I was just looking at getting another dog when I stumbled upon all of the reports about Karla and Kardon's Cockapoos. I knew I would not purchase a dog from her again but it was interesting to read the terrible things that others suffered. I DID purchase a dog from her (in case her rebuttal says I didn't!). I let my daughter pick from the pictures available as we were overseas and buying a puppy for our return to the US. Karla remarked on the one we picked that she had a feeling we would pick him and she knew that I was looking for a low shedding dog due to allergies in our kids. She remarked that her dogs were non-shedding but that one might shed "a little" but that would "go away" when he got his real coat. Well, I decided to take a chance because he was my daughter's choice and looked a lot different then the others. To make a long story short, the initial $ discussions were in the $1200 range but I didn't want to go that high so she said she would sell our pup to us for $950 instead. I bit. We bought. Today, we have a happy healthy very weepy eyed, high shedding, long flowing white hair, orangey red spotted white dog that looks extremely like a King Charles Spaniel and not at all like a cockapoo. I have had at least 100 people comment on my King Charles Spaniel over the past 2.5 years. I would agree with what all other posters said about the puppy mill environment. The owner, Karla, was nice enough but it was an obvious mate 'em and sell 'em as quick as I can "business". She still even has the male that "sired" my dog (and look positively nothing like mine!). I guess you can mate a male many times. He is just a dude. Poor guy. At least the mom isn't still putting out litters. I would hope that business slows down with the economic downturn. Maybe she'll give it up...
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