Breeders please beware of this yt member!! I have debating on posting this as I do not like drama, but I cannot sleep well as it has been weighing on my mind.. I was contacted a few days ago by a YT member about Mickey, my last puppy for sale. She answered all of my questions and seemed like a really nice person. She gave me a vet reference and a personal reference from a YT breeder that she got her newest little girl from. I contacted the breeder and during our discussion she mentioned the name of this woman's vet, I noticed that it was not the same vet she gave me so I googled that vet and contacted them. When I gave them the name of the person I wanted a reference on, the woman said "Oh Wow" I said oh wow bad or good. She said "well I cannot give you any info without her permission so just call her and tell her to call us and ok it. I said, well if you had a dog to sell her, would you? She said "off the record, No Way" That was all I needed to know but after we hung up, I still pm'd this yt member and asked her to call and give permission..She replied with "How did you know about a Dr I used to see that retired" When I told her her breeder told me, she came back with, "Amanda I told you the truth and I feel like I am being investigated and I will just go back to my other breeder and get another one from her" I never replied back to her, but I did investigate further and found that she obviously lied about how many dogs she has owned and rehomed. It is apparently a hobby of hers as I have found that she has 3 usernames and on each username, she talks about several different dogs that she "just" got but never tells anyone what happened to them. She is also always looking for a puppy! She told me she only had one yorkie and that she only rehomed 1 dog because it was aggressive and it was the chihuahua named Lindsey. After reading through her threads until I got sick of it, I found that she has owned within 2 yrs, a shih tzu, a min pin, a yorkinese, some other yorkies and who knows how many others..God only knows what happened to those poor dogs. I would feel horrible if she were to get a yt members puppy and I never warned anyone.. Her name she gave me is Vicki Stubbs. I googled her home number and it came back to a different name but now it comes back to noone.. So that seems weird. Here are her 3 usernames so anyone on here selling any puppies, please beware of her... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/member.php?u=5050 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/member.php?u=20089 http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/member.php?u=19206957 |
Amanda, thank you for posting this. I am just really glad that you researched and found out this stuff before letting her get sweet little Mickey. |
You did the right thing...just as there are bad breeders..there are bad owners...and the safety of these little ones should be first.:) |
Wow, that's really amazing! I'm kind of shocked at the info that you posted, but it deems pretty accurate . . .I'm really glad you do check out where your puppies are going and check references. Sounds like maybe she would of bought Mickey, then tried to make a profit off re-selling him. That's truly sad! Mickey is really cute and deserves a loving home where he can be pampered. I'm sure you are going to find the right home for him. |
Wow that's pretty crazy. |
Wow, good for you for doing your own investigating. This is why breeders should ask for references and vet references are so important. You took it a step further than most do, and I sure hope you don't get in any trouble for making this public knowledge, but I applaud you for checking her out. As I've said before, you can't sell or buy a puppy from someone just because they "seem like a really nice person". By the way, she can be banned from Yorkietalk for having more than one account. |
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Looking into this...hang tight... |
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Admin usually has to check out duel accounts, and that can take a while. |
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While I have to agree in this case, I must point out that not all vets give good references to good pet owners. Now what I mean by that is, there are some shots I choose not to give to my dogs. Does that make me a bad pet owner? I do not give any vaccinations past the puppy shots / boosters. Does that make me a bad pet owner? I do not purchase my foods and meds (if needed) from the vets. Does that make me a bad pet owner? I do not run to the vet with every little issue and choose to treat my dogs at home (IF POSSIBLE). Alot of Vets think Breeders who give puppy shots themselves are not good breeders. But I ask you, who knows your dogs best, you or the vet who sees them once a year for 15 minutes? Please do not think I am anti-vet, I am not. I just think people should be judged on more then just a vet reference. (I know there is more to this one!!) The member has been banned BTW. Paula |
No worries, Amanda, on the YT end...you are absolutely okay here :thumbup:. It's against rules to have multiple accounts on YT, and I just took care of part of that issue. On the other part, I think Nancy was referring just to the vet portion...I really don't think she meant (at all :)) that you were in any way in the wrong for posting the other info here. On the contrary...everyone is very supportive here of being open about this very type of thing. :thumbup: |
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You completely did the right thing. I had a friend who got a puppy a while back, then a few weeks later turned around and wanted to get rid of it. I talked him in to keeping it and it became the best dog he's had so far. BTW, I sent you a PM. Just for information. |
Thanks for "outing" her to us! |
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