that's so awful!! but bella's mom is right..if he signed a piece of paper saying you would get the pup for a certain price it is a legal binding contract and you should get what is yours..hehe i watch way too many court tv things!!

He is so sweet. I wish I could add another one.

About the contract, yes, we are definitely right. You should have heard the excuses that came out of this man's mouth regarding the contract:

"It is just a piece of paper."
"You can't sign a contract for a live animal." (Umm we both did)
"What can you do? Sue my ass??" (Umm yes we can)

Boy, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to take this man to court. He has brought us so much pain and sadness. Today he dropped off the check to my boyfriend's work and said "can't sell the dog. He is sick." I really smell YOU KNOW WHAT. He tried to write VOID on his contract. *laughs* I guess he forgot I still my own VALID and original copy of the contract.

I am sure we will prevail in small claims court ... but ...

1) It would probably cost too much (the dog would have been $900)
2) By the time we met in court, the dog would be older than we wanted it and we wouldn't want it anymore (especially since we wouldn't have trained it)
3) By the time we met in court, the dog would probably be sold and the judge would probably only order him to give us our money back (which he already did)
4) He is not a breeder so I don't think he can offer another pup

I would ONLY go to court if I knew for a fact that I could get the money back for time missed from work and court fees AND that he would have to pay the amount of an equivalent pup (let's say if I found a male Yorkie for $1200, he would pay us $300 because thats how much more I have to pay since he violated our contract.) I have talked to a few lawyers (nothing where I paid them ... just friends) and they all said it is not worth it to go through all this trouble for a $900 pup that might get sick anyway (he was saying he no longer wanted to provide a health guarantee on the pup when he had promised to give us 3 months).

This is just a horrible situation. I wished I could go on People's Court and let Judge Milian really give it to him! But it isn't going to happen. I did post an ad on Craigslist in regards to his ad asking people who were interested in his puppies to contact me. I think they would like to know he is not offering a guarantee and has his pups locked up all day alone with 2 large cats. I think they would also like to know the guarantee that breeders usually offer for just $200-300 more. They are probably paying that much anyway ... considering he is willing to go through all the drama of possibly getting sued for this transaction.
In any case, thank you all so much for your kind words. I will still be around doing my research. I just need time to recover!!