.

You've got an opportunity to learn a huge lesson from this sad situation, and, hopefully, others will learn from it, too.

Your post will probably be edited to remove names/numbers/websites, because it's not fair to hear only one side of the story, but, IMO, your story has the ring of truth, so I hope others use caution if considering buying a puppy from this backyard breeder.

I wish you the best of luck and am praying that your baby survives her illness.

I am so sorry for what you are going through. I hope that your pup pulls through and that you can get the word out and educate future pet buyers from dealing with irreputable breeders like this one. A breeder should breed in an effort to strengthen the virtues of said breed, with health in mind.

I will add that placing stricter laws and restrictions on breeding is not the way to go. If we do that, then the only ones who will be able to afford to pay for breeders licenses will be the people breeding strictly for profit, without the welfare of the dog in mind.
You and your pup are in my thoughts...

Amber in Houston

I e-mailed this breeder and asked her to please stand behind her puppies and encouraged her to work with you for the sake of all breeders. It seems that dog breeders are getting a bad reputation from the few sour apples that spoil the whole bunch.

IPN--can you really file a complaint with the sites breeders advertise on? Will this do any good?? Is there any public place you can file a complaint against a breeder?--on site where they advertise?

I have been to the home of this "maltipoo" breeder. She also breeds numerous other dogs. When I arrived at her home, she had a minimum of 25 dogs in her home and was unable to produce the parents for any of the maltipoo litters. She said the parents were at her sisters home, come to find out her sister is breeding in Universal City just outside San Antonio.

There were 2 dogs who had diareah and sick, she made us wash our hands in her kitchen sink afterwards. There was also a dog in another cage by itself that had missing hair. She claimed she took the dog with the missing hair to the vet but they didn't know what was wrong with it and for the time being not selling it.

I inquired about shipping such small puppies, approximately 5 weeks old and she said it was not a problem, the airplane compartment is for live animals and temperature controlled. Her website states she ships only after 9 weeks and this apparently was not the case.

I do not believe this woman is a responsible breeder. There is no way one could care for all those puppies she had in her home. To her it is just a money making adventure and she is doing just that with no concern for the welfare of the puppies.