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05-01-2009, 01:35 PM | #1 |
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| Bad Breeder "We Love Pets" selling sick Puppies out of Tampa FL! I wanted to find a yorkie puppy and did lots of research. I just found one bad breeder website after another. I was nervous I would never find a healthy puppy from a good breeder. I know I should have just adopted and I will from now on, but I wanted a yorkie puppy specific.. Finally my friend showed me this website. www.WeLVPETS.com/We love pets - Welcome - They are in the Seminole/ Tampa Florida area.. Ok I admit it looks abit fishy but the breeder was very professional and the Breeder went over step by step what I needed to do to get ready for my puppy. Although she had more than one breed at her kennel she breed just yorkies at her facility. She also asked me questions about myself and my home to make sure she was going to the right place. THe breeder also offered life insurance for the life of my Yorkie, which I felt really good about. If you go through the website she has photos and info about the breed and health concerns with Yorkies and other small breeds. I felt good about giving her $1500 for my puppy. I opted to fly to Florida to pick her up as well. SHe was located in the Tampa area and I flew into Fort Lauderdale because the flight was much cheaper, I asked her to meet me and my friend, also picking up a puppy, half way. She then argued that I hadn't deposited the rest of the cash for the puppy which she needed the day before I went to pick up my puppy..(red flag should have picked up on that fishiness) The day of our pick up she gave me directions to meet her in a location only a half hr out of Tampa..After a 6 hr drive she met us off an exit of the highway in a parking lot and was trying to quickly leave. This made me very uncomfortable. Already my friends dog was coughing abit and the breeder mentioned that the small dogs do this because of the small tracia. We both recieved a crate and basket of puppy stuff which we paid $185 each for...All which totaled about $50 from pet smart. No real info on what they'd been eating and we got them hungry and thursty, did I mention they were droped off to us in the same carrier. We stayed in Florida another 3 days before heading home. ALready the vet in Florida diagnosed my friends dog with Kennel cough which ment at some point my puppy, Layla would have it too. By the time we left Florida my friends dog started to rub her butt on the floor..We contacted the breeder and all she had to say is that she gave us the dogs healthy. The Breeder also argued and raised her voice at me over the phone when I was upset that my puppy was sick..She gave me no other info concerning her kennel, almost like she was scared to be shut down. When I spoke to the vet that the health cert came from, they mentioned my friends dog was diagnosed with Kennel cough 6 days before she got her and the breeder gave her one dose of antibiotics but then said she was fine at the follow up the day before she got her. The Vet that had been givng the Breeder Health Certs is no longer giving them to "we love pets" or any of their animals because of the shady practices that the vet has witnessed. When we got home our babies went through multiple tests, wormers, x-rays, antibiotics, etc...Totaling $800 or more..My Layla had a very resistant strain of Kennel cough, hook worm, round worm, giardia, and coccidia. After a change in vets and the 6th type of antibiotic, she is finally free of the cough, and worms and although she likes boiled chicken much more than her kibble (obviously.. she is such a beautiful dog, all 3 1/2 pounds of her. I'm so happy to have her I just wish she had a better begining and I hope this story keeps you away from this breeder. As of Feb 2009 "We Love Pets" Has no more puppies up for sale on the website. If anyone has anymore info other an the P.O Box address I already have, I would apreciate it. One more thing..I still haven't received the paper work from "We Love Pets" concerning my puppies Life insurance which I purchased....Who knows if I ever will...Uggg |
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