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goldcountry · 03-25-2011, 02:39 PM

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goldcountry · 03-25-2011, 03:29 PM

Collier Ranch's dogs were in full coat, in the home , watching people cook in the main home. they had two pups for sale and a total of about 9 dogs including their HUGE German Shepard and Great Dane. You all are wastin time. I personally have taken interest because of the lunacy of this fighting over he said she said. They do have some big darn HUGE prehistoric fish though.Impressive ponds too!!! I guess they travel all over the world restocking ponds. I think you're fighting with the kids online. They have lots of students all over the office computers. Just saying, you're stressing yourself out and going to make yourself sick with fear of the unknown. It's a self fulfilling prophesy to fight over dogs online. Kinda fatalistic. Be happy . be Nice, Love your dog.

Nancy1999 · 03-25-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by goldcountry

Collier Ranch's dogs were in full coat, in the home , watching people cook in the main home. they had two pups for sale and a total of about 9 dogs including their HUGE German Shepard and Great Dane. You all are wastin time. I personally have taken interest because of the lunacy of this fighting over he said she said. They do have some big darn HUGE prehistoric fish though.Impressive ponds too!!! I guess they travel all over the world restocking ponds. I think you're fighting with the kids online. They have lots of students all over the office computers. Just saying, you're stressing yourself out and going to make yourself sick with fear of the unknown. It's a self fulfilling prophesy to fight over dogs online. Kinda fatalistic. Be happy . be Nice, Love your dog.

Did they sell you a Yorkie?

goldcountry · 03-25-2011, 05:50 PM

Yes and she is precious. vet checked out perfect, contract, records 12 weeks old and if I spay by the time she is 7 months old I get $250.00 rebate.

Nancy1999 · 03-25-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by goldcountry

Yes and she is precious. vet checked out perfect, contract, records 12 weeks old and if I spay by the time she is 7 months old I get $250.00 rebate.

I love the idea of a rebate if you get your dog spayed. What's her name? Any pictures?

goldcountry · 03-25-2011, 06:03 PM

Sorry I hit the enter button too soon.
She'll be 5-8lbs and she will keep her black coat. I saw the mommy named Panda daddy named Smoking Gun. They fed me lunch and shuttled me all over their ranch in a golf cart to see their ponds.The dogs all want to ride on the backseat of the golf cart. I picked up my puppy 7 days later at their city house. They recommended me to 3 different vets and I got $100.00 discount on the puppy package. Whoever said Collier Ranch folks weren't good breeders is just misinformed. They're fun people but certainly not mean or incapable. . And very nice Yorkies. Highly recommend if you are down to earth if not I could tell she'd see you to the gate.

Nancy1999 · 03-25-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by goldcountry

Sorry I hit the enter button too soon.
She'll be 5-8lbs and she will keep her black coat. I saw the mommy named Panda daddy named Smoking Gun. They fed me lunch and shuttled me all over their ranch in a golf cart to see their ponds.The dogs all want to ride on the backseat of the golf cart. I picked up my puppy 7 days later at their city house. They recommended me to 3 different vets and I got $100.00 discount on the puppy package. Whoever said Collier Ranch folks weren't good breeders is just misinformed. They're fun people but certainly not mean or incapable. . And very nice Yorkies. Highly recommend if you are down to earth if not I could tell she'd see you to the gate.

Well let see pictures, and what did you name your little girl?

goldcountry · 03-25-2011, 08:05 PM

We are stuck on baby and i don't have a camera on my computer so as soon as I can. Nice to see there are some very nice ladies on this site .

ladyjane · 03-25-2011, 08:10 PM

IGNORE can be your best friend.

jencar98 · 03-25-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by goldcountry

We are stuck on baby and i don't have a camera on my computer so as soon as I can. Nice to see there are some very nice ladies on this site .

Some very nice ladies? Most all of the ladies on YT are nice, we send the mean ones over to that fb site.

concretegurl · 03-26-2011, 05:47 AM

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...idiosis-5.html

MauiGirl · 03-26-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ladyjane

IGNORE can be your best friend.

LJ you are a genius

michelle_p · 09-21-2012, 03:00 PM

I got my Yorkie from Collier Ranch about 5 years ago. First off, I LOVE my boy and would never give him up under any circumstances. I can not imagine not having him in my life. I'm not writing this review to slander (so please don't jump all over my post), I am writing to inform you about my personal experience and leave you to decide wether you want to get a pup from them or not. I am sure there are some who had a great experience with Collier Ranch and have very healthy pups as a result.

