[Tnyorkiemom]

Originally Posted by puppymillinfo

I am FURIOUS and SICKENED. I don't want to go into too much detail since the breeder has multiple websites (go figure) and is very active posting for sale ads and advice anywhere and everywhere she can for ALL the different types of animals she has not just yorkies. BUT I wasn't looking for a puppy and haven't had one before but I was in a local pet store (again don't want to go into too much detail until I gather all the evidence I need) and saw this poor puppy (a designer breed for less than $100) and for some reason I knew I had to buy him and I did and promised him that I'd do my best to make sure his life was happy from that point on. Anyway I know nothing about dogs but I do know a little about people and there were so many things that this "loving breeder" did and said that just didn't add up, seem right, etc. I was there with someone who has dogs but is pretty nieve an likes to assume all people are good. Anyway I said (again only experience with puppies is friends and family) from the very beginning that something wasn't right with this poor guy. I got very little sleep the first 2 days I had him and there is a list of things a mile long that still make me thing this lady (that I bought him from) is not only a puppymill owner but I think she owns them in several states, her family members sell dogs, too and she has MANY expensive breeds that she sells for dirt cheap. I've been doing a lot of digging and I'm trying to put some pieces together before I make my next more but this is something I spend to invest as much time as needed on until I find out where this puppy came from and do the best I can to at least make sure she doesn't sell anymore sick puppies. I didn't get the puppy with the intention of keeping him but rather saving him from what I felt (with no proof at the time) was a very sad beginning. I fell in love with this baby in 2 days and and I work almost 7 days a week and at least 12 hours a day and even though I do have my own business I am busy at pretty much all times and I didn't feel that it was fair for me to not give the puppy the life he really deserved. He is not with my best friend and her family and he's happy as can be. This was not easy and I felt I did what was best and I also told her my feelings on the lady I bought him from. The second day I had him (I took him to my best friends family the next day) he starting having an awful growling in his belly and I could barely get him to eat. He was also digging at his ears and itching his little butt. He had THE WORST breath I've ever smelled and it's not puppy breath, it's so awful I really feel like it means something is wrong but I have no idea what. I told my best friend Sunday (the say I took him to her) that she needed to have him tested for everything asap and that I really believed that he didn't get his shots like the breeder said (she said she gave them to him herself). She has an appointment with the vet this week but went ahead and took a stool sample in and he's got hook worms. Not a huge deal but another thing pointing to the fact that my gut feeling in the beginning. I don't think this puppy had ever been wormed and I really don't believe he had any of his shots except 1 rabies shot that I know of for sure. This lady also said she got some of her puppies from her friends.

Before you tell me all these are signs of something bad please understand I have never bought a puppy nor had the intention to but when I saw that little guy something that I can't explain made me take him because I felt like his little life was worth more than any $100 and that is why it happened.

My questions are 1) where I can go to see if this lady has had other problems? 2) Is there anything I can do if she knowingly sold me a sick puppy 3) how do I report her?

Because of her (and I guess my ignorance) my best friend and her small children have now been exposed to tape worms as have I and my mother and my mothers dogs. This has gone WAY beyond just trying to make a buck. This lady intentionally lied to me, she lied about giving him his shots, she lied about worming him and I truly don't think she knew anything about the dog. Looking back I realize my gut instinct and common sense were right but if I'd known it would be like this i'd have never exposed him to anyone else or any other animals. Also that means her whole kennel of dogs probably has tapeworms and she is selling them like that.

To say that I am pissed is an understatement. I do not intend to let this die and I will do whatever I can to make sure that this lady is reported to wherever she need to be to get this stopped.

What should be my next step?
She has dog of her own and other animals so wouldn't they all be exposed, too? How does she keep from getting worms (she may have them she didn't exactly look clean).

not sure what you should and shouldnt do in this situation....but i just wanted to say....good luck ....and im so glad you got that darling out of that situation.