So I am not really writing today to talk about the puppies or Chloe. I am here to rant about bad breeders!
I spend alot of time online looking to find chi's that are beautiful & come from good stock, that I might be proud to add to our program. As you know we had to find a new boy. Well I researched ALOT online & e-mailed a ton & spoke with a few. I thought I had it narrowed down to a wonderful breeder outside Manitoba. This was the first time I purchased without going to meet them first & see everything. I was on her web site alot & fell for a tiny boy that is stunning! Good color, nice cobby head & small. I e-mailed & she sent back a nice long response about his wonderful pedigree, color & size. I was nervous about having to ship, she said "no problem she does that all the time." Well, once I sent in a deposit to her, she basically just dropped me. She stopped answering my questions.. I couldn't get a response from e-mails or phone calls & when I did get an e-mail it was only 2 or 3 words. She didn't even tell me when he was born, (that part was not important at first), but as time goes on & you ask 3 or 4 times with no response about birth date or more important questions about his health, you start to wonder whats wrong. I did get her on the phone once & tried to talk with her about this, well she just proceeded to yell at me about how busy she is & can't do everything. Isn't everyone busy???? Granted some more than others, but as a GOOD breeder you should be there to answer questions & support the person who is trusting you & parting with their hard earned $$$$$. So anyway, now I just have to suck it up & wait for him to get here. She wanted me to make all the travel plans, then bitched me out when they didn't suit her schedule... nice! Then just 2 hours before his flight to us she called to say she couldn't do it. Isn't that a nice time to tell me!! Loren was home that day, I had the day off work & now he wasn't coming. So now we have 20 min to scramble to reschedule his flight for another day so we don't loose all that money. I'm worried!! Almost 2 weeks goes by with no communication & the day of his flight arrives. We still don't hear from her, so we go to the airport & just hope he shows. He did & is as cute as I hoped for!! We get him home & find a few things about him that concern us. The next day we take him to the vet for an exam & she points out a few things to us. Some we are not concerned about (as they are traits chi's can have, she was just making us aware) & some we were. When I return home I decide to e-mail the breeder & hope she can address these things & finally do what is expected. NO SUCH LUCK!! She proceeds to respond to me with such hate & nasty accusations about me being a BYB. I also have to tell you, she knows nothing about us except our names & address, as she needs that for the CKC papers. She never asked how many dogs I have, how long I've been breeding, kennel name, family life... NOTHING!! Though she may know more now if she comes across my web site or reads this.. LOL. So when she comes at me like this, after I tried to voice my concerns, I kinda told her off a bit. Now we have no communication, I can't ask her anything & will have to figure it out myself I guess. Don't get me wrong... I think he is a great dog (with a few quirks), I just wish his breeder was better & not obviously out only for the money.
Please be careful about the chi breeder outside of Manitoba!!
I vow to never treat my customers in this manner as I know that you spend alot of money & have alot of trust in those who breed your beloved family members.
On a lighter note...
Chi babies are growing like crazy!! Sway is one of the best moms I've had, she has tons of milk & feeding, feeding, feeding. LOL. The pups don't want for anything & are chubby little pork chops!
Chloe has finally lost her waist line, not that I think she worries about that like maybe some of us should :) , she is slowing down now though & isn't running anymore. She likes to just lay & chew on her bones & be spoiled with treats. Time is running out for us to be ready though, so I guess we should step up & get things done. We have her whelping box, but still need to build the puppy pen. Ya, you heard me!! If you think I'm going to let 8 or 10, 20lb, not house trained puppies have the run of my little house... your crazy, LMAO!!! It's going to be in the basement for at night (when they are older of coarse, not new born's... in case you were worried) for them to do what they need to do & us to get sleep. During the day they will still be up in the kitchen with us & mommy. Loren needs to get going on building that because I hate waiting for the last min. If I am prepared, then I am calmer!
Let's see what next week brings.....
