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I am new to this forum and I want to warn any of you who are considering purchasing a new puppy. Please research carefully any and all breeders that have the breed of pup you are seeking. I want to share my story with all of you:
Six months ago when I was looking to buy a Goldendoodle pup, I searched the Internet looking for a breeder. The first one I happened upon I contacted to see if they had any available pups. Most doodle breeders have a long waiting list and I didn't want to wait. After a couple of emails back and forth, this breeder asked me to go ahead and fill out the puppy application which I did. When she got back to me she told me I needed to read her purchasing policies, rules, regulations, etc. She also told me that the spay/neuter contract was THIRTY pages long!!! I thought she was joking but she wasn't. The deal breaker for me was the price and the hassles of getting a pup from her. Over four thousand dollars for a dog plus forty dollars to have the pup genetically tested by HER vet, plus if I wanted the puppy shipped, I had to arrange it myself. PLUS, on her web site it states that no one is allowed to tour the kennels nor see the sire and dam.
I'm not a rocket scientist but it doesn't take one to figure out this breeder was obviously hiding something and the fact that NO dog is worth four thousand dollars to me!!!
I contacted her and politely told her I was no longer interested, that I certainly didn't have that kind of money to buy a dog with. Well, ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you...I received the nastiest, most hate-filled, angry email you have ever seen in your life from this breeder. How DARE I change my mind!!! She went on and on about how she doesn't "make a dime from the sales of the dogs", blah, blah, blah. I didn't respond, in fact, I blocked her from emailing me again. I thought, man, if this is the way it's going to be dealing with breeders then NO THANKS!!
Well,the story gets better. This was six months ago when all this happened. Just last week I was browsing the Internet looking for some information on how to groom a Goldendoodle I finally purchased from a wonderful breeder in Colorado. The link took me to, you guessed it. To the crazy woman.
I scrolled down to about the middle of the page on one of her many, many sites and low and behold, there was a photo of MY OWN DOG in MY back yard!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes!!! I almost fell out of my computer chair when I saw it. I got very upset and angry but after I calmed down I found her phone number on her site and called her. I told her to please remove that photo, and she began cursing me, using the 'F' word. I hung up the phone.
I then contacted the web site where she bought her domain name and reported her for copyright enfringement. They investigated my complaint and a couple of days later, my dog's photo was removed. It doesn't stop there.
I then received a threatening phone call from the breeder's husband. What is so stupid is the fact that I have Caller I.D. and how dumb for him to use his own phone!!! I reported this also. I haven't received any more calls but I saved his on my answering machine.
The breeder's web site is: http://www.doodleplanet.com
Her name is Diane Gerrish and her husband is Mike. If you find yourself really bored some day and have loads of time on your hands, read her puppy application. It goes on and on about how unhappy customers have reported her to the BBB because the puppies died from Parvo. I tell you this, I wouldn't buy anything from someone like this and I hope you all don't either.
I am all for alarming puppy buyers about bad breeders so I hope you will keep this in mind when you are shopping.
Six months ago when I was looking to buy a Goldendoodle pup, I searched the Internet looking for a breeder. The first one I happened upon I contacted to see if they had any available pups. Most doodle breeders have a long waiting list and I didn't want to wait. After a couple of emails back and forth, this breeder asked me to go ahead and fill out the puppy application which I did. When she got back to me she told me I needed to read her purchasing policies, rules, regulations, etc. She also told me that the spay/neuter contract was THIRTY pages long!!! I thought she was joking but she wasn't. The deal breaker for me was the price and the hassles of getting a pup from her. Over four thousand dollars for a dog plus forty dollars to have the pup genetically tested by HER vet, plus if I wanted the puppy shipped, I had to arrange it myself. PLUS, on her web site it states that no one is allowed to tour the kennels nor see the sire and dam.
I'm not a rocket scientist but it doesn't take one to figure out this breeder was obviously hiding something and the fact that NO dog is worth four thousand dollars to me!!!
I contacted her and politely told her I was no longer interested, that I certainly didn't have that kind of money to buy a dog with. Well, ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you...I received the nastiest, most hate-filled, angry email you have ever seen in your life from this breeder. How DARE I change my mind!!! She went on and on about how she doesn't "make a dime from the sales of the dogs", blah, blah, blah. I didn't respond, in fact, I blocked her from emailing me again. I thought, man, if this is the way it's going to be dealing with breeders then NO THANKS!!
Well,the story gets better. This was six months ago when all this happened. Just last week I was browsing the Internet looking for some information on how to groom a Goldendoodle I finally purchased from a wonderful breeder in Colorado. The link took me to, you guessed it. To the crazy woman.
I scrolled down to about the middle of the page on one of her many, many sites and low and behold, there was a photo of MY OWN DOG in MY back yard!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes!!! I almost fell out of my computer chair when I saw it. I got very upset and angry but after I calmed down I found her phone number on her site and called her. I told her to please remove that photo, and she began cursing me, using the 'F' word. I hung up the phone.
I then contacted the web site where she bought her domain name and reported her for copyright enfringement. They investigated my complaint and a couple of days later, my dog's photo was removed. It doesn't stop there.
I then received a threatening phone call from the breeder's husband. What is so stupid is the fact that I have Caller I.D. and how dumb for him to use his own phone!!! I reported this also. I haven't received any more calls but I saved his on my answering machine.
The breeder's web site is: http://www.doodleplanet.com
Her name is Diane Gerrish and her husband is Mike. If you find yourself really bored some day and have loads of time on your hands, read her puppy application. It goes on and on about how unhappy customers have reported her to the BBB because the puppies died from Parvo. I tell you this, I wouldn't buy anything from someone like this and I hope you all don't either.
I am all for alarming puppy buyers about bad breeders so I hope you will keep this in mind when you are shopping.
