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Originally Posted by Sooznana  I purchased California Wild's Lion D'or from Javier in November '08 and had a very nice experience. I have purchased internationally several times so that aspect did not frighten me. I co-own Lion and he resides with me. He is a wonderful boy. He had been well cared for, obvious by his manners. After reading this thread I am happy to see that Lion's son does not have a bad patella. I checked with several people in the US that had purchased from Havier and they were very happy with their dogs. I hope to be able to make another purchase from Javier in the furture and am looking forward to Lion's babies. |
I just want to remain clear on what I said about Lion's son (Tiziano) and his knee issue. I believe I said that he has issues but that they are minor. They've been graded between a 1 and a 3 depending on which Vet you choose to listen to and which knee it is.
Now, I don't want to beat up on any Yorkie Breeders and I love Javiers lines it's just that I had aweful luck with this last purchase with him. I bought "2" CH sired females from Javier back in March. One was estimated to be a 5# adult for breeding, (Kormic Light), and the other one was a smaller girl (to show since she was to small for breeding) and her name was Cabriolet.
Emails went back and forth for several weeks and then suddenly something is mentioned about the small female and her "NEW OWNER". WHAT (I'm thinking). And I write him back (politely) and asked him why he sold my dog. His answer back was that she was to small for me. Even though that was never mentioned before, that was his reason. Later he tells me how sick that dog is for the new owners (supposedly sold locally), etc. And I did manage to keep my cool over that but I was upset with him and I stopped my emails after that. Suddenly (weeks later), I get an email from Javier.... stating that he needs to ship the other dog. (5 pound, CH sired female breeder called Kormic Light)
Great, I can't wait. She arrives finally in June. But WHO arrives?!
Who came in the carrier was some scrubby little female, 18 weeks old and only 2 lbs called Kiss of Live. NO CH lines. To small for breeding, etc.
So I write him and ask him "who the heck is Kiss of Live"? And what he tells me is that Kormic Light dies suddenly and he thinks it was from Hypoglycemia (6 months old). He also tells me that this scrubby little Yorkie was one he held back for him. Sooooo...........would one "assume" that Javier typically breeds 2# females then??
Anyway, I just paid $2600 for a scrubby little female from him and is NOT Champion Sired! Wonderful huh?
NEVER AGAIN!
Peggy