Originally Posted by Jazzipuppy (Post 1256287)

As for myself, my family & I have bought in total, six dogs over the years from S & V Quality Canines, in Brooklyn on Stillwell Avenue and intend on continuing to use them. It is a storefront, however the owners are the breeders themselves, who love their pups, are very knowledgeable and love what they do. And it shows when you walk in their immaculate store and see their well taken care of pups who are generally healthy. Plus, the customer service extends well long after the purchase (which is hard to find), as I have called them many times for advice. These breeders have been around for a long time, which is why my family has and continues to use them.

All of our dogs have been active and healthy until old age!!! Plenty of love and pleasure come from my adorable doggies, so I am loyal to where I got them.

Originally Posted by vainchick5 (Post 557612)

You are basing YOUR opinion about this PETSTORE on YOUR own experience. My friends dogs Seemed healthy in the beginning then closer to a year they showed signs of illnesses. Her father bought her the other yorkie from there not knowing about petstores and brokers. So it wasn't her that kept buying from him. And by the way Eukaneuba is a HORRIBLE brand as well as Cesars. And my friend didn't lie about it, I saw what he fed them and he SPECIFICALLY told my friend that he's been feeding them Boarshead Deli Roastbeef, so she needs to weene her off of it. He told her that himself. This poor puppy had so much diarhea it was unbelievable. She had scabs alllll over her belly and Ivan told her it was nothing and he would even hang up or ignore her calls. Her dewclaws were not removed like he said they were and he charged $1800 for her and advertised her as a teacup/toy. That's the kind of place it is, I thought I would educate you before you run off and advertise good things about a petstore. Just because your dog is healthy, it doesn't mean anything. I hope he stays healthy but don't be surprised if down the line he shows signs of bad health. I'm basing my experience off my friends 3 dogs, yes 3, not 1. She bought the first 2 together and her 3rd was from her father, he didn't know better. So you should get your facts straight before you back a broker like Ivan. That caused my friend lots of money and heartache and I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that. The original poster deserves the truth and here it is. It is up to her to now buy one from that store but at least she is informed and knows that you had a good experience with 1 dog up to the present, and my friend had 3 bad experiences with him.

Originally Posted by vainchick5 (Post 1263563)

Gee, I wonder who this is??? Suddenly posting in every S&V thread. :rolleyes: Wow these brokers/puppy mills think everyone is as clueless as them :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by alex_143 (Post 1387719)

"THANK You for saying that and good post ! I agree 100%...The whole puppy mill problem will continue to stay HUGE until this country realizes that Pet Shops are their Biggest customers - thus shopping a pet store is supporting them. I don't mean those who didn't know better - we've all been there....but hopefully those who KNOW about puppy mills would never buy from any pet store. The facts are out there - it's up to us to do our homework on buying a new puppy.

sorry for the rant lol - nothing personal to anyone."


i agree %100 with your post and on top of that you never get a good quality pup that meets the standard if your going to be paying 1000 to 2000 get a good quality pup with a great pedigree that meets the standard just my 2 cents