Thank you for ALL your advice and for everyone's advice. I think I should update my situation. You all gave excellent advice. The Breeder ended up being a no good con artist that was having 8 wk old puppies shipped in from Argentina. The ones that survived were sold. The breeder showed me to dogs and said these were the parents. She also advertised them to be AKC, however they are not. My mom's dog has come down with Ringworm, and the Breeder never made good on her promise to give me a replacement puppy. I went down there 4 times (2 hrs up and back each time, with the kids in tow) only to find out one day after waiting there for over 2 1/2 hours, that would give me some excuse why I could not have my puppy that day. After the last promise and looking at my children's faces after she broke her promise AGAIN to them, I lost it. I told her she was a dishonest person, that cannot play with people's lives in this manner. That she cannot make and break promises for no reason and I was not going to allow her to do this to my family anymore! I told her I wanted a refund, or my replacement puppy that day. She refused to give me either. I contacted the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and they guessed her name when I told them the city. They had a long list of complaints on this woman and she has done this several times to several people. She is the one that told me that the reason she keeps giving me the run around and promising me a dog and then breaking the promise is because the puppy probably did not survive the trip from Argentina. She told me that according to FL Law if my puppy has a parasite or is considered unfit to be sold within 14 days of purchase, the CONSUMER has a right to choose between a FULL refund OR a Replacement Puppy!!! I CHOOSE a REFUND! Since she is not giving it to me, I need to now take her to court. I hired an attorney and that is what I am doing. The only problem is that the VET is not giving me a death certificate on my puppy which I need to show my puppy was unfit to be sold due to the Giardia. They are HER Vet, and they are refusing to give me anything. I do not understand how they can do this. They took my puppy, called and told me my puppy passed away, and they are refusing to give me anything in writing. I did everything right by going to her Vet for the diagnosis, and now because they are in her pocket, they are not cooperating with me. I am going to call my attorney on Monday and I guess bring them in to lawsuit as welll. I am not sure, any ideas???
On a better note, I did find another puppy. I drove about 6 hours to get him from another breeder, he is AKC, Healthy, and he is beautiful. He looks just like my old Mickey! He is Mickey Jr. (my children had their hearts set on that name.) He eats, sleeps, goes potty, and is extremely healthy. He gets along with my other dogs, and the children great!
Thank you so much for all your help, support, and guidance through all of this. If anyone has any ideas about getting my money back I would love to hear it. I am confident that with the law on my side, that I will win. The question is when I do, will she pay? |