When I arrived to choose a pup, there were only two left. They were in a crate inside a mobile-type home in Sunnyvale. There were kids running around screaming—kind of a chaotic scene. Kelly was very friendly and easy to talk to and she let me spend time with the pups. The pups parents were not there (red flag 1) and I was told that the dogs were bred off-site, miles away, at a "ranch." I also found out that she was not the breeder, but that her Uncle Bill was (his name was on the paper work as the breeder, not Kelley's). He was there too as well as other family members. Uncle Bill never uttered a word to me. He just sat on the couch….mute I guess.

Anyway, I chose a pup and was told that if I got him neutered in a certain length of time, I would receive a refund of $50 back. So I filled out all the paperwork, paid for my pup, and went home.

All was fine in the beginning. He was adorable and he checked out OK at the vet. I found out that he had a severe under bite which the vet said is genetic and that could be a sign of bad breeding (flag 2). No big deal I thought. He can eat fine and we'll deal with the dental problems if they come along later. So I scheduled him to be neutered and have some of the baby teeth extracted at 5 months of age. I sent the receipt of the neutering to Collier Ranch so I could get my $50 back. No response. I called and emailed. No response and no refund. (flag 3)

I decided to register him with the AKC and filled out all the paper work and sent in the money. 8 months later, I received a letter from the AKC stating that they could not confirm his lineage and therefore he was no longer AKC certified (flag 4). I didn't get my money back from the AKC. I would have probably gone to court with that one if I was buying a dog for show, but, since my Yorkie was pet quality, I let it go. I did contact Kelly about that and sent her a copy of the AKC letter but got no response. I wasn't expecting to get a response, but I just wanted to let her know that the AKC was on to her.

At about age 2, our dog developed severe allergies. He is allergic to EVERYTHING. So it has resulted in vet bills and he has been on maintenance medicines for the last couple years. Recently, (he's almost 5 now) we had his hips x-rayed because he has been walking a bit funny and we hear clicking sounds when he walks. The vet showed us that the femoral heads of his hips (which are supposed to be round in healthy animals) are flat. So now we are looking forward to hip dysplasia when he gets older. The vet told us that a lot of these traits are usually inherited. (flag 5)

This was my first time dealing with a "breeder." All I can say is do your online research and ask a lot of questions. Get anything you can in writing. And hope for the best . . .

concretegurl · 09-22-2012, 09:30 AM

Kelly Collier is unbeleivable! Literally such a liar, very psychotic behavior, blamed it all on her daughter and supposed bipolar sister not involved in her business.

She literally terrorized me for over a month for no real reasoning, other than she assumed some complaint was made by me and I'm a YT member! I was a potential buyer at the time!

Repeaded hang up calls numerous emails texts internet slanderous posts, threats, had others doing so after a complaint was made, be glad you never hear from her trust me!

03-25-2011, 05:50 PM	#49
goldcountry BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: echo park Posts: 18	yorkie Yes and she is precious. vet checked out perfect, contract, records 12 weeks old and if I spay by the time she is 7 months old I get $250.00 rebate.

03-25-2011, 06:03 PM	#51
goldcountry BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: echo park Posts: 18	Collier Ranch Yorkies Sorry I hit the enter button too soon. She'll be 5-8lbs and she will keep her black coat. I saw the mommy named Panda daddy named Smoking Gun. They fed me lunch and shuttled me all over their ranch in a golf cart to see their ponds.The dogs all want to ride on the backseat of the golf cart. I picked up my puppy 7 days later at their city house. They recommended me to 3 different vets and I got $100.00 discount on the puppy package. Whoever said Collier Ranch folks weren't good breeders is just misinformed. They're fun people but certainly not mean or incapable. . And very nice Yorkies. Highly recommend if you are down to earth if not I could tell she'd see you to the gate. Last edited by goldcountry; 03-25-2011 at 06:05 PM. Reason: misspell

03-25-2011, 08:05 PM	#53
goldcountry BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: echo park Posts: 18	thank you for asking We are stuck on baby and i don't have a camera on my computer so as soon as I can. Nice to see there are some very nice ladies on this site .

03-25-2011, 08:10 PM	#54
ladyjane Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 27,451	IGNORE can be your best friend. __________________ CLOUD NINE BEDS--YORKIE HAVEN RESCUE MY ETSY SHOP

03-26-2011, 05:47 AM	#56
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...idiosis-5.html __________________ Shan & 8 kids now!

