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"There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.” Frederick W. Robertson |
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Can you put a price on Love? This is a line many breeders use to get you to pay a high price for a puppy. This page is dedicated to all those starry eyed puppy seekers who have been ripped off by uneducated, money hungry, selfish breeders who do not stand behind anything they breed. These breeders are your best friend when you are a prospective buyer and once you give them money for a puppy, they cannot seem to find time to speak with you much less stand behind their puppy. Don't be a victim. Educate yourself!!! Con Artists, phlim phlam artists, imposters, internet scammers, rip-off artists, etc are looking for puppy buyers worldwide with deals too good to be true. I know because I was a part of their scams. If you will notice I do not put many puppy photos of my beautiful babies on my site. I do this to protect myself and prospective puppy buyers like yourself. I have had dirty people come to my site and steal my photos only to use them to sell unaware puppy buyers their sick, unhealthy, non Shih Tzu looking dogs. Once people see the photos, the dirty people stole, they have to have one of these puppies. Potential new parents pick a puppy out of my photos posted on the scammers fraudulous website and bam the new parents are sent a night mare. A client sent me the following photos of a puppy she fell in love with on the net. She admits she was not a smart puppy buyer because she did not really research the breed, but she had no idea what her ignorance would cost her. Below is the true story of a scammed puppy buyer. To keep the identity of the scammed private we will call her Jane. This is a photo of the sweet little face she fell in love with and paid $900.00 for.
When an puppy seeker calls I try to educate the weary seeker on how to look for a nice healthy Shih Tzu, weather I have puppies or not. I have always said to the seeker, all puppies are cute when they are little, but what will they look like when they are grown. Well, here's the answer to that question.....
This dog barely resembles a proper adult Shih Tzu. But it has AKC papers and a proper pedigree. You can read more about papers on www.shihtzukisses.com/papers.htm The breeder who sold this dog was warm and caring when Jane was a prospective puppy buyer. When Jane wanted her money back she was told "Not a chance." After doing research Jane bought another real Shih Tzu (no not one of mine) and approached this breeder again. This time all Jane said was "I don't want any money back I just want to bring the dog back so it will have a home." the breeder again said "No way" Of coarse the breeder did not want this dog back. She knew it would take a labor of love to find a home for this homely little dog. This is a prime example of why good breeders get a bad rep. Our Shelters are full of puppies from breeders like this. Prospective uneducated puppy buyers are taken advantage of by people who are just looking to make a quick buck. When their "Pure Bred" puppy grows up and does not look at all like the "Pure Bred" pictures in the book, these puppies are taken to the nearest shelter to be thrown away because the breeder who sold them the puppy was to glad to get rid of it and can not be bothered to see it again. In the end the puppy above was taken to a rescue and was adopted to a new family who knew what they were getting and did not pay a high price for it.
If you do not rescue you should not breed!!! PERIOD!!! Do yourself and the surplus pet population a favor Educate yourself on the breed you intend to buy!! Before you buy, check out your shelter. If your not stuck on having a puppy that is high breed quality there are plenty of wonderful unwanted Shih Tzu.
Thank you Jane for letting me use your story. You can find comfort in the thought that telling your story might help someone else from making the same mistake. Many Shih Tzu kisses to you.......
Web site created by
Leslie LeFave, Happy Grafix
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