My fiance and I bought a puppy from Betsy at ranchpuppy.com. My fiance came home with an adorable white "peekapoo" or some such thing but the pup was listless and had thrown up quite a bit in the car on the way home. He continued to wretch (sp?) through the night and we brought the dog back to the "breeder" the next morning who claimed she knew the pup had been ill but thought he had "recovered". She offered many apologies and we exchanged the sick dog for an adorable 2 month old Pomeranian we named Teddy. For the pure bred dog, despite our initial trouble, we were charged extra.
Our family of 5 loved and played with Teddy for two days. We fell deeply in love with the spirited young pup. Then, on the third day, Teddy became listless and suffered from horrible, bloody diarhea. Very much attached to Teddy, we certainly didnt take him back but to the Vet who diagnosed Teddy with Parvo which was contracted at the "breeders". Gory (and I assure you they were) details aside, Teddy died tonight after spending the past 4 days in the hospital.
Betsy at RanchPuppy is not a breeder. She lives on a farm in Bakersfield and runs a puppy mill. The dogs all congregate together with no sanitation evidently.in fact, when we called Betsy to inform her of Teddy's diagnosis, she didnt even know what Parvo was or what her responsibility should be! She offered to return our purchase payment but trailed off when it reimbursement for the $2000 vet bill was brought up. Now Teddy is dead. He died in our arms. And the worst part is, without doubt, RanchPuppy is nothing more than a mass puppy grave (given the extremely contagious nature of Parvo and the unsanitary condition in which all dogs there congregate together).
Needless to say, we should NEVER have been sold a sick dog. We should have NEVER been sold a virally infected dog in replacement of the first. A breeder is OBLIGATED to know the health of their dogs BEFORE selling them. And RanchPuppy.com should most definitely NOT be used by ANYONE who is looking to bring a happy, healthy dog into their family. Only those, we now know, who seek a relatively inexpensive and quickly attainable dog with no questions asked or allowed should frequent this puppy mill.
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