Brush Creek Kennel Investigation

[neersyorkies]

If you live in the country and you have nothing to hide there is no need to have a big wooden privacyfence .

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by veguroev

Hmm....., I would like to hear the other side of the story, so far we have only read your side which sounds to be the happy side of the story because the way you say you killed the dog makes you sound like you are so proud of what you did.

I would love for you to hear their side of their story. I would not call it pride I would call it protecting your animals but I am sure you would have no emotions if your Yorkie was killed by another dog or human huh? :

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

Maybe Fox will invite the breeder/owner to respond.

Where I live the news shows stories all the time where a consumer feels like they were cheated by a big business. Even if it's only one customer out of thousands and thousands. They usually end the story saying that they contacted the business owner and refused to comment, or something like that. This seems fair to me.

Yup I agree. This is exactly my point at least someone got it.

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by woofshepherd

And to answer another of your questions dobiedude, I heard from someone that use to work at the place and told us they had 500+ dogs of multiple diffrent breeds there, and yes I can tell (estimated guess) how many dogs I could hear inside that home on BOTH occasions. Why after sooo many sick dogs you would think that the guy would do something about it and take care of his dogs but he doesn't all he cares about is collecting money from the dogs he doesn't care if they're sick or not just as long as they can pump out puppies that what he's all about, he doesn't care about the people who buy his puppies either, he is a very rude and demented individual.

Did you meet this person before or after you bought your dog(s)?

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma

Dobie,
You keep saying this is in your own backyard so can you explain that? Please tell us how close your backyard is to Davids. You can guess in feet or miles. Also are you and David hunting partners? Just curious.

No Ms Teacup breeder I live between Tomball and Magnolia. Sure we are hunting partners.

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma

My guess is Fox has more than just the 6 or so bad experiences posted here. They wouldn't be taking the time to do all of this investigating and putting the segment in a prime spot during sweeps after American Idol if were only 6 people. I dont think people are attacking you, it just amazes me that you would stand up for someone that had broken so many hearts and sold so many sick dogs. Even if they sold hundreds of good dogs, the fact still remains there are way too many sick and dying ones and that is reason for concern. I am sure Brushy Creek will get their chance to defend themselves. Everyone here would just love to hear their side of why they sell sick and dying dogs. I truely do hope they get both sides so we can see how they justify what they are doing. We arent attacking you, we are attacking them so why are you taking it personally?

Well like you said it is a guess I have seen the media run stories on less.
Really you don't think I am being attacked here try this quote on

"Hmm....., I would like to hear the other side of the story, so far we have only read your side which sounds to be the happy side of the story because the way you say you killed the dog makes you sound like you are so proud of what you did. "

I think that is an attack. Did I say anywhere that I am standing up for them? if so please show me. I asked a simple question to the person who posted this thread (Fox 26 news) and I got a bunch of flack for it. That is the reason I take it personal. Just like you probably would if people accused you of breeding "teacups" (as stated on your web page) and stating bad things about that.

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by woofshepherd

Well I wasn't trying to be a prick or anything SORRY. Its just that I had 2 dogs from there and BOTH where extremely sick and 1 died after I returned it. I am really angry about this experience and I hope that someone that will be listening to the investigation that is looking for a dog will turn around and RUN! Also, I hope all there dogs get taken away, I as well as others never got to see the kennel (the sire and dam) of the puppies they were selling so that right there is a warning, also fox 26 went in with hidden cameras and they were not even allowed in the kennel area. So if it is that great of a place then why do they not let you go back there???? I think they are trying to hide all there sick animals.

Well it came across like you were one to me.
I can imagine you are angry but you don't have to take it out on someone asking a question.
I do have a question though why would you want your clients in the kennel anyway if your a breeder? I know I keep my animals away from people from my pastures unless they are disinfected and wear clean shoes or booties. There are way too many bugs out there to harm my critters.

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by neersyorkies

If you live in the country and you have nothing to hide there is no need to have a big wooden privacyfence .

I have a privacy fence just because of the incidents that happened to my animals so yes there is a need for them IMO.

[sassypup]

WAY to go DAVID and V!!! You guys rock! There needs to be more people in the world like you guys that have this compassion and love for dogs that cannnot speak on their own behalf. Taking one down one day at a time!!!

[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma

My guess is Fox has more than just the 6 or so bad experiences posted here. They wouldn't be taking the time to do all of this investigating and putting the segment in a prime spot during sweeps after American Idol if were only 6 people. I dont think people are attacking you, it just amazes me that you would stand up for someone that had broken so many hearts and sold so many sick dogs. Even if they sold hundreds of good dogs, the fact still remains there are way too many sick and dying ones and that is reason for concern. I am sure Brushy Creek will get their chance to defend themselves. Everyone here would just love to hear their side of why they sell sick and dying dogs. I truely do hope they get both sides so we can see how they justify what they are doing. We arent attacking you, we are attacking them so why are you taking it personally?

This is the point I was trying to make. I think viewers and potential customers would like to see his justification, if he is selling sick dogs, why is he doing this? What is his explanation? From what I have seen, opposing sides are usually invited to respond to the charges against them.

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

This is the point I was trying to make. I think viewers and potential customers would like to see his justification, if he is selling sick dogs, why is he doing this? What is his explanation? From what I have seen, opposing sides are usually invited to respond to the charges against them.

