The Story of the YorkieCuties.com Rip-off
 

:mad:In July, we put a $500.00 deposit down for one pup for my mom, due to go home in October. My sister was going to fly from Orlando to Baltimore Airport to pick up the 10 wk old pup. In the meantime, my sister decided she also wanted a pup. So, total for 2 pups was $4 grand. Paid before she arrived in Baltimore on 10/11/08.

Saturday, 10/11 the 2 pups, both female arrived in Orlando with my sister. All seemed fine. By Tues. am my sister's pup, Laci, (formerly Pricilla) was going in circles, breathing funny and seizing. My sister took her to the vet immed. and after 9 more seizures she was admitted to the emerg. hospital. The blood work indicated bacterial infection, source unknown. She was sedated, given phenobarbital and antibiotics IV. She remained in hospital for 2 days. She was on the antibiotics for a week. She is still on the pheno, being weaned via weight gain.

At that time, she weighed 1 pd. 4 oz. I have photos of her from the web-site and after the hospital stay.

She now weighs 2.4 pds.

During the ordeal we were in contact with the breeder via email. For every 5 emails we sent we rec. one reply maybe. We said we wanted to return the puppy on Sat. 10/15 and exchange it for a healthy one. They said they WOULD NOT meet us at the airport and insisted the illness started after the pup arrived in Orlando.

The Vet bills totalled $1,200.00. We have statements from the doctor that the incubation started prior to leaving Baltimore. They were concerned about liver shunt and ensephalitis. However, the infection has since cleared.

We put a dispute on our credit card and the breeder countered by saying "they signed an agreement that states in order to get a refund the pup had to be returned within 7 days and it was not". I explained that we tried to return the pup but the breeder refused to accept it. The credit card company sided with the breeder.

The breeder Teresa Voqui and her husband? John Neely, MD? have totally ignored us since 10/14/08. Needless to say, we will not allow this to end with our being out the money and being stuck with a sick pup.

My mom's pup seemed fine, until a skin rash showed up this week. Here we go again.

Apparently, after searching the net Teresa Vogui was also located in Sacramento CA and had a lot of problems with buyers there as well.

So, we told them if the money was not refunded by this evening we will file a fraud complaint against them, both internet and intrastate for shipping sick animals over State lines.

The worst part - my sister wanted the pup for company because she had just gone through a divorce and her home was forclosed on in this economic mess. She no more had the extra $1200.00 than anyone else would, she had to borrow the initial puppy purchase money to begin with.

That's the sad story.

JML

I am sooo sorry this is happening to you and your family!! I hope you can get something worked out soon!!

Gosh, how horrible for you. I'm sorry your going throught that. Does the breeder have a website you can post?

Wow...I'm really sorry to hear you're going through this.

Was there any type of contract or health guarantee? Of course it's only as good as the person willing to uphold it...but it would be useful if you take her to court.

Did a quick google search on her name alone.... lots of complaints out there about her. :(

Teresa Voqui yorkshire terrier - Google Search

Sorry you're going through that...you should see what legal steps can be taken. Make sure you keep all the emails you've sent and her 1 reply to show you tried to make contact before the 7 day expiration. Funny how she let the 7 days run out before she responded. :thumbdown

You had the puppies shipped to Florida, right? Florida has some of the toughest puppy lemon laws in the country. You have the right to keep the puppy and get reimbursed for vet bills up to the price of the puppy.

Here is a summary:

Florida Pet Lemon Law

If your sister decides to keep this puppy, please make sure she gets a bile acids test done right at 20 weeks. I still wouldn't rule out a liver shunt.

I thought the lemon law pertained to the originiation State only.
 

Maryland does not have a lemon law.

Can I file in Florida even if the pup came from Maryland?

You should call Florida's state attorney's office. They'll be able to tell you.

Yes, by transporting her puppies into Florida, the breeder is subject to its laws. Dogs transported into the state are included according to Florida statutes (Title XLVI, Chapter 828, Section 29).

You have fourteen days for infectious/contagious illnesses and one full year for hereditary conditions.

This is terrible! I really hope things work out for you in the end.

When I was looking for my first puppy, I looked on puppyfind.com and saw the yorkies that were being sold by Yorkiecuties.com. As I was reading the website, I noticed how many females they were breeding! I was wondering how the woman who owned these dogs had so much room in her house to keep them since she claimed that they were raised in her home. When I called her up about a certain puppy, first she insisted more about how I will make a payment instead of the wellbeing of the pup, and being a first time dog owner, I wanted more info, which she neglected to give. She even had the nerve to send me a Paypal request to pay for the puppy even before I agreed! (This was over the summer, btw, around the beginning of June and I did cancel the paypal payment request). She said she lived in Sacremento, and since I live in San Francisco, I wanted to visit the puppy myself. She said she would come to San Francisco and only bring that one pup, but I actually wanted to go to her home and see the other puppies just in case I matched better with a different pup. She seemed very shady, so I just told her I would call her back about it (which I never did).

A couple of months later I saw her selling puppies on puppyfind.com again, and they were pictures of the same pups!!! Also, it says that her location changed to Baltimore/Washington, and yet the phone number's area code is still (415), which is actually San Francisco's area code. I think this breeder is a big RED FLAG! Her website again is: yorkiecuties.com

Let me know if you guys think her website is a little shady as well. :mad:

It's the same lady
 

She went from babydollyorkies.com to yorkiecuties.com

There are complaints against her on the internet if you google her name and the website names.

Thanks
JML

sorry to here that!

There are other complaints about her:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ies-com-2.html

Rip-off Report: Yorkie Cuties, Teresa Voqui, Maryland Yorkie Puppymill Maryland yorkie breeder, Yorkie tea cup puppies Parkville Maryland

Yorkie Cuties, Teresa Voqui, Maryland Yorkie Puppymill

I had a bad experience with this breeder as well. Thankfully, I did not purchase a dog from her. I was looking at a boy over the summer and she just kept insisting that I put down a deposit because someone was going to take him. When I questioned her about health, size, etc. she began harassing me through email. Then she turned around and had my account shut down and said I was harassing her! Well, my account was fixed as soon as the emails were reviewed and they saw I did nothing wrong. What a shady breeder. I am so sorry this is happening to your family. Do you have an update on the pups?