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Originally Posted by kathy785  Unfortunately I know of a couple of places already breeding without regard for the breed. The high prices that bring in comparison to most dogs has brought that to be. I unfortunately sold one of the dogs into these conditions. A reference check was done, but did not bring up the conditions at this place. I now do a background check and call state and local animal agencies. We should never trust just the given references alone, as they would not knowingly give a bad reference. (I did have a person give their vet, who in turn told us that the dogs were filthy. Oops! they did not get a dog from me!) I don't want to ever have this on my conscience again. I love my dogs too much to let them end up in a place that has no regard for them.
I don't know if the other breeder even knows that one of her dogs is in the situation it is in. I know about it because I called about the dog when it was put into an auction. I was hoping that a rescue could purchase it. Unfortunately it was beyond the budget of the rescue.
The Biewers that have been sold at the dog auctions, no one cares where they go except that the person was willing to pay the highest price. If the owner would have cared they would not have put them in the auction. |
I agree a 1000% and I know you learned a very valuable lesson. The Biewers should be treated like gold and all references should be double checked. We have seen to many people know how to lie and say the right things to a breeder so it is the breeders responsibility to check out all sources. You even have to be concerned with a vets recommendations as they have also lied to breeders but animal control will know in many cases if they are shady or not. If they are breeding other breeds I would also check that out with parent clubs to see what they have to say.
That is so sad about the auction..did you know who the breeder was? I think I would have emailed them just to make sure they had not sold them to another breeder who put the dog in the auction. Again, the first breeder didn't care or follow up with the 2nd breeder if that was the case.