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We purchased a Gutch Shepard puppy last year from Keely Mckee. We were told both of the parents were UKC registered and the puppy we were getting would have papers with him. It has now been well over a year, and still no papers.
We have gotten the run around time after time. The last thing that we have heard from her is that she was in the process of getting the litter registered, but don't call and talk to anyone with the UKC, as it would just cause more confusion, that if we had any questions, we could contact Keely and she would get an answer for us.
For a chile there, we weren't even able to get her to answer the phone. I actually had to call from a different number, and just leave my name and number and tell her I had questions regarding her dutch shepards. I didn't tell her that we already bought one from her. That is how we finally got her on the phone, and she couldn't answer any of our questions directly. She told me about 3 different stories in one phone call.
We paid a very LARGE amount of money for this dog, and didn't get what was promised with him.
I feel like we were cheated out of our money and didn't get what she promised. We are very happy with our dog, but feel like we were dooped into paying a large amount of money for his pedigree, and we have no way of proving his bloodline.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I purchased a Dutch Shepherd on Labor Day weekend 2022. Numerous attempts to obtain her registration paperwork have failed. In fact while we wete there the sheriffs office showed up with 4 deputies to serve a warrant.. I should have run but she had already taken a $3,500 deposit. We paid a total of $5,800 and now have a great dog, but shes worthless to breed without her registration. We are in planning on contacting the CKC and hiring a Oklahoma attorney.
Keep this updated. Been trying to get in touch with Keely for several weeks now. Havent heard a word from her.
Keep this updated. I have been trying to reach Keely for a couple weeka now with no response from her.
My husband and I have reached out to Keely over and over again. Paid $5000 for pup with pedigree and promised papers. Same scenario as others. No response when we enquire. Poor Business. I would strongly discourage anyone from doing business with her. Any suggestions from anyone about how to handle this, please contact @ melgirod@yahoo.com
If anyone out there has had a bad experience purchasing a Dutch shepherd from Aachen Dutch shepherds please contact me via email as my wife and I are pursuing a law suit agaisnt the owner for falsifying documents, misleading of breed sales. Thank you.
Please contact me on ramialox@gmail.com
I am going through the same thing and am wishing to pursue legal action. please contact me at samanthaegudeman@gmail.com
So we purchased an 8 month old from them in October of 2020…. Was months later that we finally got her paperwork….
However! She is registered as a pure bred DUTCH SHEPHERD
We just had DNA run on her because we were skeptical over the last 21/2 years….
She has NO Dutch Shepherd!
She came back as 100% BELGIAN MALINOUS!
I have received a total of 3 DS pups from Aachen, the first two flew out together, arrived happy but a little nervous, a little whatever in the kennel from the flight, its expected. However, what was NOT expected was my male had a hernia (still there) and my female has a BROKEN LEG(on pain medication for it). We never really noticed until a few days after bringing her home that she had a slight limp and favored one foot or leg more than the other. Well, shes one tough dog, she had the vets fooled that it wasnt anything serous, until Dad says I want an XRAY.(Went over litter videos on youtube from Aachen with my female favoring one leg, so it happened in Keely's care) Xrays show my females leg is fractured right above the knee, and I get this lovely talk at the vets on how dogs with 3 legs do just fine. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! I bought these dogs to get me outside and doing ACTIVE things, not to spend extra time and $$$ at the vets. I paid way too high of prices to be receiving puppies with physical ailments. So I express this to Keely, and we go back and forth over what we can do to fix this issue. Me being a nice guy agrees to having a 3rd puppy shippped to me instead of a refund.(refused to send her back any puppy!) Well, I am wondering whats wrong with MY head now after receiving another female with issues. I picked this puppy up last night and documented everything. She arrived emaciated, soaked in urine and had feces matted in her fur even up on her ears, conjunctivitis, and very nervous acting. Im not sure if maybe part of this is UNITED AIRLINES fault, but it seems like both Aachen and United need to have some moral checks, or visits from authorities. I will note that my male purebred, who was guaranteed to come with a pedigree, did and it checks out with some stellar bloodlines, however, this justifies nothing. DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS WOMAN! SHE WILL SUCK YOU IN BY OVERLOADING YOU WITH INFORMATION ON HER DOGS, BRAGGING UP HER EVERY MOVE, TELLING YOU THE MILITARY BUYS ALL THEIR DOGS FROM HER, well I doubt that! I do believe the military has their very OWN breeding program for their MWD's., 85% coming from the Netherlands or Germany.
