I purchased a yorkshire terrier puppy from Marilyn Austin, from Idyllwild, California. I bought the puppy on July 19, at three in the afternoon, the breeder brought the dog to me... Red flag... She said she lived in Idyllwild, and would bring the pup to me since she had business in my area to conduct. Upon arrival the pup was very sick, wobbly gait, almost weak looking and lethargic, Marilyn asked me for some nutri-cal, a supplement used for dogs for a nutritional boost. She gave the pup six doses... Another red flag... Said the pup was simply car sick, vomiting from the ride down the mountain. I trusted her... Anyone knowing about small yorkies sometimes they are known to have hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, this darling little dog is a victim of uncintrollable sugar problems, her sugar level would drop and rise dramatically, while on the same, exact vet prescribed diet... Raising question of her having a congential defect... Liver shunt...
The bredder was well aware of her grave condition upon selling her to me, the pup even had a bald area on her that the breeder said was caused by another puppy pulling her hair out, after familiarizing myself with the puppy, it is obvious a shave area that had a glucose i. V, the only remedy to keep her alive. I called the breeder less than 24 hours after receiving the dog, her bogus contract said that the dog could be returned within a 48 hour time frame after purchase, the contract also stated that that the new owner needs to take the dog to the vet to ensure its health guarantee, in which we did (two vets in fact) and after finding the dog to have serious, life threatening problems, called the breeder, only to be told that she would not take the dog back because we had taken the pup to the vet and that the pup had probably been exposed to parvo at the vet office... Ridiculous, her contract obviously is bogus.
After attempting to contact this heartless woman, for 3 days without success, by chance she was located, by the way according to the California puppy lemon law, a breeders contract has to have the breeders address on it, hers did not... Another red flag... And like I said it was just by a mere chance that we found her... If we had not we be out 2,500.00 dollars and a dead pup. A funny thing, she had filed a harrassment report against me for excessive calling... Duh... A gravely sick pup, a 700.00 vet bill, and a time limit on a return, and no call back regarding the pup... What other options do I have but to call her... I had a officer present on the exchange, the agreement was we give the pup back and they return the purchase amount... Which was agreed upon, nothing was mentionedabout the vet bills. I had intentions of taking her to small claims court to settle that. She told me at the exchange that I had to give her the gravely ill pup and she would give me my money, but I had to sign this hand written scribble note saying I would release them of anymore financial liablity... After arguing, I signed the note out of durress.
After talking to many people about this, i have found other people who are aware of these people... This woman and man are scammmers, they do this on a regular basis, they drive a suv with nevada plates... Another word of advice, i did all of my research on this breeder after the fact... And i did plenty, believe me, i found other dog people who know her and i did not get one, not one positive comment about her dog breeder profession, i was advised to not buy from her and that they were sorry for my mishaps with her...
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