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Originally Posted by shyorkies  But I did offer to purchase him back for the pet price she paid for him.. |
I will make one public statement regarding this, and any future communication concerning it will be done privately on my part.
Melanie Hamilton sent me an email stating she had a puppy that she thought might be perfect for me and my daughter because she KNEW I was looking for a new male to show at that time. Ms. Hamilton knew I was not in the market for a "pet". She told me to think about it and offered him to me for 1000 dollars. I have record of this and her statements. I felt very fortunate at first and agreed to purchase him for my daughter to show in juniors. Before his shipment I asked her on two occassions if she planned to place him with me on a co-owner agreement, which she declined. Ms. Hamilton transferred the puppy into my name a few weeks before he was shipped to me. She placed him with me on full registration, in my name only. I do not believe that is what people do when placing pets.
We entered him in four akc shows in Hampton, Va. It is then that I had him evaluated by other long time exhibitors and a judge. I phoned Ms. Hamilton from my hotel and informed her of my findings regarding his bite. She told me very bluntly during our conversation that she did not plan to refund or replace my puppy, that in light of the disagreements we were having that she felt it best that I find a pet home for him myself, but to make sure I let her know where he went. He is with me to this day.
Yes, that was the verbal agreement that Ms Hamilton stated in her post. Ms. Hamilton did not fulfull any part of it. She did not offer to buy the puppy back. She washed her hands of it as soon as I informed her. I did not want a replacement pup from her.
I have made it a point to not bring up Ms. Hamilton's name, or my experience with her publicly and never would have until now. For the record I was not referring to Ms. Hamilton in my post above. Since she decided to wash her hands of me she has no idea what has happened in my life since my experience with her.
Ms. Hamilton,
I will be happy to give you the address of a mediator for you to send money ASAP. I will then ship you the dog and after you receive the dog, the mediator will release funds to me.