These pups cleared their Veterinary Health Checks before leaving us, and then these pups also cleared with the Buyer's Veterinarian TWICE, on two separate Veterinary visits, please note the comments included by buyer from his Veterinarian during these two separate Veterinary visits in his email to me. The first vet check was one week after he received them, vet visit on 3/10, and the 2nd visit back to Buyers Veterinarian on 3/17. Here is our correspondence regarding. BUT STILL, we did not argue the point with the gentleman, we RIGHT AWAY and AUTOMATICALLY offered to, at our expense, immediately fly both pups back to us, he could then select any two other pups he liked, and we would pay to fly his two replacement pups back out to him. He declined. So we then offered to let him pick a third pup, and we paid to fly that third pup to him. He purchased a solid colored, non registered 1000. pup, which we replaced with a brindled, registered pup that we value at 1950.
HERE ARE THE LETTERS WE RECEIVED FROM DAN:
From: 31foxholes
To: m
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 6:51 PM
Subject: Jax & Jetta
Hello,
Jax and Jetta had their first vet visit earlier today, received their Lyme disease vaccines. all is good …...they're in excellent health, vets were happy to see them, not everyone has a dutch shepherds.
From: 31foxholes
To: m
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 07:46:18 AM CDT
Subject: Re: Jax & Jetta
Hello,
Now I know I told you that the female was found to be in excellent health, however my Dad is the one who noticed her slight limp. The vet did not find anything with her but also did not take any x rays because she seemed fine for the first week or so of receiving her/them. But she does still have a limp and its getting worse.
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HERE IS MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO HIM, and I also placed a phone message to him:
To: 31foxholes
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 10:16:06 AM CDT
Subject: Re: Jax & Jetta
Morning Dan,
I also just tried phoning you when I read your email.
Here is what we can do to fix this situation. I will fly the pups back here, and then fly you out two new puppies that you select.
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DAN'S RESPONSE TO OUR REPLACEMENT OFFER:
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 11:34:23 AM CDT
Subject: Re: Jax & Jetta
Hi Keely,
Been outside with the pups a lot lately thanks to a nice break in the weather.
I certainly do appreciate your offer in returning the puppies, however thats something I would only do as an absolute last resort...ah ok I wont lie, I will never do that. We have all bonded and have also done quite a bit of training...plus I can tell the flight out here wasn't very enjoyable for them, I wouldn't want to put them through that again. Jetta seems to be recovering very quickly. I don't see her limping anymore so Im not going to stress it too much
Neither issue seem to bother either one of them at all except Jax did yipe one time when a female friend picked him up front legs first (i probably yelled louder than the dog). Well other than that, no problems.
From: 31foxholes
To: aachendutchshepherds@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 03:19:56 PM CDT
Subject: Re: jax & Jetta
Hey
Thanks for being cooperative through this whole thing!
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MY RESPONSE TO DAN when he received his replacement pup that had soiled in her crate enroute to him, a 14 hour travel timeframe.
From: m
To: 31foxholes
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 03:04:40 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Aachen~flight reservation Sunday
Hi Dan,
I realize that you are upset but no one can control that a pup poops or pees or messes in its crate en route. I am so terribly sorry that your puppy did not travel well~she pottied and pooped on herself and threw up in her crate, I'm sure it was a mess in the 14 hours she was enroute. It is unfortunate that it happened. My vet would NEVER EVER clear or ship out any animal not fit to travel~and if she was scratching or trying to get out of the crate, which young pups will try, because she's never been in one that long in her life~she may have skinned herself trying to get out. Dan, I am not, or in no way trying to make an excuse or anything with this pup, but this is just beyond my control. And as far as only caring only about money, it is not, and never was an issue, since I (replaced an unregistered non brindled 1000. pup that you purchased with one valued at twice the amount, brindled, and registered!), and we shipped out a pup that we ordinarily will sell for 1950., plus purchased the crate, plus paid the veterinary, plus paid the flight costs~which as you know easily totals around 2400.-2500. for the total value of the replacement pup you received. This is what it is costing me to replace your pup. You have never heard me bemoan the fact about how this much was costing me, money was not, nor never has been, the concern, all along~it has always been about getting you a good pup.
I will get your shot records replaced, her rabies vaccination certificate with metal collar tag replaced, her microchip card information, registration papers, pedigree, etc...replaced and sent along to you in the mail since you misplaced them.
Keely
p.s. Due to the blizzard up there, I know you were also upset about the planned flight delivery needing to be res-scheduled a couple of days later than we both originally planned. These are acts and events beyond my control, and the airport and the airlines makes those decisions for the best interest of safety for all flying. I'm sure you can understand that.
