About 2 weeks ago my son and I were traveling down Union Hills Rd when my son saw a huge sign reading PUPPIES. Reluctantly I agreed to circle around and stop and see the puppies. What we saw were what we were told was the last two remaining Golden Retriever Puppies of a litter of 11 total puppies. The young dogs we were told were 4 months old. A man by the name of Sean Denny was selling the dogs for his brother who, because of some problems, was getting out of the puppy breeding business and as a result was selling the puppies at a sacrificed price of $500 each.
Not having $500 to spare at that moment, I asked Mr. Denny if he was expecting any more litters in the near future. He said that he would have a litter due sometime in April/08 but because those expected pups were of a very high pedigree they would cost upwards of $2500. He went on to explain that the pups he was selling along side the road that day were of lesser pedigree and were not of championship lines and that was why they were only $500 dollars down from their original price of $1,500. He went on to tell me that he and his family have been breeding championship Golden Retrievers for years and in fact his father's kennel was located somewhere in Virginia I think and he welcomed us to look up the Silvermine Kennels online. He mention a few names of so called championship lines that he was breeding with but I really didn't pay much attention to all of that.
I asked for his phone number or card so we might contact him in the future explaining that $500 was too hard to come up with right now but maybe by April we would be able to afford one of the expected pups. He / Sean Denny / ask us what could we afford right now? I said that $500 was not unreasonable for a pedigree Cream English Golden Retriever... Before I could finish he offer the puppy to us for $300. I was shocked. WOW! I thought. How lucky are we to find such a great deal!
Well, as it turns out maybe it wasn't such a great deal after all. I sat down at my computer to look up some tips and ideas on Golden Retrievers and dog training in general. What do I come across but, a complaint from a women in California reguarding the very same people that we just purchased our puppy from. Needless to say, I felt suddenly sick to my stomach.
I knew better than to trust someone selling puppies along side the road. My husband had warned against it but I just had to take advantage of this great deal.
My advice is to stay away from the Denny's (Sean, Mike or Zachery) and the Silvermine Kennel either in Virginia or Arizona. Oh yeah, Sean told me that his brother (Zachery I assume) didn't have the AKC papers just yet but would be recieving them shortly and he would forward them to us directly.
Well, it's been two weeks and from what I've gathered about these unscripulious, degenerit's, is that it'll be two weeks after it snows in hell when I'll recieve any pedigree papers on our dog.
BUYER BEWARE!!! Lesson learned... Always check on the breeder and never, ever purchase a puppy from someone selling them along side the road.
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