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Originally Posted by bonmur Years and years ago we had shelties We used these shelties for running sheep. These were working dogs and usually if you had a good herder then you could expect some good herders out of the parents. 3 of our top workers were set to retire in 3-4 years so we decided a planned breeding would yield us the replacements we needed. We did the breeding and got a litter of 6 only 2 proved to be of the working calider of thier parents the other 4 were great examples of the breed but being jsut pups it was unclear as to whether they would be great conformationally . We sold 1 immediately but were set to move sheep and did not want momma worrying about the other 3.. through word of mouth a lady called us wanting a pup for breeding to her female in later years, She claimed ot be a herder herself and worked in trials. We agreed to sell her a pup. She came and decided on the remaining 3 instead. We were asking dirt cheap prices and offered their papers. 1 was limited but the 2 males that were great representatives we gave full with breeding rights.
Months go buy and I email her she tells me how they are doing etc. finally almost a year later a lady calls me mad and upset because I sold her a sheltie that was guaranteed to be a mini ( no, I never guarantee size these were breed standard size) We got to talking and it wasnt I who she bought a pup from. The broker cam bought up all of my pups and marked them all up.The ladt was PISSED as I would have been. I explained to her my situation and she decided to call her. I finally got in touch with her and found out she has about 20 different phone numbers all for different breeds of dogs.She cant even keep them straight. I sold her 2 papered males and 1 with limited. I got a call from AKC about a lady who acquired a male from the same lady . She was provided papers but she had altered the papers to say it was a female.Luckily I had tons of picture, bills of sal and copies of their AKC papers to help the AKC catch her. SHe is still inbusiness but I felt so bad for my babies. I do know where 2 of them are, The one lady thought she was getting a chihuahua sized sheltie! That was the one I felt bad for and I eventually bought him back from her. SInce she did not like him becasue he was nto going to be an odd sized sheltie but an actual standard sheltie. I rehomed him for no money and we dont have sheep anymore. Our oldest jsut passed on at 14.
They are tricky buggars though.
Bonnie |
I can't even imagine how upset you must have been. I'm sorry you had to go through that.
