I just bought a puppy from Christi. Thank goodness the puppy was not starved. She does have kennel cough, which could have been picked up at the airport since she apparently was not given the vaccine for it. You would think when a "breeder" especially one that sells over 50 puppies per month would certainly know the risks. She gives her own shots so my vet does not even accept the shot record (a typed piece of paper) and start the immunizations all over.
I paid full price for a puppy. I received pictures of the puppy before I put my deposit down and several weeks later. All of the pictures were of the same puppy posted on puppyfind.com. The puppy I received was a different puppy that sold much later at a discounted price. The puppy I received was not even from the same litter. I have the AKC papers for the puppy I was supposed to receive.
Christi has changed her story quite a few times. I sent her a text message from the airport telling her I had picked up the puppy and it was the wrong puppy. She called me several hours later and said that only 3 were shipped at the same time... Mine (Snowflake), Angel who had a pink spot on her nose and a male. I told her I had Angel with the pink spot - I already knew which puppy I had because I had seen this puppy listed online.
She then said that she never said Angel shipped on the same day. Her new story was that the other female had a blue and brown eye. I sent her copies of the pictures she had sent me of my puppy and pictures of the puppy I picked up at the airport. Christi said she must have made a mistake with the pictures - they were of a male. These are pictures that were posted at puppyfind.com, she sent me close ups to pick from, and she later sent to show me how much she had grown.
How could those pictures all be of the same puppy, but she made a mistake all three times? She also said that out of 32 old english sheepdog puppies, no one else complained about having the wrong puppy so I had to have the right one. There were only two females with blue eyes in the litter I wanted a puppy from. It took me an entire day to decide on one or the other. The puppy I got is neither. I picked my puppy out of 29 old english sheepdogs and received one of the last five to be picked. Whoever has my puppy would not be complaining.
She did offer to let me return the puppy at my expense and send me another one when (and if) she has more sheepdog pups - again at my expense. She would not refund any of the money. I contacted Paypal to try and get them to charge her account back until some agreement could be made and that was fruitless. With the amount of puppies that she sells, it's not a shock that I got the wrong one.
The main problem was her attitude and her refusal to accept responsibility for the error. She removes her puppies immediately when she gets a deposit so it is difficult to tell how many puppies she actually sells. If I had any idea that she sold so many breeds, the red flags would have been up. I relied on her site saying that she sold OES and Newfs and she had some positive reviews. I now realize that she gets about 1 positive feedback per 50 puppies she sells. I have been trying to post a negative comment at puppyfind but it has to be allowed by Christi. That rather defeats the purpose.
She also gave me a warning about saying she was a puppy mill. She has sold 32 old english sheepdogs, 3 litters of huskies, at least 1 litter of newfs, mini schnauzers, toy poodles, chineese crested, cocker spaniels and shar-peis in the last month. Like she posted herself, these puppies are expensive. I would think someone making that kind of money on puppy sales could at least have the shots done by a vet. She sells puppies on a very large scale and has no champions in the mix so it is not for the betterment of the breed.
The sad part of the story is that there is a puppy involved and I love her now. It is not her fault, she is just caught in the middle. She is not mass producing some item that can be tossed out. These are sweet, trusting babies. She doesn't care - she just wants the money!
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