The true story of yorkiepup.com/Jeff Dane
 

Alright, most of you have posted your experiences about Jeff Dane, however I found that many of them were from people outside of Texas. I however have had the opportunity to actually go visit this guy, and I just wanted to tell yall how horrible of a place his home is. For those of you who have not had this pleasure, let me paint you a picture....Jeff Dane is very unprofessional. He answered the door in what looked like he had slept in, a shirt with holes in it and from what i remember boxer shorts or something like that. He was very unkempt and missing most of his teeth. Pretty much the epitome of redneck trailer trash. I purchased my first yorkie from him three years ago, and I knew very little about the breed, so I thought he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. I drove out there the next day only to be completely appalled at what I saw. He lives in a very nice house in the middle of nowhere. All the yorkies you see on his website are kept in his garage stacked in towers of crates. There is no heating or ac there and the smell in the garage almost made me fall over. Just imagine probably close to 100 yorkies in tiny crates stacked up crying and barking. It was heartbreaking. His "teacup" yorkies he keeps inside his house. This really upset me, however I had already driven 5 hours out there so I went ahead and purchased Heidi. Jeff told me this dog would not be over 6lbs. full grown. To this day, she is 15-20lbs. She needs to have patella surgery, one of her knee caps is slipping. Some of her dew claws were never removed, so she has a couple extra "toes" When I brought her home, I immediately took her to the vet only to discover that she had kennel cough. Thank God my baby is somewhat healthy today, and my heart goes out to those of you who have had worse experiences with sick puppies. This breeder must be stopped. I was shocked to see one dog he had, "Little Joe", that was literally 1lb.! The dog looked like a hamster or something! It had what looked like a humpback, and just looked like the most sickly dog I have ever seen. Jeff told me that was one of his stud dogs and that Jay Leno had offered him 11,000.00$ for that dog. He also told me that Oscar de la Hoya had bought dogs from him. I now see through all his lies. The man must have 200+ yorkies at his house, and when I asked to see the parents of my dog, he said he did not have them on the premises. He actually acted very offended and got defensive. What can we do to put this man out of business? My heart goes out to every puppy he has in that place. I am thinking of starting an anti-Jeff Dane website with information....anyone have any ideas?

Joanna

I think that is a great idea, but one has to be sooooooo careful of slander lawsuits.

I don't know how much information one can legally print about someone else without getting into trouble.

I beleive, that as long as what you print is the truth, it's OK, but I'm not sure about that.

You see so much of this sort of thing on "Houston Animal Cops" on the Animal Planet channel. Can't they do something? Surely, by now, they know about him. Could someone in Texas contact them? It would be a start...

If you print your own personal experiences, then it is not slander. You can look it up on the internet, I'm sure. But I agree, this man needs to be stopped! :mad:

I just looked these two words up:

Slander: the utterance of a falsehood that damages anothers reputation

Libel: any written or printed matter tending to injure a person's reputation unjustly.

I guess one would have to be really careful.

As long as it isn't false, then it would not be libel or slander. If someone sues you for libel or slander, it is up to the person SUING, not the person being sued, to prove that what was said or printed was false. The burden of proof is upon the person doing the suing.

Please do something for these poor pups. Sounds to me like a puppy mill..

You have a good point there. I'd like to see him take some one to court. I don't think he'd want that publicity.

I don't think he would want the legal fees and court costs that come with suing someone.

OMG, I googled him......you wouldn't believe the long a$$ line your in to give him h*ll!

He is the same that raced monster trucks too.

Seems he was busted by AKC also, in one post I read from the google I did on him.

Ive read him and people that follow him will harass anyone who writes negative things about him

Texans United Against Animal Abuse
 

I just made that up- got your attention, didn't it? :)

I really think as Texans we need to do something to make breeding regulations in Texas more stringent. I don't know what, I'm the least political person you ever thought of, but something has got to be done.

The more I hear about how lenient our laws are concerning dog breeders, I just become sick to my stomach.:(

What was his website? I never bought anything from him but have heard alot about him.

yorkiepup.com is the site

www.yorkiepup.com. He has a few on there for $10,000! :eek: :eek: :eek:

I don't understand why animal cops in Huston can't do nothing about it:(

How about report him to AKC or to Human Society?

I completely agree with you. He sounds like a puppy mill & backyard breeder too. The puppies are cute but they do not look that great of a quality to me. Too big ears, small eyes...bad colors... Why someone would buy from him when there are so many reputable show breeders to buy quality puppies???

His website looks so professional, you wouldn't think he was a slime bucket, Goes to show you have to watch out.

I dont understand either, but I think part of the problem is so many want a "teacup yorkie" which he claims to sell.:thumbdown He gives people the instant puppy and makes false claims about size, health and will sell to anyone......

Reputable breeders do not sell teacups and are honest about size and have more requirements to who they sell their puppies too with usually a spade/neuter contract, also they are more likely to have waiting lists....

Unfortunately it can be quicker and easier to buy one of his "teacups" :mad: Its just too bad that the end results too many times in buying one of his puppies turns out so awful.

this is definatley a PUPPY MILL. i would contact the local paper or animal control office for that area and report this. i don't know tx law but here in va, you cannot have more than 4 animals in a household. there are puppymills getting raided all of the time. please report this. those poor dogs do not deserve this. and jeff dane needs to be put away.

I think in most states there is a limit to 4 or 5 dogs per household, but if you have more....you need a kennel license. I am just wondering if anyone in Texas (with animal authority) has investigated him....is there anyway to find out?

Villette, since you've been around here (YT) awhile and have probably read most posts about him....has anyone ever taken him to court? Has the SPCA ever done anything? I googled, but it doesn't give much info. I'm just surprised after all this time, that he can still be in business if there are so many complaints against him. Wish something could be done.

I dont know if each city has its own different laws on animals there is no set number that one can have. When i had to report animal abuse I asked animal control what was the limit a household can have and he responded as many as you can take care of in good conditions. Its also listed on our city website that here in Killeen we have no oridinance on the number of dogs but then we have an overcrowded animal population and they wonder why.

In mass you still can only have a certain amount of dogs on your property even with a kennel license...and this includes breeders..

Lil Joe looked healthy on the site. So did buttons. His wife's yorkies Hot Pocket and Candy Doll seem to be care nicely for. I think they are cute but I bet he didnt get them from the same place he gets the dogs he sells on his site.

Someone here mentioned Houston Animal Cops...(I watch animal planet as well) Does anyone know if they have been contacted about this DIRT BAG! Maybe this is why they have never been out there...it seems to me is SPCA has been out there they wouldn't stand for unhealthy conditions and stacked crates...Someone in Texas should give them jingle...put a bug in their ear...They say on tv that if they get a complaint they have to go check it out....worth a try!

In what part of Texas is this guy? I'd be willing to do a little investigating (with hidden camera). I know too many people here in the Gulf Coast area who would just LOVE to get up in someone's s&*t for crap like this. Let him sue me, I know plenty of good attorneys too. No-one in any state should be allowed to do the things you guys have mentioned. The worst part is though, people are still buying from him The only way to stop it is to educate the buyers.:mad:

You went there and saw his place and you bought anyway....that is what keeps him going.....buyers need to do their homework. If you see something like this, do not support him by buying a puppy...run...It really shouldn't matter how far you drove.

Well "V" said she hated him before she joined YT (2004 I think) then with all the complaints and he's still in business, it looks hopeless. So sadly it doesn't look like anything can EVER be done about him and it makes me sick to my stomach, those dogs on his site don't look good at all. I did notice he had another link on his site and those dogs look horrible too.