Amen sister. Thank you

[chachi]

Originally Posted by dobiedude

Well like you said it is a guess I have seen the media run stories on less.
Really you don't think I am being attacked here try this quote on

"Hmm....., I would like to hear the other side of the story, so far we have only read your side which sounds to be the happy side of the story because the way you say you killed the dog makes you sound like you are so proud of what you did. "

I think that is an attack. Did I say anywhere that I am standing up for them? if so please show me. I asked a simple question to the person who posted this thread (Fox 26 news) and I got a bunch of flack for it. That is the reason I take it personal. Just like you probably would if people accused you of breeding "teacups" (as stated on your web page) and stating bad things about that.

Where on her site does it say she breeds teacups? She states she breeds to the standard and sometimes gets a teacup sized puppy.
All yorkie breeders get a small one from time to time. But she is not breeding tinies to produce them

[dobiedude]

Originally Posted by chachi

Where on her site does it say she breeds teacups? She states she breeds to the standard and sometimes gets a teacup sized puppy.
All yorkie breeders get a small one from time to time. But she is not breeding tinies to produce them

No but being new to this it says teacup and everyone on here has stated stay away from any breeder who uses the word "teacup" as there are no such thing.

[Fox26News]

Hello Everyone,
Sorry I haven't checked the thread lately. Boy, I have missed quite a bit! Obviously, I needed to come in and set some things straight.

First, apparently we are not the only media outlet investigating Brushy Creek. Because we don't want to be the last one to get our story out, we may be moving our story to an earlier date in February. I will let you know as soon as we have a concrete date. In the meantime, you can check our website to make sure you don't miss anything: www.myfoxhouston.com Just check under the investigative stories for Randy Wallace. He's the reporter doing the story on Brushy Creek. The fact that other news programs are ready to pounce on this story is no surprise. When you have this many people complaining about a business, it's bound to catch the attention of many journalists.

The question about getting both sides of the story is a fair one. Please let me explain how we do things at Fox 26 News. You have probably seen many stories on local TV that spotlight a consumer complaint against a business. Marvin Zindler has made a career out of following up on single-complaint stories and trying to help people who get ripped off. And he is very good at it. One of the best. But my department is not really a consumer news agency. We are investigators. When we get a single complaint about a business, it is rare that we will follow-up with a story. Nor is two complaints much of a trend. Three or four will raise an eyebrow. When we saw the dozens of complaints sent to the Houston Better Business Bureau about Brushy Creek, we decided to follow-up with research. During the course of a month, about 30 stories reach a similar research stage in my office. And out of those 30, we find only about 4 or 5 are compelling enough pursue. And then, well before we initiate interviews, the story goes to our lawyers. NewsCorp (parent of Fox Television) is a multi-national conglomerate employing tens of thousands of people worldwide.

One thing NewsCorp does not like is being sued. Our attorneys are among the best in the world in libel law. They are not employed in order to go after people. They are employed to keep Fox journalists from broadcasting anything even remotely libelous or misleading. They are the toughest bunch of lawyers I've ever dealt with. They often shoot down stories I believe have great merit and reflect fairness. They didn't even blink when I presented them with the Brushy Creek facts. They gave us the go-ahead. Frankly, the dozens of documents, transcripts and photographs we have reviewed are overwhelming. In my eight years as a producer at Fox, I have never seen such a well-documented investigative story.

As for fairness, let me assure everyone, we will ask Mr. Moore for his side of the story. We will arrange a convenient time for him to be interviewed. We will ask to see his facilities (but we aren't likely to give him much notice before showing up to see the facilities). We would never even consider airing a story without pursuing a response from all parties involved. I would be fired for failing to do so. But the notion of talking to happy customers is another issue altogether. Happy customers do not make rip-offs or scams okay. Let me give you a few examples:

We are airing a story in February about a major cruise line that treated a family with unspeakable rudeness. I think everyone who sees that story will be shocked at what they hear. Now, I have no doubt that the cruise line has tens of thousands of happy customers. In fact, I'm one of them! But my wonderful vacation does not make up for what they have done to others. We must air the story. I bought a car from a dealership in Houston a few years ago. I was happy with the purchase. It was a great car. But a TV station (not Fox) found out about a string of rip-offs perpetrated by this dealership and did a story on it. Am I upset they didn't speak to me, a happy customer, before airing the story? Of course not. Just because I'm happy doesn't give them the right to rip off other people and they needed to be exposed. Just last night, we did a story (available for viewing on our website) on a horrible experience by a customer of Metro's Lift Ride for disabled riders. Again, I have no doubt that Metro has offered more than a million trouble-free rides over the years, but even Metro thanked us for bringing this story to their attention.

To call the complaints against Brushy Creek a trend is an incredible understatement. We read and took calls citing the exact same problems over and over and over. "Not the same dog in the picture." "My dog arrived sick and later died." "I spent thousands on vet bills in the first months." And on and on and on. And each one of these complaints is documented with pictures, vet bills, documents, receipts and video. This is what we call in the news business, "a slam dunk."

Not only will we be doing a story to air soon. We will likely follow-up with many more stories over the course of the next year. There is no way we can fit all the horrific complaints against Brushy Creek into a single 4- or 5-minute story. Don't assume we are finished after the first story is done. And as I am learning, don't assume we are the only ones uncovering misdeeds at Brushy Creek. More updates to come.

David

[tegamom1]

Originally Posted by dobiedude

No but being new to this it says teacup and everyone on here has stated stay away from any breeder who uses the word "teacup" as there are no such thing.

For someone that doesn't have the time to "post pictures and dress up their Yorkies" you seem to be spending a lot of time on here arguing and knowing who might raise "teacups" and what reputable breeders feel about that subject!