I purchased a French Bulldog from Traci Milbrett at Puppy Love Bulldogs in January. The puppy was represented on Traci's website and PuppyFind.com as Champion Sired. When I requested information on the sire of the puppy I was emailed a picture of Champion Super Bully La Monarchia-Mirabeau, who is an EXCELLENT dog. I was told that my puppy was from Monterey Diamand Kennel in Moscow, Russia. I investigated the pedigree of Champion Super Bully La Monarchia-Mirabeau thoroughly and made the decision to purchase my puppy based on my findings. I also paid for the FCI export pedigree in order to register my new puppy with the AKC.
However, when the FCI export pedigree arrived it was completely different than I had been told. Ch. Super Bully La Monarchia-Mirabeau is not my puppy's sire, nor is my puppy Champion sired. She is also from a completely different kennel than I was told.
When I questioned Traci and told her my concerns she said there was a "mix-up" as to the sire, and something to the effect of "no one can breed that many dogs" in response to the kennel being different. I can only surmise that Monterey Diamand is exporting for other breeders, I have no idea if they are reputable or not.
When I asked for a partial refund due to the complete misrepresentation of my puppy Traci said I could "return" my puppy to her to get a full refund.in addition to stating that in essence I'm over-reacting to the puppy's parentage being misrepresented since I'm not going to breed or show her.
The point is, I got something other than I thought I was getting. Where I'm from that's called bait & switch or fraud.
If you're buying a purebred puppy please go to the national breed club websites and do all you can to make sure you are dealing with reputable people.
There are a lot of people purchasing imported dogs that are NOT well. Please go to www.frenchbulldogrescue.org for more information about import brokers.
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