I went through a similar thing with a Georgia yorkie breeder. We spoke on the phone and she said she had 3 male Yorkies and 1 female who were 17 weeks old. I explained to her I wanted a boy who would stay under 3lbs. She said she had the perfect puppy for me. She explained that she never sold her puppies under 17 weeks old. I went through an interview process on the phone then drove out to see and purchase the puppy. When I got there I saw 3 puppies. 2 bigger and one sooo small he could curl up in my hand and sleep. She said here are the 17 week old babies. I fell in love with the smallest boy and after an interview with her about my house, yard, where he would stay and everything he would need I took him home. (My first mistake was agreeing to wait for the paperwork to be mailed to me...I know to never do this again. It took 2 months to arrive here). The really surprizing part came a few days later. Romeo...my boy was unable to eat so I took him to my vet for the initial checkup. They told me he weighed about 7oz. (He was tiny) and that there was no way he was 17 weeks old. I had been afraid of that! I didn't realize he was that light weight though. He was all fuzz but looked like the other yorkies she had. Anyway they said he was about 5-8 weeks if even. The reason he wasn't eating is because he was obviously never weaned from his mother. He had to be bottle fed for weeks. then given canned food until his teeth had gotten strong enough to eat solid foods. I called The breeder Jennifer and she told me he was 17 weeks and that my vet was lying. This made me mad. My vet is sooo good and didn't even charge me to help him...their concern was keeping him alive. We argued on the phone then she said she would check something then call me right back. Every call I placed after that has been excuses. Romeo has slow growing hair, he is getting bigger every day...he is 8 months old and weighs almost 6lbs from the last weighing. She never calls me back and if she answers when i call she always avoids responding except to say she will look into it and call me back (she has never called me back)!!! When the paperwork came in it said when I got him he had just turned 8 weeks old. I was sooo mad. I knew she had lied. My vet still thinks that was not his paperwork because if it was he was underdeveloped badly. He is better now but Jennifer was the worst breeder I ever dealt with and it made it hard to trust breeders for a long time. Romeo is my baby and will be with me for his entire life. I didn't want to contact her to return him...I just wanted to know why I was told he was going to be small and was supposed to be 17 weeks old. Always research breeders before buying...that is what I learned! Many good breeders will give a reference list of previous buyers you can ask about their babies. My pom breeder did when we got a pom puppy for a friend.
Anyway I can relate to your story!!!
~Tru |