PamNeedsCoffee
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Hi there! I've been reading for awhile but I finally registered. I hope it's okay if I rant a little?
We recently got our 12 week old Mimi from a local breeder who seemingly has a following and no negative reviews or issues that we could find. We felt even better when we saw her small clean space in the rear of her home she uses for clients and puppy care. Included in the price was the microchip, puppy sets of immunizations and AKC papers. We saw her at 6 weeks and put down deposit and then picked her up at 8 weeks. There were some weird communications issues that gave me the flakey alert (and my husband the scam alert since we already paid her all fees upfront). But I had her and i was in love and it was all good. Until...
So immunizations...we've only had rescues in the past and only dealt with vet offices. However, I know some trained breeder specialists do their own shots so I wasn't concerned.
I had an appt yesterday for her second set of shots made just the day before via text. Showed up at her house on time and messaged her so she could let me in back to the puppy office. No response. Hot Florida sun. Call her. Hotter Florida Sun. No answer. Finally door opens and it is someone else and I ask for the breeder. She isn't there due to some emergency and this woman disappears and comes back out and says she will do the immunizations and microchip. She's in scrubs so I don't question it. I know the breeder's sister and partner also helps so...
She goes back in and I wait for her to open gate to get to back door. Nope. She comes out with the needles and has me sit in the full HOT FLORIDA SUN on front porch and does it!!! Not sterile. No sterile pads at injection site. Just straight to jabbing and not very nicely. When her microchip spot starts gushing blood on Mimi's white fur, she had nothing to clean it up or stop it. Fortunately I had baby wipes in my bag.
I guess I was too stunned and hot mad to say anything. I just wanted to be done with this, get the AKC papers and never go back. Oh guess what? We don't where the AKC papers are.
I am pretty sure i've sounded like a giddy gringa sucker who can be treated this way, because I was so blindly in love with Mimi since I saw her first photo (and I still love her!!!). I got serious in a text though and told her I will pick up the AKC papers Friday. Didn't leave it open to discussion. She finally responds with okay, but no apology for yesterday. She also keeps avoiding my question about birthdate. She never filled out shot card with it and of course, no AKC papers. Nice.
Totally unprofessional. People keep falling in love with Mimi and want to know where I got her from. I'll never give her name now.
IF there are no AKC papers on Friday, what should I do? I am not messing around. She talks about trust all over her dang social media sites and then doesn't give me a reason to trust her now. Professional communication is how you get trust and repeat customers and referrals.
Thanks for listening. I know there are better breeders out there and since then, i've heard about amazing ones here from other frenchie owners i've met in the last 4 weeks. Those are the names I am giving out to people who ask me. I wouldn't give up Mimi, but I wish I went with someone else.
We recently got our 12 week old Mimi from a local breeder who seemingly has a following and no negative reviews or issues that we could find. We felt even better when we saw her small clean space in the rear of her home she uses for clients and puppy care. Included in the price was the microchip, puppy sets of immunizations and AKC papers. We saw her at 6 weeks and put down deposit and then picked her up at 8 weeks. There were some weird communications issues that gave me the flakey alert (and my husband the scam alert since we already paid her all fees upfront). But I had her and i was in love and it was all good. Until...
So immunizations...we've only had rescues in the past and only dealt with vet offices. However, I know some trained breeder specialists do their own shots so I wasn't concerned.
I had an appt yesterday for her second set of shots made just the day before via text. Showed up at her house on time and messaged her so she could let me in back to the puppy office. No response. Hot Florida sun. Call her. Hotter Florida Sun. No answer. Finally door opens and it is someone else and I ask for the breeder. She isn't there due to some emergency and this woman disappears and comes back out and says she will do the immunizations and microchip. She's in scrubs so I don't question it. I know the breeder's sister and partner also helps so...
She goes back in and I wait for her to open gate to get to back door. Nope. She comes out with the needles and has me sit in the full HOT FLORIDA SUN on front porch and does it!!! Not sterile. No sterile pads at injection site. Just straight to jabbing and not very nicely. When her microchip spot starts gushing blood on Mimi's white fur, she had nothing to clean it up or stop it. Fortunately I had baby wipes in my bag.
I guess I was too stunned and hot mad to say anything. I just wanted to be done with this, get the AKC papers and never go back. Oh guess what? We don't where the AKC papers are.
I am pretty sure i've sounded like a giddy gringa sucker who can be treated this way, because I was so blindly in love with Mimi since I saw her first photo (and I still love her!!!). I got serious in a text though and told her I will pick up the AKC papers Friday. Didn't leave it open to discussion. She finally responds with okay, but no apology for yesterday. She also keeps avoiding my question about birthdate. She never filled out shot card with it and of course, no AKC papers. Nice.
Totally unprofessional. People keep falling in love with Mimi and want to know where I got her from. I'll never give her name now.
IF there are no AKC papers on Friday, what should I do? I am not messing around. She talks about trust all over her dang social media sites and then doesn't give me a reason to trust her now. Professional communication is how you get trust and repeat customers and referrals.
Thanks for listening. I know there are better breeders out there and since then, i've heard about amazing ones here from other frenchie owners i've met in the last 4 weeks. Those are the names I am giving out to people who ask me. I wouldn't give up Mimi, but I wish I went with someone else.