Do not buy from Lynda White's company: Pleasant Valley Kennels
I recently bought an AKC Shih Tzu from a woman named Tamara. "Miss Tess" is a year old, and was purchased by Tamara from Pleasant Valley Kennels for $1200. (She was $1200 because Lynda told Tamara that she was an "Imperial" and would weigh no more than 6 pounds. She now weighs over 10lbs, by the way).
When Tamara bought Miss Tess, Lynda told her she would have full breeding rights (which I have proof of, in emails), but when the papers were sent to Tamara, she noticed the little box that says "limited" was checked off. Tamara calls the breeder and notifies her of the mistake. The breeder then says she has to send $25 to get this mistake corrected. Tamara sends her the money, and but never hears from Lynda again. Months go by, and Lynda doesn't respond, so Tamara gives up on getting the right papers.
Right about when Miss Tess is about to turn a year old, Tamara has to move out of her apartment, so she puts an ad in the paper, and that's where I come in.
Tamara and I discuss breeding rights for a little while, because I was considering breeding her, so now Tamara knows she needs to get the right papers, that say I'm allowed to.
Tamara calls the breeder, asking her once again, if she could get the papers. The breeder is EXTREMELY rude to her, and says she doesn't have time for this, and besides, she lost that file. As a breeder, you are required to keep records of all your dogs for 5 years, so we know she couldn't have lost them, and she just didn't want to deal with us. Tamara writes her an email, saying she has to keep records of it, and she needs to help us, or she'll call the AKC and ask them what to do.
She writes back, throwing out a ton of personal insults, then finishing off by saying she was just about to call us with the great news, until she read the email. Then says, "I told you I'd lost some files, but guess what not yours"."I am not going to help you get the papers for your pup, as you need my help to do so."
After this, I write to her, explaining my situation. I told her I want the papers, and if she doesn't want to help Tamara, if she could please help me out. She writes back telling me I'm just trying to cause problems for her, and we're threatening her, and she's not giving the papers to Tamara, or me.
A few more emails go by, and she just keeps getting ruder and ruder.in our most recent one, she askes me if I'm a breeder. When I say no, she says "then you don't need the papers they're only good for breed/show. No papers til spay/neuter from vet." How does she think she has the right to be telling me this? The dog was bought with full registration, so if I ever decide to breed her, she doesn't have a say in it. She is just being controlling and spiteful.
I called the AKC, and they said I needed to call the Department of Agriculture in Georgia, and possibly bring her to court, because she has no right to be doing this, but the AKC doesn't regulate that stuff.
Lynda has a habit of blocking any number that she doesn't want to hear from. So not only did she block my house phone the very first night Tamara called to ask for the papers, but she then blocked my cell number when I called her once to try to talk to her myself, so I called her from another phone, and left her a message saying I have aquired the paperwork necessary to file a suite against her, but I did not want to resort to that, and left a number for her to call me at.
I am writing this after talking to her earlier today. She screamed at me, saying I have no right to do this, and she was going to come to me, and "drag my ass to court for harassment." The only thing she could do was yell at me about how stupid I was, and how I was harassing her, and that was illegal. Not once did I raise my voice, and when she interrupted me, I stopped talking to let her finish her rant.
Every time I would say something, she would cut me off, and tell me I was causing problems for her, and she was going to help me out until I called the state. She also kept accusing me of lying. Every time I would say something, like when I told her I called the Department of Agriculture because the AKC told me I should, she said "Uh huh, yeah right" and yelled some more. She screamed "Don't call me again!", then hung up.
I have just turned 19 years old, and this is the first dog I've ever owned. When I got off the phone with her, I was in tears. I can't handle it when people yell at me. Plus, I've been so stressed, having to deal with this unecessary situation. I am considering having a litter of puppies, but that point aside, the fact is I bought her with open registration, and she will not give it to me, just because she feels like being spiteful and controlling. Plus, in her mind, she's the victim.
I have not even described how much my feelings have been hurt by this. I just can't understand why she is acting like this. It's really quite childish, I think.
I do not like to cause trouble, and I HATE confrontation, but I just wanted a few people to know about this. Buying something like an animal from the internet is a risky thing. You don't know the breeder, if the animals are healthy, or what their facilities look like. And chances are, they're far away, so they feel safe about ripping you off.
Anyone who's reading this: DON'T BUY FROM LYNDA WHITE AT PLEASANT VALLEY KENNELS. I don't know what her motive is to being so completely rude to me, but chances are, she'll do it to you too.
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