I was happy to find another report on here for Johnson-Haus German Shepherds. Dennis sold me a German Shepherd that is scared of people and other dogs.
When I came to Dennis about the fear issue he consistently made excuses. First it was she was going through a stage. That was in response to me saying my last puppy wasn't afraid of anything. Then it was because we had another dog. Then it was we didn't take her outside enough, until I explained she goes to a large field daily and plays, but there were no dogs there because she wasn't fully vaccinated so we had to keep her away from dogs we weren't sure were vaccinated. Then it was she was afraid of the leash. That was in response to me sending him a video that showed her whining and not wanting to go for a walk because she was afraid. (later I was told by his wife, although it may have been him because he may have used her email to correspond with me, that he and the co-owner were upset because I put her in a bad position)-unfortunately that became null and void when he found out it was taken right outside our front door. The leash excuse became more of dishonest Dennis and his excuses later that day when she completely ran from a human in our complex, 30 feet from her, and she had no leash.
Then after we tested her for Degenerative Myelopathy and she came back at risk, meaning she carried both genes and has the very real chance of showing symptoms of the disease he offered to exchange the puppy.
I sent him a facebook message explaining how upset I was at this news because he said he was getting Arko tested, but never reported any issues. He replied saying that was not true, he never said that. So, I sent him a screen shot of an email where he said I'll look into getting Arko tested ASAP because I have others wanting to use him for breeding. Now that it is staring him in the face his reply to me is "me saying I am looking into it is just that, me looking into it and he puts a winky face". He was clearly very proud of himself that he had tricked me.
Oh, here is a link to the OFA website where you can see the results of the test, as well as which of his dogs produced this result for Fiona. Http://www.offa.org/display.html? Appnum=1512256#animal
When I asked for my money back Dennis told me that he couldn't do that because she may be damaged goods. Later he says he only cares about Fiona and that is why he never apologized for lying. Then I quickly reminded him about his damaged goods comment.
Oh I have all of these conversations still, have screen shots of all of this to prove it. I am doing this for one reason - to let you know what you're getting yourself into when you deal with Dishonest Dennis.
In my opinion - Dennis does not care for his dogs, this is all about him earning a living. According to someone who knows Dennis - he doesn't have a job.
Now Dennis will try to play the line that At Risk is not a guarantee they will come down with DM. That isn't 100 percent true. No one knows the percentage of dogs who test At Risk that come down with symptoms. It could very well be all. Dennis is well aware that this is generally a late stage disease. Generally showing signs after age 7. Once your dog has it though, there is no cure, and they will usually be gone within 12-18 months.
Unfortunately I lost my previous dog to this which is why Dishonest Dennis said he would test Arko. I made a bad assumption that he had and that Arko was all clear. Can't trust people
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