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I purchased two mastiffs from Susann Everett at Beowulf mastiffs and both dogs became sick. One died at the age of 3yrs and the other was diagnosed with Epilepsy at age 2yrs. Susann Everett never responded when I contacted her about these health issues. This breeder continued to breed relatives to my epileptic dog after she was notified of his condition. She blamed her puppy buyers for the sick dogs that she breed and sold and lied to people telling them the dogs were abused. She also never followed through with her contract. I would never reccomend purchasing a puppy from this breeder and I would suggest being very weary of her one sided contracts especially the Special Program she offers.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
my mastiff John. Is so sick right he's lost 40 lbs. John is so sick I have to hand feed him. I still don't know if he is goingto make it.
I also purchased a Mastiff from Suzanne from her "Special Program". Kelly was a beautiful 2 yr old little girl that i was told was socialized and house raised. Bull the dog couldn't walk up or down steps and was terrified of anyone other then me. The dog would NOT urinate or deficate it was almost 48 hours before she did so. I took her to my vet the day I got her, he was so not impressed the dog had a "sick" odor about her. 72 hours after getting Kelly she starting bleeding I called Susanne NUMEROUS times and she didnt want to hear it, kept telling me I MUST be doing something wrong. Long story short took the dog back to her, she wouldnt refund my moneywhen I made a caomplaint to the BBB I received a letter from her telling me I abused the dog etc etc. This dog was ILL and she would NOT admit it. Shes a whack job
my mastiff is sick at the age of 3 he is and was my best pal. it breaks my heart that iam going to put him down. john coffee i will always love you bubba
THIS IS WHY YOU DO NOT BUY FROM BACK YARD BREEDERS!
Susan Everett is faaaaar from a BYB. She has produced more nationally ranked and International Champions world wide than any other breeder!
She is a puppy mill. She sells off her females when she's done making puppies and doesn't even spay them. She puts out multiple litters per month. They are kept in kennels and used for breeding purposes.
I understand there is a history of epilepsy and hip problems in the dogs this breeder continues to breed. No breeder should continue to perpetuate such serious conditions. I agree knee problems can be environmental but epilepsy is not.
Beowulf's ratio of epileptic pups to non-epileptic is lower then most kennels! Epilepsy can rear its ugly head anywhere and does. We don't know what causes it. However, you don't stop breeding altogether due to it occurring occasionally. You have to understand that epilepsy is recessive, meaning it takes two parents with the gene to produce an affected. Beowulf does not repeat affected pair breeding. They also contribute a lot to epilepsy research.
Your numbers are greatly skewed by the unknown number of dogs who have been placed in rescue and euthanized. She does repeat affected pair breedings and she contributes nothing to epilepsy research. She denies epilepsy in her lines. Unsure where you are getting your information from, but it sounds like you breed with her. The sire of Beowulfs Allspice is the sire of my epileptic male and the dam is the dam of my dead epileptic female. Spreading inaccurate information does not help the breed.
Well they should considering they are breeding and selling so many epileptic dogs. I didn’t know that breeders could post under assumed names?
The complaints that I have read are not necessarily the fault of the breeder. Knee conditions frequently happen with rough play, jumping and running around, even dogs with good knees can injure their knee. How is one to know how the complainant treated the dogs as growing pups? Maybe they were allowed to be too active for a growing giant breed. One comment says the 3yr old died, but doesn't specify what happened. And regarding osteosarcoma, this can be caused environmentally and not always genetic. IMO, no breeder is without faults, regardless of what some may say. Susann has been breeding mastiffs for years and the fact that she continues to have champion dogs and returning "customers" purchasing dogs from her over the years, IMO she can't be all that bad. Just because you pay thousands of dollars for a pet, doesn't mean you are guaranteed a healthy pet that will live a long life.
Hello,
I've had a similar experience with all three Mastiffs I purchased from Susann Everett. Unfortunately, the health problems did not surface until after I had purchased them all. My first Masiff from her had bone cancer at age four and had to be euthanized. My second Mastiff had a mild knee injury at age three which, at the time, I did not think was significant. However, now three years later he has developed such horrible arthritis of one of his elbows that he cannot walk on the effected leg. My third puppy from her developed trouble in both knees before he was even two! One knee was amenable to surgical correction, However, the other one is beyond repair. I wrote her an email explaining all the problems I've had. Her reply was very condescending and she accepted no responsability for the poor health of the dogs she breeds.
I certainly feel for you and am sorry for your loss. However, most often knee injuries are due to improper care. Many don't realize mastiffs have to be kept slim as pups and avoid stairs etc or they are susceptible to injuries. Regarding the cancer, it unfortunately can appear any time in any line. A breeder can not promise that a pup won't get cancer, or kidney problems or acl injuries etc. If they do, they are lying. Again, I am sorry for your loss. The hardest part of loving this breed is losing them!
Yeah..No, the hardest part is contemplating putting down an 18 month old puppy you didn’t know had a congenital illness that was purposely being reintroduced in multiple breeding cycles. That would be the hardest part Talia.
I hope this is not true... she is very well known and has produced scores of Champions. There has to be another side to this story.
Somehow you put the weight of the breeder’s veracity who is making $$$$ selling sick dogs over many pet owners/customers/ victims who say their dogs are sick? How many pet owners do you know that complain about their beloved pet just to complain? Think on that.