Today is Saturday, Sept. 1, and the mediator was unable to get a hold of Karen (aka: Karen Nguyen) and her legal name is Ka Ean Truong, she's Asian. The mediator said that when she attempted to contact Karen, in her cell number, no one would return the calls and when she called the house number, they said she didn't live there anymore! I told her if she called and stated she wanted to buy a puppy then I'm sure Karen would have gotten on the phone! The mediator said she would send me a letter stating everything so that I could show the judge that I attempted every avenue to settle this. I never heard from the news station (go figure) but HSUS.org did respond and said that the other people involved needed to file a complaint with them and after enough complaints were received, then they would look into it...this is the response:
Dear Michelle,
Thanks for writing to the Humane Society of the United States . I am so sorry to hear about the death of your puppy. I am glad to know you are taking action. Please urge everyone you know who has purchased a sick puppy from this person to send us their documentation. We collect all such data in a searchable database so that we can identify problem stores/ sellers and other trends. Please print out the Humane Society of the United States Breeder Complaint form at http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/...laint_form.pdf. If we can gather enough information about this breeder, we can take further action.
In addition, have you complained to the AKC about this person? If so, what was the response?
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks,
Kathleen Summers
Program Assistant, Puppy Mills
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
ksummers@humanesociety.org
301-721-6449
www.StopPuppyMills.com
www.PuppyBuyersGuide.com
so now everyone can report the breeder I bought from and/or have the above information handy when you do come across the same circumstances!
I plan on filing in Small Claims Court now. Don't know when...probably next payday. I just bought a new pup today and she's a real rounder! She's everything my "Dot" (RIP) wasn't. I have upcoming vet charges to pay to get this one checked out and I'll let everyone know how the outcome of my case is!