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having had a bad breeder experience, one of the biggest heart breaks of my life I have different views.

Having bought a shep from a bad breeder-.
The breeder I got my first male from was the worst of the bunch. She had disney world reference -she stated the letter was meaning they were going to solely do business with her-later found out it was just a billing issue and letter was stating she would be paid soon, letter was simple so could have meant anything. She had letters from police officers-later found out those letters were not to her but she took them from a popular kennel website and posted to hers, printed out copies,framed them and put up on her walls.She also printed out photos of police officers with their dogs, put up on her walls and passed them off as her pups. As I found out by calling every shepherd breeder & club in the state-more then once I was told I had dealt with the con of all cons, the worst breeder in the state. She seemed to have all the right answers when I went to pick out a pup, she seemed to have all the credentials-but it was all an illusion. She has a business card with a liscense number on it-through my search I found out her business liscense expired in the early 90's and she continues to use the number. People who have purchased ill dogs can sue her on a personal level but not as a breder or profesisonal-meaning most of the vet expenses are not paid for by her as the puppy lemon law has minimal liability on personal level but extensive liability on a business level.My dog was 8 weeks when I got him-he had kennel cough, fleas, tape worms, one other worm(due to resistance of the tapeworm and kennel cough cost me over $600 to cure him of these ailments he came with), a birth defect in his ear- a 3rd ear growing out of his left ear and showed extreme aggression by 10weeks old to those outside my home. I immediatly took him to puppy classes and a dog park for daily visits-the aggression was ingrained from his mother, it was something I could not fix. This was determined by a profesisonal trainer & my vet .I had to have a trainer come to my home when he was 6 months-the puppy class could not allow him to continue as his aggression was dangerous. By time he was 10months old I was afraid he would kill someone. I found out my dog was not the only one coming from her "champion show" lines that was this way, sadly alot coming from her are the same.She does put papers on dogs that did not come from the parents specified on said papers, she picks up puppies from people selling $50-$200 pups and papers them to her show lines selling them for $1500-$5000. She took alot of money to breed someones female to a certain male-the male would not perform, she bred the female to a different male, called the owners female and said the breeding was done-signed papers that the other male bred her. I learned alot after the fact, I know someone who did work for her-I know all the dirty on her. What I have learned is she is a con, being a con she knows how to make it all look good, what to say and how to act to make the sale. When I came to her place-she knew I'd be taking my son with me. She had a pup run out to me-she knows children will fall for first one they see all it takes is 2 minutes of puppy kisses and tail wags and parents will usually buy because it likes the child. She had sucker written on my head before I even went to her kennel. This info was told to me from her former employee-this is how she works.She makes sales but people do not return when looking for another dog, and people dont come to her from referrals. She has been doing this since the 80's.

Point being, I guess if someone is a con they know how to take advantage and make things work to their benefit-this can go in the direction of a bad potential owner or a bad breeder.A con knows what to say, what answers to give. My first breeder experience was a bad one that left a big hole in my heart therefor I will never again deal with people I do not know or someone I trust does not know well. If I had a better experience I guess I would have different views.