Do not use Billi Lawrence and Nancy Haugsness of Obie's Chinese Cresteds. This is a mother/daughter handling team from Atchison, Kansas. Both women claim to be professional AKC dog handlers and proclaim 11 years of experience in breeding, showing, and handling Chinese Crested dogs.
These horrific women were recommended to me when I was looking for a professional Handler to show my boy, Strider. Looking at their website I am now ashamed to admit I was impressed. I had several conversations with Billi on the telephone and thought I could trust her and her Mother, Nancy to show my Dog. I paid over a thousand dollars to these two women in prepaid show entry fees that they stole from me with out ever training or putting a single point on my dog.
In late October I sent my Dog Strider to Billi and Nancy to show in the AKC circuit. Little did I know what a nightmare I was sending my baby to live in at Obie's Chinese Cresteds. Within two weeks after arriving at Billi's home they called me and stated that they believed Strider had diabetes". He was drinking lots of water and to both Nancy and Billi that was a sure sign of being a diabetic.
I asked them to take my boy to their vet ASAP. Billi called and made an appointment for the next day. Waiting on pins and needles for the telephone call from them to let me know if my baby was sick was all I could think about the entire night and next day. At 6pm the next evening Billi called me and informed me she had slept all day and missed Strider's appointment. She assured me she would call the next day and make another appointment.
Meanwhile I was so upset that my baby may be very sick and was hundreds of miles away from me. Well Billi never did take Strider to the vet or mention it to me again. That was the big red flag that told me something was not as it seemed with these two women.
Billi informed me Strider was adjusting well and that she liked him so much she was interested in breeding him to one of her females. As of Christmas December I had not received any updates or photos of my boy and they had took a month off from showing. When my friend received a show win photo of her Dog whom was emaciated I started calling Billi and Nancy daily requesting photos of my boy.
After several requests to see a photo of my boy because I had become worried about his condition Billi and Nancy became angry and felt they did not have to deal with demands from clients. I don't think wanting to see a photo of my Dog so that I know he is being well cared for was being demanding and felt I had every right in doing so.
By this time I was really worried about their lack of concern for my more then reasonable requests and feared that they were not taking care of my boy and demanded he be sent home immediately. Billi and Nancy canceled two scheduled flights and finally on the third flight my boy came home.
On Jan. 28 my worst fear came true when I picked Strider up from the airport. He came home to me in terrible condition. He had Staph Blisters on his body, several of his toenails bleeding from a fungus on all four of his feet pads. He was covered in urine and feces and what was left of his once beautiful tail was matted in filth and had chunks cut out of it.
He stunk something horrible and it was clear he had not been bathed since he left me. They sent my boy back in this pitiful condition and he had to endure several hours on an airplane to arrive home frozen without any clothing or bedding to keep him warm in the dead of winter.
He walked with a limp for several days because he was in pain. I can not imagine what type of nasty environment he must of been kept in considering how he smelled and looked when he arrived at the airport. He also had flea feces embedded in the hair growing on his ears.
My vet said it would take months to get his ears in shape not to mention the medicine he must take to get his skin well. Billi and Nancy emotionally and physically abused my boy. These two horrible women are liars and should not be allowed to even own a Gold Fish.
Please don't let another Dog suffer at the hands of Billi Lawrence and Nancy Haugsness of Obie's Chinese Cresteds. I have before and after photos and would like to ask for every one's help to spread the word about these women. Please contact me by email through my web site for a copy of my vet reports and photos.
. My worst fear is they get another innocent Dog to abuse.
Trinity
Shelby, North Carolina
U.S.A.
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