I purchased this dog from puppyfind ($1800.00) on the advice of breeders Shelby Mcafee/Sweet& Sassy Shih Tzu and Danielle Samuelson/Empress Shih Tzu (bred this particular puppy) on 10/21/05. I did not know of Mrs Ehnstrom, had only been on her website in the past, so I took the advice of the two people above. They are all good friends.
First of all Mrs Ehnstrom falsly advertised this dog, she showed pics of her in full coat, but when I received her she was shaved down, which she was disguised in showing what a sack of bones she really is.
Secondly I have dealt with a dog that had a liver shunt so when I saw this one, I knew what I was dealing with. So I tried nicely to tell Mrs Ehnstrom that I thought the dog was not breedable as she was to frail and did not have enough muscle mass. But she chose which e-mails to respond to and most times I never heard from her until I pushed the issue.
Then she became very defensive. I received the dog on Friday and on Monday took her to my vet. She told me the dog was not breeding quality and I should contact the breeder.
First of all her teeth are bad and her bite is not good. Secondly she has symptoms of (and bloodwork was perfomed) a liver shunt so I contacted Mrs Ehnstrom and had my vet fax all info to her vet and told her if she wanted me to spend another $85.00 to make a definate diagnosis that I would, but my vet is 99.9% that it is a shunt. Just by what the bloodwork showed and her symptoms and body stature.
She then e-mailed me to say that her vet disagreed with the findings and told me that she will do nothing unless I want to return the dog to her first and she would sell her and then refund my money. After many emails from other breeders (without me even mentioning names) that know what is going on with me and know her past, have told me of her and her group of friends scamming many people in the past (and still doing so) so to return the dog first is not an option I plan on accepting.
She has deceived me from the very beginning telling me the AKC papers would be coming and one week later I still have no papers, and as soon as she sold the dog, she took her website down. This woman along with the two mentioned above already have a bad name for selling poor quality dogs (i.E. Liver shunts, inguinal hernias open fonts) for high prices to people that are new and innocent in the breeding world.
Don't be scammed by them, when you get your dog. It more than likely will not be the quality you pay for. Do your research. There are many good and reputable breeders out there, that are very honest that will not sell anymore to any of these 3.
I plan on taking legal action for myself and in the future buying from reputable breeders that have been in this business for many years.
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