[megansmomma]

response:

Consumer's Final Response
ON OR AROUND MAY 2008, I PURCHASED THREE YORKSHIRE TERRIERS FROM (name) OF ACORN KENNEL. AT THE TIME OF MY PURCHASE SHE WAS LIVING IN MARYLAND. LATER MOVED TO WILMINGTON N.C.

1. ACORNMANOR BROWN SUGAR, AKC # TRXXXXXXXX. MS. (name) TOLD ME SHE HAD A SCISSOR BITE. AFTER RESEARCH I FOUND THE SCISSOR MITE IS ACCEPTABLE WITH AKC. BUT UPON HER ARRIVAL TO CALIF. BROWNSUGAR HAD A SEVERE UNDER BITE, WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO AKC. I HAVE BRED THE YORKIE FIVE TIMES TRYING FOR ONE GOOD FEMALE WITHOUT A BAD BITE. OUT OF 13 PUPPIES - 11 HAVE HAD SEVERE UNDER BITES. AS BREEDERS WE BUY THESE DOGS TO BREED, AND I KNOW OF NO BREEDER INCLUDING MS. (name) WHO DO NOT BREED EVERY HEAT CYCLE. BROWNSUGAR'S LAST LITTER SHE HAD 6 PUPPIES IN WHICH I DID LIST FOR $1,200 EACH. BEFORE THEY WERE OLD ENOUGH TO BE SOLD I DISCOVERED ONLY TWO WERE WITHOUT UNDER BITE. I MADE A TOTAL OF $3,400 ON THIS LITTER. ALL THE LITTERS BEFORE THIS ONE WERE GIVEN AWAY BECAUSE OF UNDER BITE. I'VE HAD THIS DOG 4 YEARS AND MADE $3,400 ON HER. A BIG LOSS FOR 4 YEARS OF BREEDING. YES MS. OFFERED TO BUY BACK THIS DOG FOR $600.00 AND I PAY THE $350.OO SHIPPING. I PAID MS. $1,200 FOR BROWNSUGAR. WHAT A LOSS.

2. ACORN MANOR'S (name) AKC #TRXXXXXXXX. I PAID $1,500 FOR ALEX. MS. (name)'S ASKING PRICE. SHE CAME BREED WITH FULL PARTI COLOR MALE NAMED, "ACORN MANOR'S PANDA CROSSING." IN FACT, MS. (name) HAD SOLD PANDA LONG BEFORE ALEX CAME INTO HEAT. WHEN ALEX HAD NO PARTI PUPS I QUESTIONED THE BREEDING. MS. (name) WAS MOVING AND TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET THE LITTER PAPER SIGNED. IN THE MEAN TIME I HAD DNA'S DONE WITH AKC AND FOUND OUT ALEX WAS BRED TO ONE 'ACORNMANOR COCOA CRISP.' ONLY THEN DID I RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HER TELLING ME OF HER MISTAKE AND HOW SORRY SHE WAS. I ONLY BOUGHT THE DOG BECAUSE SHE WAS BRED TO FULL PARTI. I HAVE SINCE SOLD THE DOG AS PET.

3. ACORNMANOR SLEIGHBELLS, AKC #XXXXXXXX. THIS DOG WAS ALMOST 6 MONTHS OLD WHEN I RECEIVED HER. I STILL HAVE 'PUPPYFIND'S' AD WHERE MS. (name) ADVERTISED HER FOR SALE, SAYING SHE'D WEIGH 5.5 POUNDS. SLEIGH NEVER REACHED 3 #. AND SHE DIDN'T JUST STOP GROWING SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. THIS LITTLE DOG HAD A VERY LONG NOSE AND SHE WAS ALMOST HAIRLESS. MS. (name) MISREPRESENTED HERSELF AS A BREEDER AND HER DOGS. I DIDN'T LOOSE ANY MONEY ON THIS DOGS PUPPIES, AS HER TINY BABIES WERE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND.

I HAVE ALL MY DOCUMENTS FROM 'PUPPYFIND', EMAILS FROM MS. (name) WHERE SHE MADE THE MISTAKE ON THE SIRE OF ALEX, AND AKC. I HAVE PROOF FROM BREEDERS WHO HAVE BEEN TO MY KENNEL AND HAVE SEEN SLEIGH.

MS. (name) LIED ABOUT ALL THE DOGS SHE SOLD ME. I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND SOME OF THE LOSS I'VE HAD ON THESE DOGS. EVERYTHING IN MS. (name)'S ALLEGATION WITH BBB IS A LIE.

Business' Final Response
BBB... In regard to the complaint by Mrs (name) about three dogs I sold her case #. Why did Mrs (name) keep buying dogs from me that were of no use? She bred them all and made money from them. Mrs (name) commented on how she loved Sleigh, one of the dogs I sold her. She commented on Puppyfind.com that she loved the dog, and her husband loved the dog. This comment is still there for all to see. As for Mrs (name)s comment that she checked the bite with A.k.C on Brown Sugar. A.K.C. does not care what kind of bite a dogs has----it is the breed club---Y.T.C.A that mentions this is their standard. The breed club does not accept these colored Yorkies. I do not breed my dogs every heat cycle as Mrs (name) does. Also Mrs (name) has made money on all the dogs she purchased from me. I offered to buy Sugar back for $600 because that is what Mrs (name) had the dog advertised for. She ignored me. The dog was advertised on the colorful Yorkshire terrier clubs pages for $600. And Mrs (name) went ahead against her own vets advice and bred Sleigh, she, according to Mrs (name) had a C-section. I feel we have exhausted this conversation. Mrs (name) buys dogs, breeds them and then wants her money back. My offers fell on deaf ears! I have nothing more to say on this topic! I am sure this will go on and on for years to come, because by her own admission she breeds dogs that she claims are horrible! And she goes against her own vets advice with regards to breeding a small dog, putting the life of the dog and pups in jeopardy. Respectfully, (name)

Complaint Resolution: BBB determined that despite the company's reasonable effort to address complaint issues, the consumer remained dissatisfied.

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