Little Red Riding Hood was taken in by a "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' just as many of Denise's customers. By definition, ""A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" (one who is dangerous while pretending to be harmless". In my opinion, and that of many others, that describes Denise to a tee.
While I respect your opinion with respect to Denise I believe you, like many others, have been taken in by all the glitz and glitter. Her excuse for not giving AKC papers because she doesn't want her pups to be bred is so much hot air. The AKC allows restricted registration (
Limited Registration) that prohibits any resulting puppies from being registered. If that were her true intentions all she'd have to do is hold the AKC papers until the new owner presented a spay/neuter certificate from a reputable vet.
However giving AKC papers would reveal the true source of where the puppies came from. I'm delighted your pups are everything you wished for but of all those that have written to me directly about the pups they bought from Denise, both in good health and the sick ones, not one was given AKC papers and we, in the Yorkie community, know why.
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Originally Posted by yorkieluvrbc  I am a Yorkie owner and lover!
I spent a lot of time and effort to research the local and non-local breeders to find my "best friend." When I met Denise for the first time, I was enthralled as many others have been. Of course, I am a shrewd buyer, so I was not immediately wooed by her appparent charms. However, as I spent a little time to visit her house and see the "home" that she has created for her "babies" as she calls them, I was quite pleased to purchase my two loves from Denise on separate visits.
They have been absolute joys!
Though often suggested in this blog, Denise is not all talk and show. She truly has a love for her Yorkies and has every right to be proud. I have been back very recently and have seen some recent work that has been done to be certain that each of her babies is comfortable, loved and quite healthy. This is not to suggest that the work was needed. I had always found her home to be clean and quite suitable.
There have been suggestions that some dogs have become ill after leaving her care. This is not unusual from my research. What dog lives a full life with NO medical problems? As I read some of this "thread" I have yet to read any real first hand accounts of actual mistreatment OR fault on this woman. While I do not consider her a friend, she is someone I have done business with and trust to be doing the right thing... not just in business but in the good care and concern for her Yorkies and those families who buy them. She does not want to sell them to folks for further breeding or profit by show. She hopes that her "babies" will be family companions!
She is NOT a reseller or what some call a puppy mill! One look at her facility will tell anyone that she has a sufficient number of breeding parents.
Please consider the source of this "thread" as ONE person with NO actual information. One visit to Denise's home will be proof of her love and care of these beautiful dogs, as well as the horrible untruths that have become part of this thread that has become a cancerous web of scare tactics. |