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This is Rich, Sheila's husband. I have just put Sheila to bed. I want to thank the people that have stood up for Sheila. It has meant a lot to her. For those of you that have criticized her, put yourself in her place, and think about how you would feel.

I'd also like to address a few things that have been stated. It's been stated that Sheila has had Max since September and the breeder is just now being told about Max's health issues.

Sheila e-mailed Judy the same day that Max saw our Vet the first time, and told her about Max's diagnosis of yeast infections in both ears, and the bacterial infection in his left eye. And told her that our Vet had done the Schirmer tear test. That was October 1st. (We brought Max home in the late evening, on September 26th.) I took a stool sample in the next morning, and when we got the results that Max had Giardia, Sheila e-mailed Judy right away, and Judy said she would notify the other puppy owners.

Our Vet consulted with an Ophthalmologist at Purdue Veterinary Hospital in West LaFayette, IN. I took Max back to the Vet on October 8th, and Sheila e-mailed Judy right away and told her that Max had been diagnosed with Congenital Lacrimal Gland Aplasia. The Ophthalmologist stated that Yorkies are the poster child for this condition, but she had never seen it in such a young puppy, Judy offered to take Max back and give us the tiny female in the litter. But Sheila wanted to wait until Max had his 3rd Schirmer tear test, which is scheduled for tomorrow. She was hoping against hope that the Tacrolimus drops would stimulate tear production.


As for parentage: We believed when we went to see the puppies the 1st and 2nd time, that gustos mom was the mother to the puppies.

We both wanted a puppy from this particular female, because she looked exactly like our Sydney, who died 2 years before Kia.

I sat with Sheila, as she talked with Judy and Sheila told her that gustos mom looked exactly like her Sydney, and I know that many of you were there for Sheila when she lost Sydney. Sheila and Sydney had an incredible bond, and it just about destroyed her when Sydney died. But she still had our tiny little Kia from Susan Harasim, and Kia was grieving, too.

We didn't find out until October 20th, that gustos mom is not Max's Mom. I had e-mailed Judy, and asked her if gustos name was Treasure, and she responded, "No, it is Treasure".

It's been stated that we saw both parents when we were at Judy's. Yes, we two dogs them in Judy's arms as she stood behind the counter in the office of her boarding kennel. Both dogs were shaved down, and if you have ever had a Yorkie in full coat, and then shaved them down, you know they look very different.

Sheila kept our girls in full Show coat their entire lives. And when she could no longer sit to do it, I kept them in full coat.

With each of our Yorkies, they have come from Show breeders, and we were always given their registration papers on the same day we took our puppy home.

I did e-mail Judy in regards to Max's papers, and asked her to send them, explaining that we needed to see our attorney, to draft Sheila's Living Trust and DNR, and Sheila wanted to name her best friend as Max's new Mom, in the event that anything happened to both of us. There was no intent on Sheila's part to guilt Judy into giving us Max's papers. We never even knew Judy didn't give registration papers right away.

Judy replied that she hadn't registered the litter yet, but would do it and send us the papers.

Another thing I would like set straight is it has been stated that Judy didn't tell us that she imported Treasure. Yes, she did tell us that she imported Treasure, and when I questioned her about it, she e-mailed me and told me she was disappointed that I would doubt her, and said, "All my dogs are imported".

One last thing I would like to address is that Judy's friend has stated that Judy told her that she offered to give us our money back. No, Judy never offered to give us a refund.

As I watched my wife getting sicker, I did ask Judy if she would give us a refund, rather than a replacement puppy. That's when things turned nasty.

Sheila copied and pasted the e-mail that Judy sent to me. And her friend didn't believe Judy sent it, because of the punctuation.

Well, I have that e-mail, and that's how it was sent to me. We have every e-mail that we exchanged with Judy.

So go ahead and continue to criticize Sheila, but remember, "What goes around, comes around