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Originally Posted by ButterflyYorkie  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. |
I will state the truth and anyone who would like to view the emails please feel free to PM me..
Truly thought I was helping a "friend", but I have learned there are people who will pretend to be your friend.. When the boy mentioned left my home he was a nice boy, but he was still a puppy! As we all know puppies can fall apart.. I truly thought I was helping Robbie Spaugh and her daughter, but after the fact I was alerted to certain issues which concerned me.. Robbie was told at a show his bite was off, she called me with the concern.. I told her I have had one puppy that their bite went off, but it did correct itself.. So she decided to wait it out.. I told her at the time I would not replace him because of the issues which were brought to my attention after the placement of the boy with Robbie.. I did at the time offer to bring him back to my home and she wanted to wait it out.. She also through this time on one occassion ask me who I may be placing as she might be interested in them! I have on more then one occasssion after the bite issue ask for pictures and updates on him to never receive a one! She had also stated during one conversation he was going in to be altered and I have never received confirmation concerning that issue either at this time.. I will not play this game with you Robbie.. You stated you would keep him in your home and always love him.. This is the last I will speak of it.. Just because someone places a post on a thread on a talk forum does NOT make it a fact and there are two sides to every story.. I will also state I was in NO hurry to place this boy, but did offer him to Robbie and her daughter for Junior Handling also.. This was the first breeding between the parents, which I did alert Robbie to and I did not know what the total outcome would be.. I have never made a profit from my dogs and I never will.. I do it for the love of the breed.. I can also state I had alot more invested in the litter of one puppy then what was paid for him.. I never placed him as a 'Show Quality Yorkie"! Robbie and her friend CJ wanted me to quit worrying about his maturing out and let Robbie have him, which was one of the biggest mistakes of my life.. Live and learn, it will never happen again.. I will also state when Robbie called me from her hotel room we spoke for at least 1-1 1/2 hours, so I did NOT tell her anything of the sort and she knows it! Like I mentioned if anyone would like to see the emails which state the truth please feel free to PM me..