Garry Travers is a merchant who deals in Neapolitan Mastiffs In his advertisement in geocities website he states: Thundermug America's Oldest Established Neapolitan Mastiff Kennel 25 Years of Experience. On his own website he writes: Over the years we have concentrated on breeding and retaining soundness and substance.in conversation in 2005 he shared that he had 15 adult dogs.
In September we purchased a Neapolitan Puppy for $3600. Garry Travers led us to believe that he was selling us a show quality puppy. He provided expressed warranty from defects: Show Quality puppies are guaranteed against show faults The puppy we received was infested with flees, extremely malnourished and fearful. When contacted, he said that she did not have any flees and that he would sue the airline. We washed the puppy many times: the water was black with flees as if someone spilled pepper in the bathtub. She had severe wounds through her body especially in her legs and chest. There was a bump on her head. This is taken from notes of Monterey Animal Hospital: History: Dog shipped in from Alabama yesterday (9-30-05) Owner quite concerned about health and behavior of dog. Elona has skin and behavioral problems. Exam: T=101 HR=130 SKIN: Infested with fleas. Generalized erythemic nodules especially rear legs and lateral chest. Crusty facial skin fold dermatitis. BEHAVIORAL: Dog is fearful and growls when approached. Might bite. This is probably due to poor socialization during puppyhood. She bit a male veterinarian and as of February she was seen at Ocean View Veterinary Hospital.
On September Elona was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. From Ocean View Veterinary Hospital: Elona... Has sever hip dysplasia - This was diagnosed based on X-rays taken 9/1/06-She is having pain and weakness in her rear limbs-. Signature of the doctor Hip Dysplasia is a disqualifying condition for show or breeding. Garry Travers was contacted regarding the warranty and he agreed to send us one more puppy. He has not honored his warranty. When he is contacted he makes a promise, but does not go through. For example, in August he led us to believe that we would receive a puppy from his October litter. (In August he was selling puppies to other people) but in October he started ignoring us. (trying to run out the statute of limitation?) Elona died in August during a seizure. She had suffered from sever allergies, growths in her body (including brain), hip dysplasia and phobias. We will never recover from the loss. She was my baby and it breaks my heart to think how many "babies" will die or died, how many are suffering. Elona had to be on medication and we did everything we could to make her life better. But not every family can afford to go to the vet every month for routine shots. Not every family will choose to go through the trouble and many sick dogs would be euthonised. Garry knew the effects of inbreeding unhealthy dogs due to being over 25 years in business of breeding and importing dogs and he consciously disregarded the obvious harm he created. He just simply does not care about dogs. The condition we got Elona tells me that dogs in kennel suffer sever abuse. To him dogs are only money. I am filing suit against him today.in CA small claims damages are $7500. As the transaction occurred on the phone and internet it is deemed that 50% of transaction occurred in CA: If you ordered something over the internet, by mail or telephone, your local court will usually have jurisdiction, since your part of the transaction took place locally. Http://www.legalzoom.com/small-claims-guide/file-small-claims-case.html http://www.consumeraffairs.com/consumerism/small_claim_04.htm
See you soon, Garry.
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