03-25-2011, 02:39 PM	#46
goldcountry BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: echo park Posts: 18	Knowledge talks, wisdom listens. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me ! Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change. Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart. Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Criticizing is easy, art is difficult. Violence won’t solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though. I don’t know what the key to success is, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher. The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open. The best mind-altering drug is truth. Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk. Guns don’t kill people — people do. He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. If you are not part of the cure, then you are part of the problem. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. The best things in life are not things. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. Beware of a man of one book. He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

03-25-2011, 03:29 PM	#47
goldcountry BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: echo park Posts: 18	Collier Ranch's dogs were in full coat, in the home , watching people cook in the main home. they had two pups for sale and a total of about 9 dogs including their HUGE German Shepard and Great Dane. You all are wastin time. I personally have taken interest because of the lunacy of this fighting over he said she said. They do have some big darn HUGE prehistoric fish though.Impressive ponds too!!! I guess they travel all over the world restocking ponds. I think you're fighting with the kids online. They have lots of students all over the office computers. Just saying, you're stressing yourself out and going to make yourself sick with fear of the unknown. It's a self fulfilling prophesy to fight over dogs online. Kinda fatalistic. Be happy . be Nice, Love your dog.

09-21-2012, 03:00 PM	#58
michelle_p YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: california Posts: 5	My Yorkie from Collier Ranch I got my Yorkie from Collier Ranch about 5 years ago. First off, I LOVE my boy and would never give him up under any circumstances. I can not imagine not having him in my life. I'm not writing this review to slander (so please don't jump all over my post), I am writing to inform you about my personal experience and leave you to decide wether you want to get a pup from them or not. I am sure there are some who had a great experience with Collier Ranch and have very healthy pups as a result. When I arrived to choose a pup, there were only two left. They were in a crate inside a mobile-type home in Sunnyvale. There were kids running around screaming—kind of a chaotic scene. Kelly was very friendly and easy to talk to and she let me spend time with the pups. The pups parents were not there (red flag 1) and I was told that the dogs were bred off-site, miles away, at a "ranch." I also found out that she was not the breeder, but that her Uncle Bill was (his name was on the paper work as the breeder, not Kelley's). He was there too as well as other family members. Uncle Bill never uttered a word to me. He just sat on the couch….mute I guess. Anyway, I chose a pup and was told that if I got him neutered in a certain length of time, I would receive a refund of $50 back. So I filled out all the paperwork, paid for my pup, and went home. All was fine in the beginning. He was adorable and he checked out OK at the vet. I found out that he had a severe under bite which the vet said is genetic and that could be a sign of bad breeding (flag 2). No big deal I thought. He can eat fine and we'll deal with the dental problems if they come along later. So I scheduled him to be neutered and have some of the baby teeth extracted at 5 months of age. I sent the receipt of the neutering to Collier Ranch so I could get my $50 back. No response. I called and emailed. No response and no refund. (flag 3) I decided to register him with the AKC and filled out all the paper work and sent in the money. 8 months later, I received a letter from the AKC stating that they could not confirm his lineage and therefore he was no longer AKC certified (flag 4). I didn't get my money back from the AKC. I would have probably gone to court with that one if I was buying a dog for show, but, since my Yorkie was pet quality, I let it go. I did contact Kelly about that and sent her a copy of the AKC letter but got no response. I wasn't expecting to get a response, but I just wanted to let her know that the AKC was on to her. At about age 2, our dog developed severe allergies. He is allergic to EVERYTHING. So it has resulted in vet bills and he has been on maintenance medicines for the last couple years. Recently, (he's almost 5 now) we had his hips x-rayed because he has been walking a bit funny and we hear clicking sounds when he walks. The vet showed us that the femoral heads of his hips (which are supposed to be round in healthy animals) are flat. So now we are looking forward to hip dysplasia when he gets older. The vet told us that a lot of these traits are usually inherited. (flag 5) This was my first time dealing with a "breeder." All I can say is do your online research and ask a lot of questions. Get anything you can in writing. And hope for the best . . .

09-22-2012, 09:30 AM	#59
concretegurl Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades Posts: 7,979	Kelly Collier is unbeleivable! Literally such a liar, very psychotic behavior, blamed it all on her daughter and supposed bipolar sister not involved in her business. She literally terrorized me for over a month for no real reasoning, other than she assumed some complaint was made by me and I'm a YT member! I was a potential buyer at the time! Repeaded hang up calls numerous emails texts internet slanderous posts, threats, had others doing so after a complaint was made, be glad you never hear from her trust me! __________________ Shan & 8 kids now!