Belligerent breeder

[Anonymous]

Got small breed puppy from an "ethical" breeder that has produced many AKC champions in her line (saw several of her dogs being shown by prominent dog handlers). We went for a vet visit and the vet found a congenital defect with the dog. When we called the breeder she claimed she's only human and she forgot that he has this congenital defect. Sucks for us that she's only offering to replace the puppy or give a credit. As we were discussing our options, she became increasingly belligerent and hostile, and hung up on us. We certainly do not want another puppy from this unstable woman and we don't want to give up on our puppy now. It's just such a shame that we paid for what we thought was a caring breeder that we can count on for the lifetime of the dog but now we're on our own.

[Anonymous]

Then all you can do is take the credit. We avoided breeders like that as the ones we talked to didn't seem to care about the dogs, just the money.

[Anonymous]

Name and shame. Others deserve to know. I mean, what else do breeders have other than their good name? The are always lots of options for breeders.

[Anonymous]

Name and shame OP. So others don't make the same mistake.

[Anonymous]

Similar experience. Goes to show pedigree isn’t everything. Even if you had put a deposit down and you drove hours to get there, if things don’t feel right, the breeder glosses over things/treats their puppies differently than you’d imagined, or paperwork don’t check out right when you’re there to pick out your puppy, leave. All you lose is the deposit, not years of potential medical and/or temperament issues down the road.

[Anonymous]

What issue does the puppy have?
Many breeders treat it strictly as a business. If you return the pup she’ll either try to palm it off on another unsuspecting customer or have it put down.

[Anonymous]

The breeder is in it to make money OP. Puppies are profit. What do you think happens to unsellable puppies? There are no ethics involved in this, those you thinking you are going to ethical breeders need to wake up.

[Anonymous]

What is the congenital problem? Is it really an issue?

[Anonymous]

I mean, what other options did you want? What is the defect?

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand what you mean by thinking the breeder is going to be with you throughout the dog’s life? What does that even mean?

[Anonymous]

I went through this with a not-reputable breeder (I did not know at the time that they were not reputable). I bought the puppy and also bought an optional expensive board-and-train program where a friend of the breeder who is a dog trainer takes the puppy for a few weeks and house trains them etc before the puppy goes home. This was a dumb thing to do but I'd never had a dog and was nervous. A few days after my dog went to the trainer's house, she sent me an update and mentioned "massaging the problematic hernia." What hernia??

I'd had first pick of the litter, and was told by friends that the smart thing to do is tell the breeder what your priorities are and have them pick the dog for you. I did that. She never told me anything about the dog she assigned to me having a hernia. Not a word until the trainer mentioned it. So she chose the dog with a health issue that had the potential to be serious to give to me, and didn't inform me of the hernia at all.

When I consulted my vet about hernias, she told me I shouldn't support this "breeder" in any way shape or form. So I insisted the breeder refund my money and sell the dog to someone else. She gave me a lot of shit and it got ugly but she did refund my money.

Happy ending: I did what my vet said to do and went with a rescue dog and life has been happy ever after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went through this with a not-reputable breeder (I did not know at the time that they were not reputable). I bought the puppy and also bought an optional expensive board-and-train program where a friend of the breeder who is a dog trainer takes the puppy for a few weeks and house trains them etc before the puppy goes home. This was a dumb thing to do but I'd never had a dog and was nervous. A few days after my dog went to the trainer's house, she sent me an update and mentioned "massaging the problematic hernia." What hernia??

I'd had first pick of the litter, and was told by friends that the smart thing to do is tell the breeder what your priorities are and have them pick the dog for you. I did that. She never told me anything about the dog she assigned to me having a hernia. Not a word until the trainer mentioned it. So she chose the dog with a health issue that had the potential to be serious to give to me, and didn't inform me of the hernia at all.

When I consulted my vet about hernias, she told me I shouldn't support this "breeder" in any way shape or form. So I insisted the breeder refund my money and sell the dog to someone else. She gave me a lot of shit and it got ugly but she did refund my money.

Happy ending: I did what my vet said to do and went with a rescue dog and life has been happy ever after.

Oof! I found out that a kitten I had bought (and had traveled for) had feline herpes (a for-life issue). When I called the breeder her reaction was telling, "well I can't close the cattery!". I wasn't suggesting it. Never occurred to me. But SHE KNEW that feline herpes in the cattery meant she had to close until the problem was resolved but she thought she had resolved it by pawning a sick cat on me. I called her vet. He knew all along and of course she did too. I should have driven the cat back but didn't. I gave her a long life but she was never well and always sneezing and throwing loogies everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand what you mean by thinking the breeder is going to be with you throughout the dog’s life? What does that even mean?

The truly ethical breeders will have it written in the contracts that they will take their dogs back if the family cannot take care of them anymore, so the dogs won’t be dumped into shelters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went through this with a not-reputable breeder (I did not know at the time that they were not reputable). I bought the puppy and also bought an optional expensive board-and-train program where a friend of the breeder who is a dog trainer takes the puppy for a few weeks and house trains them etc before the puppy goes home. This was a dumb thing to do but I'd never had a dog and was nervous. A few days after my dog went to the trainer's house, she sent me an update and mentioned "massaging the problematic hernia." What hernia??

I'd had first pick of the litter, and was told by friends that the smart thing to do is tell the breeder what your priorities are and have them pick the dog for you. I did that. She never told me anything about the dog she assigned to me having a hernia. Not a word until the trainer mentioned it. So she chose the dog with a health issue that had the potential to be serious to give to me, and didn't inform me of the hernia at all.

When I consulted my vet about hernias, she told me I shouldn't support this "breeder" in any way shape or form. So I insisted the breeder refund my money and sell the dog to someone else. She gave me a lot of shit and it got ugly but she did refund my money.

Happy ending: I did what my vet said to do and went with a rescue dog and life has been happy ever after.

Please name the breeding facility and the type of dog. C’mon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got small breed puppy from an "ethical" breeder that has produced many AKC champions in her line (saw several of her dogs being shown by prominent dog handlers). We went for a vet visit and the vet found a congenital defect with the dog. When we called the breeder she claimed she's only human and she forgot that he has this congenital defect. Sucks for us that she's only offering to replace the puppy or give a credit. As we were discussing our options, she became increasingly belligerent and hostile, and hung up on us. We certainly do not want another puppy from this unstable woman and we don't want to give up on our puppy now. It's just such a shame that we paid for what we thought was a caring breeder that we can count on for the lifetime of the dog but now we're on our own.

Name and shame please.