People who cry out for paper work should not be purchasing working dogs. If your main concern is paperwork instead of your dogs temperament or working ability please dont ruin a wonderful breed like the dutch shepherd. i personally have no concern for my dutchies paperwork what he can prove on the field is far more important to me. The german shepherd dog is a prime example of what happens when people are overly concerned with paperwork. the same is happening to the malinois. there certainly are breeders out there that are trying to make a quick buck off every breed so if you dont know how to test a puppies temperament and are not willing to spend the time training said puppy save yourself the time and the few working breeds left out there and pick a pup out of ur local news paper classifieds
Again, I read the letter as a person who experienced fraud. The breeder should have never advertised her pups as UKC certified. That is the breeder trying to get more money for her pups by falsely claiming them to be something they're not.
Pure and simple the people are crooks the dogs are not that bad but owner talks out of both sides of her mouth stories change every phone call also the owner has been fined by the national greyhound ###. for filing false stud reports and had to give up all of her greyhounds google her name and look you will find complaints all over the place they say the same thing in all complaints buyer beware !
Yeah my wife an I just found out the 1 dutch shepherd we got is 35% greyhound
Also I don't trust anyone who can not spell Shepherd correctly. That is all
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I purchased Maverick from Keely in 2009 after doing a years worth of research while deployed in Iraq.. At 8 weeks old he was shipped to me. I left it to her good judgment to choose the right pup in the litter. He was the best investment for my family ever. He is a loyal protector. While I am away my family feels safe. Personally I can not put a price tag on Safety. Since Mav's purchase we had a daughter, who he accepted into the pack immediately. At 10 weeks old, during a 3 mile hike in the woods, to get him acclimated to the environment, He tracked our path all the way back to the vehicle. At this point I knew what I spent was worth it.
Yes during the years we had some hiccups like basements, metal grated stairs, sewer grates and aggressiveness with other dogs. However with proper training, socialization and patience we prevailed. While attending a very popular dog trainer in the southern coastal area I was ill-advised that I will never walk my dog off leash, nor have him around any dogs ever. I wish I could tell her how wrong she was. Since I had a high school guidance counselor tell me to my face that I might as well drop out of school. because I was going to go nowhere in life anyways, I felt angry and wanted to prove her wrong. Since then Maverick helped us foster 29 Border Collies for Mid Atlantic Border Collie Rescue. He taught them about pack order and how to play. He taught them the dos and dont's of living inside a house with a family. We have gotten over all fears of basements and stairs. I don't even carry a leash anymore. Since High School, I haven't done so bad my self. lol.
I have trained dogs on my own time for 10 years now. If you are looking to purchase a Dutch Shepherd for a first dog, please move along. This breed is not for beginners. If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me. Pictured below is Maverick and Phantom.
Detective Michael Boehmer
Mboehmer81@yahoo.com
Nonsense. I recently purchased a beautiful dutch shepherd from Keeley Aachen Kennels and am totally amazed how beautiful, intelligent, and loving this four month old is. Bruno is the son of Aachen's Arko who is the son of Navy Seal war hero dog Arko as featured in Mike Ritland's book "Trident K9 Warriors." Bruno's other grandfather on the dam side is Rudie Pegge, the famed multitiled dutchie from Europe. Aachen kennels continues to supply dutchies to The Navy Seals and police and military organizations around the world, as well as other well-known dutch shepherd kennels.
Are you sure it’s a Dutch?
Mine just came back as 100 % Belgian malinous!
I bought a dog from Keely 100 percent pure garbage she won't answer the phone and she is a liar when it comes to the warranty please do yourself a favor and stay away from her and if anyone defends her there probably friends I learned the hard way I didn't do my homework
My name is Chief Tom Close and I purchased a beautiful Dutch shepherd from her kennels and it turned out to be the best investment our family ever made. The dog was so beautiful and intelligent that as a K9 Trained Officer, I was shocked at how fast Intelligent and aggressive the animal was. I found the service and communications was great and I have had many other Police Departments buying her Dutch Shepherds. She always stood behind her dogs, and provided all of the papers we needed to show the history of her dogs. I would gladly talk or send pictures to anyone who want to see how our dog turned out. Please feel free to contact me at Iraqofficerhcpd@yahoo.com.
Donna, it's pretty sad that you must be the one to defend your parents. To make them look like upright, moral, righteous people. When they are not. When you must know they have lawsuits against them for greyhounds and horses. Now that I know that Keely bred greyhounds, it's making more sense. Looking at her 'dutch shepherd' is maybe looking really at a greyhound and malinois. There's just too many resemblances and none to the german shepherd. Just my opinion, but there are others I know that agree.
