Originally Posted by SharonSnowbird  As some people here know, I was looking for a second male Biewer. Dee Ashley from HouseofWags was very highly recommend to me by people on this list, so I decided to contact her.
She sent me a pic of a year old dog named Einstien, that she was brokering for another breeder. This same dog was offered to me by Kathy Scotts from Seattle, (the same breeder that I bought my Lacy from.)
When I told my breeder friend in Canada (that referred me to Kathy) that I was thinking of buying Einstein, she told me absolutely not to because he lifted his leg to pee, and she knew that I couldn't tolerate that, I wanted a pup that did not lift his leg to pee. So I told Kathy I did not want him. A couple of months ago, I was offered the same dog from a breeder named Bobbi, and I told her the same thing, that I would not buy him because he lifted his leg to pee.
Then I contacted Dee and she said she had a one year old that she was selling, and it happened to be the same dog. I told her I did not want him because my breeder in Canada, who knows Kathy and her dogs, said he lifted his leg to pee. Dee insisted that he did not. She also said he was completely pee pad trained and she wished her other dogs were as good as he was.
So I told her I would buy him on one condition, that he did not lift his leg to pee. She agreed. I trusted her because she was highly recommended to me by people on this list. I flew to Palm Spring to get him. The first hour I had him in my house, he constantly lifted his leg and peed on everything. I had him for 5 days, and he never used the pee pad once, he peed and pooed everywhere else.
I contacted Dee and told her I wanted to return him. I told her I wanted a refund of the $1,500. I paid for hime and $550. for the cost of airfare, as I had to use 25,000 points to fly there, and I use the same number of points to fly to Canada and it costs me $550.-600. to fly to Canada, so the next time I fly to Canada, I will have to pay about $600. because I don’t have the 25,000 points anymore. She said she would pay me back the $1500. when she got Einstein, and she would pay me back the $550. when she sold him, because she did not have that much cash available.
She told me to give her an address of a restaurant near the airport where we could meet. I went online and got an address for McDonalds and gave it to her. While I was driving to meet her, she phoned me and started yelling at me that they had ended up at the airport instead of McDonalds. She was very angry. I told her I would meet them at the airport, she said no, they would go somewhere else. She called back to let me know where she was, and I went to meet them there. I took Einstien and walked over to meet them at their car. Her husband came right up to me and started yelling in my face that I was so stupid and needed to have my IQ checked because I gave them an address which took them to the airport, and not to McDonalds. He was absolutely furious. He took Einstein, got in his car, slammed the door shut and rolled up the window. I went over to Dee’s side of the car, and told her I wanted my refund. She asked where his papers were, and I forgot them. She said she would not reimburse me until she had the papers. I told her I would send them to her the next day, but she would not trust me to do that, which was such an insult. Why would I want to keep his papers? So I said I wanted a note written out that I had given him back. Her husband said I was not going to get any note because they had no paper and I would just have to wait for it. I looked at Dee, and told her I wanted a note. She did write me one and gave it to me.
I could not believe the way I was treated by these two people. She wouldn't trust me to send her the papers, but I had to trust her that she would refund me $1500. plus $550. for airfare! Unbelievable. I sent the papers a couple of days later by certified mail. Days passed and I did not get my refund, so I contacted her and she said she did not receive the papers. I told her the tracking number said they were delivered. So I had to go to my P.O. to get a copy of her signature and they said I had to go to the main P.O. to get it. So I spent another hour getting a copy of her signature, which I got.
So, I have a copy of her signature when the papers were delivered, but she still insists that she did not receive it and she will not refund any of the money she owes me.
I will now have to go to court to sue her for the return of the money. Can anyone tell me if there is someone that I can file a complaint with? I imagine she is a member of AKC, so do they take complaints like this?
The way I have been treated is abominable. I was lied to, yelled at, called stupid, and have $2,050.00 owed to me, which is over $2,700. in Canadian funds, which is what I had to pay. I should have been the one that was angry, at being lied to and spending a day traveling to Palm Springs to get him, and all the hassle of returning him.
I feel so very sad for this poor pup, he was a wonderful, sweet pup. Dee was brokering him for Kathy Scotts from Seattle. Kathy sent him to another breeder named Bobbi to see if she could sell him, and then Bobbi sent him to Dee, who sold him to a friend of hers who kept him for one day, and then returned him supposedly because her cat would not tolerate him. I wonder if it was actually because he peed on everything. So then he went back to Dee, then I bought him and he came to my home, then he went back to Dee, and now she is trying to sell him to someone else. So, in less than one year, he will have been transferred eight times to a new home. Kathy, Bobbi, Dee, Dee’s friend Rita, back to Dee, Sharon, Dee, and hopefully a new owner eventually.
Dee was so angry at getting Einstein back again. She was very upset with her friend Rita who returned him to her, and Dee said and I quote, “I have an albatross around my neck.” I feel so incredibly sad for this poor pup who is being treated like he is an albatross around her neck.
She had no right to be so angry at me for returning him, it wasn’t my fault. She told me that he did not lift his leg to pee, and that he was completely pee pad trained. He was not. I had a right to return him.
I have been messaging a couple of people on this list the whole entire time I was going through all of this, so they know what has been happening. I have every single email and text message from Dee to prove everything I have said is true and correct.
I honestly do not understand how people on this list could recommend some like like Dee who has treated me horribly, is lying about not getting the papers and refuses to refund me the money she owes me. |