WOW - That's amazing that the AKC would list the following about your ban, when according to you, you were the ones that left the AKC. (Odd to say the least).
http://www.barkbytes.com/suspend/suspca.htm
Castle Bryant Whitefield ME 5/7/01 5/7/11 multiple
for failure to comply with recordkeeping and identification requirements.
(6/01)
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Castle Laura Whitefield ME 5/7/01 5/7/11 multiple
for failure to comply with recordkeeping and identification requirements.
(6/01)
Laura, please don't try to make me NOW believe that you really showed care back then. I am not stupid. I have a perfect memory of all our correspondences (plus, I have all the e-mails in my files too).
Sure you told me that Roxy had a few hypo experiences when she was young, but you told me she had been fine for a while, that it was when she was younger. You also had printed on your website and your husband told me over the phone, that you had planned on keeping Roxy for your breeding program, but she turned out to be too small, so that's why you were selling her. So, please don't make it seem that you held her for 6 months b/c of hypo attacks.
Testing the parents doesn't guarantee the puppies are going to be free of defects the combination of the two parents can produce problems and where you have two, the medical reports from your Vet would have been a great start for us to work with our Vet, your Vet and with you on the problem. But you were not willing to send any of that to us. We have been over this with our Vet many times and it only shows the one being tested to be free not what will happen when you breed the two, that's why we have no time limit on our guarantee, even though this State only requires one year for genetics.
Sure, but if you properly scan your breeding dogs (meaning, knowing a complete and thorough background of ALL the linage of your breeding dogs) can help to prevent defects. The lineage for Both TJ and Roxy was only a few listed, which leads me to believe you don't know very much information about the lineage of your breeding dogs.
About the records, you clearly stated in your e-mail response to me that: NONE of the pups produced by either parents have LP. Neither of the parents have LP. You told me that your Vet didn't find LP in Roxy and TJ. And lastly, you told me, Well LP can happen from injury too.
So what would me have sending you a piece of paper from the Ortho Specialist stating, Roxy has LP in both rear legs, that she had surgery to repair it do???? Would that have convinced you of something???? Would that have convinced your Vet of something????
Please do not make it seem that, that "Piece of Paper" was going to make any difference at all. You made it clear to me how your line of thinking was.
And now speaking of Congenital Defects...How do you feel about the current news of possible liver shunts and/or MVD???? Maybe that can happen from injury too? B/C I am sure you have NEVER had this congenital defect show up in any of your pups either???
It didn't have to come to this if you had just sent the reports from your Veterinarian how hard would that have been??
Again, please tell me what that piece of paper was going to do? Like I said before, you showed no compassion about what was happening, so why on earth would I have felt that sending that to you was going to make any difference at all? My husband and I were alone in that matter, you made it clear to me that LP didn't come from your dogs.
I came here and posted after much thinking and a lot of disappointment. I had decided to share my story and my experiences in hope of educating others. I am so emotionally distraut over this. The defects and problems just keep appearing one after another. It truly is devastating to say the least.