The claim Denise is making that she will be featured on Animal Planet, Dogs 101 is airing next Sat, November 15th (that's when the Yorshire Terrier show will be on). I'm going to watch and see if she is really featured. I cannot imagine Animal Planet would have someone like her on one of their shows... we'll see. I will be so disgusted if she is on.

Kristen

Country Home Yorkies
 

Hello all,

I got my two adorable yorkshire terriers from Denise about four years ago. She was one of the first local breeders I found after I lost my yorkie of twelve years. I guess I was one of the lucky ones. When I initially called her she spent over an hour on the phone with me talking about her pups and what to look for in a yorkie and what to stay away from if I decided not to buy from her. My husband and I went to her home. It is beautiful, as depicted on the web-site, she brought each puppy to us one by one to spend time with them. My puppies were very healthy, clean and well cared for. She said if for any reason I changed my mind about the puppies she would take them back. She even offered to keep them if I travelled and was unable to find care for them. I know several people in my area who have gotten beautiful puppies from her as well. This being said, with all the info in the media about puppy mill dogs, I realize that she is a reseller. Although, I feel guilty for having supported this, I was unaware of these mills at the time. I am grateful that the pups I did get were in a clean environment, a groomer was on site which I personally saw, and the puppies were playing together outside. I guess I am grateful that I was able to give two puppies a nice home and that her puppies were in a nice home instead of a pet store in some wire cage. I love my puppies and feel badly that some have had a negative experience with her. Again, I must have been one of the lucky ones.

More money than brains?
 

It stuns me over and over again how people fall for this "beautiful, professionally decorated country home" bla bla bla stuff, and they happily pay Denise far more for her UNREGISTERED junk than they'd be willing to pay for a fabulously well bred champion sired puppy raised in humbler surroundings---NOT less clean or safe, just not as pretty a house or fancy an address. Very few really good breeders can afford beautiful country homes, and I never met one who has the luxury of an on-site groomer. A groomer being there should be a huge red flag saying "high volume brokerage operation." A good breeder's money goes into great dogs and shows, and if there's any left we think about nice things for the house. Wake up people, ask for pedigrees, ask to see the puppies' parents, insist on AKC registration---yes, AKC is the only legitimate registry.

I would like to make it clear that I do not support these re-sellers that may have received puppies from puppy mills. The media has alerted many of us to the inhumane conditions that these dogs are subjected to; at the time I got my puppies, I was unaware of this. I was only trying to say that I got healthy puppies from her. They were clean and appeared well cared for. Denise owned two herself. She also didn't want her dogs to be sold for people to breed them and she was very clear on that, so I think her intent may have been good. It may be slightly unfair to assume that just because a "breeder" lives in a nice home in a nice neighborhood that that breeder is dishonest. That would be making the assumption that all "good honest" breeders do not live in nice houses. My point was, I was just glad by whatever means that I saved two dogs from what ever there destinies may have been, because Denise happened to have them when I was looking. I certainly wouldn't recommend her to any one if there is even the slightest chance that what others have said people have said to them is true.

where does she keep her puppy mill dogs? does she have an outdoor kennel?
a professional website can make these brokers very rich while the dogs are slaves

I think so many people still don't have any idea about puppy mills, pet stores or breeders. I bought my Yorkie 15 years ago and did not know a thing. We got her from a woman who's yorkie had pups and we had a wonderful 15 years with medical problems here and there, but nothing major until the end (2 months ago she passed from kidney failure). I probably only learned of the puppy mill horrors a couple of years ago. That's why websites like this are so great. I'm doing lots of research for when I decide to get another Yorkie and I will be sure to stay clear of Denise. I feel so bad for people who didn't know and got sick pups from her.

See glassyorkies.com
 

Go to the breeder listings on Steve Glass' web site for some interesting reading about Denise's selling practices. From what I gather, she is a very attractive and charming sales closer who talks people into paying high prices for puppy mill junk. Her story about selling dogs without papers because she doesn't want them bred is nonsense. Real breeders hold the AKC papers until they receive proof of spay/neuter, then issue "limited" AKC registration. Real breeders also have the parent dogs on site and are proud to produce pedigree information. I have heard that there is a kennel building behind the lovely house.

here's a link
 

denise from sutton... what is her last name? what is the name of her website? there are lots of complaints and witnesses to her schemes..on the link you provided.
cant something be done to stop her? she buys entire litters for 500.00
then sells them for thousands each.. with no papers.. and sick with parasites and liver shunt diseases.. imports from canada too.. isnt there a law against this somewhere..karma is gonna take her down. what a liar she is:mad:
if she is on animal planet, shouldnt they be made aware of the truth about her
sick puppy selling business.. keeping dogs in cages in her basement, and the bait and switch schemes.. you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.
i hope someone sues her big time and puts her out of business. maybe the IRS should investigate too..:thumbdown

creepy broker
 

that is denise ronayne
country home yorkies in sutton, ma
of course a great website.. she sure has the money to spend
at the expense of those poor dogs:mad:

that was strange
 

My east coast connections say Denise put out a lot of hype about her Animal Planet appearance but I didn't see any evidence of her on the Dogs101 show that was supposed to so prominently feature her and/or her dogs. See the comments on a piece in the online Boston Magazine. Not one nice thing said about her, such is her reputation. A legend in her own mind?

I watched the Dogs 101 episode. I looked for Denise and she was not on it that I could see. Maybe there was a picture of her dogs, but no mention of her or her kennels at all. Maybe Animal Planet had complaints and heard about her reputation?? It really bothered me that she was going to be "featured", so I'm very glad.

Thank you!
 

Wow! I am happy I found this. She did sound great and she had been interviewed a number of times. She did seem a bit talkative to me but all the reviews and her website and Animal Planet.....wow talk about looks can be deceiving!

I know that some people wrote to animal planet about her being on their show and sent some information about her and how she is a broker.....so it sounds like maybe Animal Planet looked into it...they replied that they would...

Not impressed by the "country home"
 

was anyone else taken aback by the formerly living stuffed moose, coyote and other little creatures in her living room? what animal lover surrounds themselves with hunted and then stuffed animals like that. it was very creepy. and she left us alone for about 20 minutes and came back with puppies one by one. they were so adorable, but we got a bad vibe when she said she also showed dachshunds and chihuahuas. very unsettling.