[News] Wizard of Claws Picketed and Sued by Florida Humane Society With a frisky Chihuahua at her feet, Vanessa Bosse and about a dozen others picketed a Pembroke Pines store Saturday, accusing its owners of tricking customers into buying sick puppies. Even though Nacho, Bosse's dog, came with a certificate of health, he had diarrhea the day she took him home from the Wizard of Claws store, she said. Nacho was also coughing and scratching his ears, said Bosse, 44, who lives in Sunny Isles Beach and Monte Carlo. ''We would really like to educate people so they will not be fooled like we were fooled,'' said Bosse, who filed a lawsuit against Wizard of Claws in Broward Circuit Court late last year. ``You don't have to buy a dog when you can adopt one.'' Protesters said they want to encourage others not to buy from the store at 9113 Taft St. A SEPARATE LAWSUIT Last month, the national Humane Society joined a separate lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court against the store on behalf of five customers in Cooper City, Miami, Texas and California. Originally filed in 2003, the lawsuit asks the court to find the store in violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, and to order the store to repay customers for the purchase price and veterinarian expenses. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist also opened an investigation on Feb. 15, looking into claims against Wizard of Claws, said Crist's spokeswoman JoAnn Carrin. A call to the store from The Miami Herald was not returned Friday. The doors were locked Saturday, and employees in the store would not open the door. One employee said Jim Anderson, whose wife, Gilda owns the store, was out of town. Anderson previously told The Miami Herald that he doesn't knowingly sell sick puppies: ``They leave here apparently looking healthy.'' Bosse, who paid more than $5,000 for Nacho, a fawn and white Chihuahua, took him home Jan. 29. A few days later, her veterinarian diagnosed Nacho with kennel cough, ear mites and giardia, a parasite living in the small intestines, she said. Bosse became suspicious. She said she tracked down her breeder in Oklahoma with the help of the stopwizardofclaws.com web site. Bosse's veterinarian, another breeder and an official from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed that Nacho was the result of breeding within the same family of dogs, which can lead to health problems, Bosse said. ''It broke my heart,'' said Bosse ``I was devastated.'' PUPPY MILLS Saturday's protesters, including at least one member of a South Florida rescue group, stood on Taft Street holding picket signs. They claim Wizard of Claws buys dogs from ''puppy mills,'' or massive out-of-state commercial breeding operations. Breeders in ''puppy mills'' do not take into account the dogs' pedigree or genetics, said Judi McKissick, a board member of the Bulldog Club of South Florida. ''They are not breeding for the betterment of the breed,'' she said. ``They are breeding purely for profit. It's a horrendous problem.'' http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...y/14078146.htm |
my experience with them.... years ago..... as I was looking for my first yorkie..... I was naive and saw a yorkie on Wizard of Claws. I sent for her and she was shipped to me. ($3000.00 plus shipping) She started smacking her head against the wall at 4 months and crying..... she was diagnosed with a liver shunt..... many $$$$$ after the vet..... she died at 2 years old. Since then all I do is research and know what is a good breeder and who is not. It's not an object you are selling.... my god... it's a baby. Those 2 years was an emotional rollercoaster for me...... and you just can't help who you love..... and I loved her sooooooo much. But my question to you is.... do you know much about this case? I would love anything more than to put them out of business. I sent them tons of documents from my vet and they just told me it was me.... I was not taking care of my baby! I didn't even bother after that..... at that time I wanted to spend my energy finding a cure for my baby LS yorkie. Judy |
Good, I hope they all get shut down. |
I'm so glad this is finally happening to them. The only reason it's happening to them and not other breeders and brokers is because the amount of profit this man and his wife are making! Plus all the advertising they are doing . I think this is the end for this store. If he does come back which I'm sure he will try his best,he will not be making enough money. Also so many people will recognize his name and not do business with him! Genie,Cookie & Lola |
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and Fasteddie - thanks for posting this ...made my day ! |
Now THAT is good news!!! Thanks so much for sharing! I just hope it will be the "domino effect" and there will be many, many more to follow!! |
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I am so glad to see that they are filing this lawsuit. If they have to pay enough money out, there is no way they will be able to stay in business......especially with all of the negative attention they are getting right now. :thumbup: |
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http://stopwizardofclaws.com/ |
I hope this evil place gets shut down. Before I was on Yorkietalk I too was wooed by Wizard of Claws clever advertising and even emailed them about a puppy. I am so glad I didnt go through with it and get a puppy from them. |
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I think it's really brave of you guys to stand up to those people. The poor dogs are suffering, even after they leave the puppymills so many have short lives. Then the suffering the family has to go through. That is so horrible of them to blame the owner! I am pretty sure LS is from bad breeding! It is all their fault and it could have been prevented. They are nothing but greeder liars and I hope WOC gets what's coming to them. But people who have experience with them need to come forward or this will be like PR for them. Some people say there is no such thing as bad publicity. The more people who come forward the worse WOC will look! |
I heard recently that the WIZ of Evil already has a new store opened under a new name...that makes me sick ....I'm looking to see where I read that :mad: so I can share it.... |
FOUND IT ....The WIZ of Claws is also named Celebrity Kennels...http://www.celebritykennels.com/ When you ENTER the site it takes you right to the WIZARD of CLAWS pages...you can see the address right on your Explorer Bar :mad: |
he is SUCK a pig! That is horrible that he changed his name. I hope people realize who it is. But I have a feeling that he has so much money from huge profits that it doesn't matter who sues him. He needs to be shut down. I haven't seen ONE person happy with their puppy. |
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UGH....That's all I need to say... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: |
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