I purchased a "Show Quality" Saint Bernard puppy from Cherly Healy Whiting. I was convinced that she was the only one in the US that knew and had the very best Saint Bernards, because of the way she bragged. The words in her web site are mis leading also. I sent her $200 as a deposit. We then went through 4 litters of puppies, but she could not send me a picture of a show quality puppy. Often she did not bother to answer my emails. I was ready to back out at this point, but it was soon apparent that if I did, I would loose the deposit. Finally, many months after she got her deposit, I was sent a picture that I accepted. But, she decided this pup was so good it required an additional $200 above the previously agreed on price. I sent the money and waited for shipment. A friend of mine had also gotten a pup from this litter and said they got the email that the pup was on it's way, after the pup was in the air! They had to scramble to get to the airport on time. So I would call the airline and knew each flight it could be delivered, but she only gave me excuses as to why it did not come, and even got angry with me for asking about it. This went on for 2 weeks. Finally she shipped the pup abruptly. Now when I got the puppy, I took her picture and sent it along with the picture Cheryl had sent to me when she sold it to me, and they felt it was not even the same pup. They pointed out markings that were different.
Puppy was named Dixie. Dixie was undersized and loaded with worms. The Vet was shocked at the amount and variety of worms this pup had. It took quite some time to irradicate all the parisites from this poor dog. Then she developed Demodectic Mange, at first it looked to be localized and we thought we had it cured, then it came back with a vengence, covering much of her body and the Vets at my clinic all agreed it was an inherited gene which causes a suppressed immune system that can not control the mites which cause Demodectic Mange. Cherly Healy ofcorse denies that is the case. Dixie limps, Cheryl Healy implied that I let her grow too fast. That certianly can not be the case, Dixie is still way behind in her development. I am sure she will be diagnosed with heriditary joint problems. When Cheryl Healy last emailed me about how the pup was doing, I wrote back that she was not now and never had been show quality and could never be bred because of her problems. She certianly did not answer that letter.
When I first made friends with this woman, I felt sorry for her. She portrayed herself as a victum in many ways. So many people in the Saint Bernard show world had done her wrong. She had been unfairly kicked out of the SBCA. I have close to 200 emails about these stories. I thought I would write up something to vendicate her. But as I investigated and discovered time after time that she had lied to me, and that she became embittered with the show world, quit showing her dogs and became so careless with her breeding practices that she consistantly puts out unhealthy puppies. I could never protect or feel sorry for a person who uses her dogs for money without regard for their welfare and rips people off by keeping deposits and not selling puppies, selling pet quality pups when she said they were show quality, denies bad breeding and refuses to change breeding practices. Yes they may have some Champions in their bloodlines, but they are a ways back, back to when Cherly Healy was doing things above board and showing her dogs. I have even spoken to a Vet in her home town who verified a story about the falsifying of health certificates, using his name. He wanted to sue Cheyl Healy for this, but she made her daughter, Amanda take the fall for it. I doubt that anyone other than Cheryl Healy Whiting wrote any of the rebuttals you see. She sold one pup that arrived dead. She sold countless others that lived horrible lives due to her bad breeding practices. I have come to know 7 other people she has sold puppies to that are very unhappy about the puppies health. None are show quality. I can not find any one person that she has sold a puppy to that is happy with it. Those people are either ficticious or extremely lucky! She does not care about the pups, or you, just your money. She is angry with the Saint world in general. Everyone else is the bad guy and she is the victum. If you buy into her stories, you will get burned!
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