I didn't know if I should write this in the breeder section since it's not a yorkie breeder, so I'm writing it here. Admin feel free to move it to breeders if you want!
So here's the story, as I mentioned last week my friend got a chihuaha puppy. She met up w/ the breeders daughter I believe to get the puppy, and bought her right away w/ no papers, contract, etc. She has a good heart, and believed the girl when she said she'll give them to her the following day. She basically needs the vet records, registration papers, and a contract. I told her if she already paid and the check was cashed, There's probably little she can do, but I don't want my friend to get scammed by this breeder. For the past week, it's been excuse after excuse, first her friend ended up in the hospital, then all of a sudden it turned into her son that was in the hospital, and yesterday my friend tried calling the breeder and she got no answer. Another thing that I noticed was when they first got the puppy, they told me the puppy was 8 or 10 weeks..they had 3 litters and wasn't sure which puppy the litter was from! When my friends fiance took the puppy to the vet, he estimated her to be at 6weeks!! I know, major red flag.
Her main concern is the vet records so they can finish the vaccinations. I told her to tell this breeder that she NEEDS these records, how else are they going to vaccinate her puppy w/o knowing what she has and hasn't had done. My next suggestion is to show up at the breeders door and demand the papers. I know my friend should've gotten all of this before she wrote the check, but she's new to this and doesn't really know how many unethical breeders are out there. What do you guys think the next step should be? I know you guys are so good at helping those out who get scammed or screwed over on breeders, so I told her I'm posting on here to see if you guys have any suggestions.
Update: OK As I'm posting this, my friend called me back and actually spoke w/ the breeder! She said they can come by tonight to get the papers, but my friend will be at work so I'm going to go w/ her fiance. Were going to try and get a contract from this breeder, I know to get the health gaurantee..I told my friend to find out what hereditary disease are known in chihuaha's, etc. and let me know. What else do I need to look for. Also, my friend mentioned that what if she gives papers for the wrong dog, how will I go about detecting this?