I spend alot of time online looking to find chi's that are beautiful & come from good stock, that I might be proud to add to our program. As you know we had to find a new boy. Well I researched ALOT online & e-mailed a ton & spoke with a few. I thought I had it narrowed down to a wonderful breeder outside Manitoba. This was the first time I purchased without going to meet them first & see everything. I was on her web site alot & fell for a tiny boy that is stunning! Good color, nice cobby head & small. I e-mailed & she sent back a nice long response about his wonderful pedigree, color & size. I was nervous about having to ship, she said "no problem she does that all the time." Well, once I sent in a deposit to her, she basically just dropped me. She stopped answering my questions.. I couldn't get a response from e-mails or phone calls & when I did get an e-mail it was only 2 or 3 words. She didn't even tell me when he was born, (that part was not important at first), but as time goes on & you ask 3 or 4 times with no response about birth date or more important questions about his health, you start to wonder whats wrong. I did get her on the phone once & tried to talk with her about this, well she just proceeded to yell at me about how busy she is & can't do everything. Isn't everyone busy???? Granted some more than others, but as a GOOD breeder you should be there to answer questions & support the person who is trusting you & parting with their hard earned $$$$$. So anyway, now I just have to suck it up & wait for him to get here. She wanted me to make all the travel plans, then bitched me out when they didn't suit her schedule... nice! Then just 2 hours before his flight to us she called to say she couldn't do it. Isn't that a nice time to tell me!! Loren was home that day, I had the day off work & now he wasn't coming. So now we have 20 min to scramble to reschedule his flight for another day so we don't loose all that money. I'm worried!! Almost 2 weeks goes by with no communication & the day of his flight arrives. We still don't hear from her, so we go to the airport & just hope he shows. He did & is as cute as I hoped for!! We get him home & find a few things about him that concern us. The next day we take him to the vet for an exam & she points out a few things to us. Some we are not concerned about (as they are traits chi's can have, she was just making us aware) & some we were. When I return home I decide to e-mail the breeder & hope she can address these things & finally do what is expected. NO SUCH LUCK!! She proceeds to respond to me with such hate & nasty accusations about me being a BYB. I also have to tell you, she knows nothing about us except our names & address, as she needs that for the CKC papers. She never asked how many dogs I have, how long I've been breeding, kennel name, family life... NOTHING!! Though she may know more now if she comes across my web site or reads this.. LOL. So when she comes at me like this, after I tried to voice my concerns, I kinda told her off a bit. Now we have no communication, I can't ask her anything & will have to figure it out myself I guess. Don't get me wrong... I think he is a great dog (with a few quirks), I just wish his breeder was better & not obviously out only for the money.
Please be careful about the chi breeder outside of Manitoba!!
I vow to never treat my customers in this manner as I know that you spend alot of money & have alot of trust in those who breed your beloved family members.
On a lighter note...
Chi babies are growing like crazy!! Sway is one of the best moms I've had, she has tons of milk & feeding, feeding, feeding. LOL. The pups don't want for anything & are chubby little pork chops!
Chloe has finally lost her waist line, not that I think she worries about that like maybe some of us should :) , she is slowing down now though & isn't running anymore. She likes to just lay & chew on her bones & be spoiled with treats. Time is running out for us to be ready though, so I guess we should step up & get things done. We have her whelping box, but still need to build the puppy pen. Ya, you heard me!! If you think I'm going to let 8 or 10, 20lb, not house trained puppies have the run of my little house... your crazy, LMAO!!! It's going to be in the basement for at night (when they are older of coarse, not new born's... in case you were worried) for them to do what they need to do & us to get sleep. During the day they will still be up in the kitchen with us & mommy. Loren needs to get going on building that because I hate waiting for the last min. If I am prepared, then I am calmer!
Let's see what next week brings.....
Only a week left until Chloe has her puppies! I'm very excited to see what she has! Fingers crossed for lots of boys!
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