This is to the original post. I wish I searched Keely, before I bought, not just searched the Dutch Shepherds. I've been waiting on paperwork for my pup, since we received him. The jury is still out on if I get them, as I'm hoping for them. I paid well for this pup too, and I'm worried that he's not of good bloodlines.
I'm sorry that offends some people, but I believe in having a well behaved, security dog for the family. This requires basic traits that come natural in some breeds. A working family dog is secure, trustworthy, obediant, and more.
I have a Dutch Shepard/Malinois out of my stepmothers litter and she's like my child, I have seen my stepmother bottle feed these pups around the clock just to help them survive! I can say from a point of view like no other, if you have EVER IMPORTED A DOG FROM OVERSEAS, THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND GETTING THE PAPERS AND VET CHECKS ARE TIME CONSUMING! It's literally like dealing in politics! My stepmother likes to register her litters when they're born, but since she's gotten some of the parents from overseas the transfer has been shaky and tiring to her to say the least! LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS THEIR OWN DAUGHTER, I GET THE ANSWERING MACHINE 99% OF TIME! I love my baby Sissa, which is German for Sister/[censored] and I know her pedigree and don't care if anyone else does or not...
Donna McKee Walters
My dad and stepmother are natural horse people and when it comes to a horse, well I trust my dad more than ANYONE...no trainer, horse whisperer, clinician or person could ever change that. I will not get a horse that he doesn't see or at least see video or pictures of. This is a man and woman that have had animals all of their lives and not to mention World Champions! I have to defend them in saying that if they can't put their grandchildren on a horse, they will not tell you it's kid friendly! They have never let me, my sister or any of our children around an animal that would hurt us. They have been in this business a LONG time and a disgruntled person that can't handle their animal has no business blaming them for it. One thing that they clearly don't believe in is putting a person in danger for money!
Donna McKee Walters
I'm not sure what you were reading. Nothing was ever mentioned aout the puppy/dog being dangerous. This was a letter about buying a pedigreed puppy but never receiving the paperwork verifying this, thus fraud I do believe.
Please have your stepmom reply to our email for we don't want this to get ugly in court cost and investigations from the UKC, CKC, AKC, USPCA, or the NGA all we want is to return the 2 dogs and get our money back we will take on the cost of transporting them back to her anything you can do will help make this easy for both side will be appreciated.
I bought a UKC registered Malinois. The day I picked up the puppy at 8 weeks old was the day I received all the dog's registration already in my name. There's no excuse for this breeder delaying a year. Unfortunately, there are too many dog selling crooks out there.
The poster of the previous comment is out of line. A pedigreed dogs is worth more than a dog without. If you pay for the pedigree you should get it. Small claims court sounds like the next course of action.
Excuse me, did you get a healthy happy dog? Maybe it is you who has a major problem or attitude. Who gives a damn about papers? I sure as hell don't? Oh what, you want to use your dog to make money? Is that it? You're just a greedy person aren't you? People like you make me sick. A dog is there for our love and they give us unconditional love for it. They don't judge us or ask for anything other than we pay attention to them, feed and give them water and a roof over their head. They want to be a part of the family and you want to make a fast buck off the blessing you "bought" or spent a whole lot of money on as you put it. WHATEVER! I don't feel bad for you. You got what you deserved!
Seems to me you have your panties in a wad towards the wrong person. you should be getting on the puppy mill breeder, not the buyer
You're missing the point... If a person/business presents an item a certain way and you elect to purchase that item based on how it was presented, the seller is obligated to provide you with what was originally promised. Failure to do so, erodes trust and confidence in the seller as a whole. Each person makes their own decision (and for their own reasons) as to what they are going to purchase. Why a person decides to purchase something doesn't affect you or anyone else and should not be of concern. The problem here is that someone was told they would get very specific things, if they purchased a dog from this breeder. If the promised items were not delivered, the credibility of the seller has been negatively affected. If the breeder misled the buyer on this item, what else may the seller have misled the buyer on? Don't confuse the primary issue here with a social issue involving what people do with animals after they purchase them. Yes, getting a healthy animal is the absolute highest priority/objective but when a person makes a decision to purchase an animal that will become a family member from a specific breeder, they want to trust the breeder and have a high level of confidence that the breeder they selected operates in an honest and ethical manner.
Both my wife and I paid $3000.00 for 2 dutch shepherds that where a year old just to find out they are not brothers and the 1 is 35% greyhound. Definitely mislead and now she won't even respond to emails. So off to court we go getting the CKC, UKC, USPCA and S.A.R.evaluators involved as well as the national greyhound association we'll keep everyone up to date
I would like to contact you due to a similar experience. You may be able to help me. I would appreciate it. guyschell51@gmail.com -Thanks.