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Originally Posted by myfirstyorkie I have been looking for a male puppy for soooo long now. I finally found parents that I absolutly fell in love with. Both of the parents are exactly what I have been looking for at least in the looks department. The breeder said the dogs are wonderful. They are working dogs, and her dogs get trained everyday to detect some sort of desease or something like that. The puppies are due March 24. She said if she had a male in the litter I would get first pick. So far so good, right. Well here is the bad part I found her online (puppyfind.com). I not saying buying from the internet is bad I just never done it before. It gets worse. She lives in Oregon, and I live in Ohio! That is so far from me. So now I cant see where the puppies are being raised and I have to trust what she tells me. Has anybody bought from the internet before? What was your expierence? How did you trust what you were being told? Is there any certain questions I should ask since I cant see for myself everything I should be checking out? How do I know the pictures of the parents are really the parents and not some picture they found off the internet? Sorry so long I just dont know about this internet thing. If anybody else could add anything please do  |
Be very careful. My mom bought a puppy through a breeder on the internet who appeared to be very loving and caring, stating that the puppies are treated like family. Very untrue, she said all the right things and did everything the opposite. This breeder sent my mom an adorable yorkie pup with RINGWORM, a highly contagious fungus. The breeder was well aware, as well as the vet who signed the health certificate. We did not ship the dog back as it was obvious from the inhumane breeder, Ringworm puppy or no $ back. Imagine $1500 for a puppy that is sick. Vet bills are just beginning, as well as a poor puppy that is forced to remain in quarentine. 4-6 weeks at least. I couldn't allow that puppy to go back to someone who looked at her as $$$$$, not a puppy in need. Imagine how dirty that kennel must be for a puppy who as obviously been caged her whole 4 months of life from her actions, to come down with ringworm.
Do not pay by money order, at least pay by credit card and if they do not accept, I advise against it. No recourse, or at least not very easy. Also, verify if the breeder/kennel is registered with the town they are from and check for any complaints against them. Otherwise we learned there is very little recourse online, since online they are not regulated.
If anyone is reading this and has any insight for me of how to put this breeder out of operation or if it is ok to use their name to deter potential buyers from making this same mistake, please advise.