Halo Chihuahuas review: Disreputable breeder 20

Another update on the Angel that Kristen sent me. Gracie is the most beautiful and funny puppy I have ever had the pleasure of owning and will get another Chihuahua from Kristen in the future. I send her picture and still communicate with her and she always responds and is thankful her pup went to a great home. You can't go wrong with getting a puppy from her.

Andrea Beach has turned out to be the nightmare client all of us breeders pray we never deal with. Yes, I did have a cough with my dogs, and I never denied that, because I am a very honest person. I did tell her about it when we talked for several hours on the phone weeks prior to her getting him, as we discussed this possibly being why he had developed the ear hematoma, but I told her he had already had it and had been over it for a long time. He had a cough at 9-10 wks old(first part of October), it lasted about 5-7 days, nothing major AT ALL, he had ear surgery on 11/25 to repair the hematoma, as it was not resolving on it's own. My vet would never do surgery on a sick animal, he was in good health on 11/25. He was given antibiotics for 2 wks after surgery for his ear, and did just fine. He didn't like being by himself, as he had to be kept away from my other dogs to allow his ear to heal. He was by himself from about 11/15 up until he left early morning of 12/14, he wasn't with any other dogs that entire time. He got his health certificate and was seen by my vet on 12/11(again, in good health), and I sent her 4-5 videos of him on the night of 12/10. He was NOT sick when he left my care. I met her friend at 4 am 90 minutes from my home to take her back to the airport with Buzz. He was in transit until that evening, so had at least 12 hours in a small carrier with only break being a layover in Chicago. She messaged me that evening and said he had blood in his stool, and I explained it was most likely from stress of the trip, and possibly being dehydrated, but keep me posted. I was sent a video two days later that Buzz was doing great and he was playing with her friends two pups and son. Andrea's friend, who also raises dogs & works for a vet clinic, had Buzz from 4 am on 12/14 until the evening of 12/23, Andrea picked up Buzz from her friend on 12/23 and messaged me and said he had explosive stools and didn't look good, I suggested he must be really stressed, and I would give him chicken and rice until his stools cleared up. She did a fecal on him the next day and said he had Coccidia, I profusely apologized, but she proceeded to go off on me about it, even though Coccidia is extremely common in stressed animals, I told her I would pay for his Coccidia treatment without hesitation. The $500 I sent was more than what I saw in vet bills for the Coccidia. Next, she is messaging me on Christmas Day(12 DAYS AFTER he left me) and says he is coughing and has a snotty nose, of course she is in panic mode, because he was not kept from her other dogs, and she is afraid they are all going to get it(she has a lot of puppies at the time). I told her I did not see any way that he would be ill with an upper respiratory illness from here, because he had a cough at 9 wks and is now 19 wks old, they are immune to the SAME illness for 6-12 months once they have had it, however, it is very possible he came across a new pathogen from her friend who is also a breeder and works at a vet clinic. There are many different bacteria and viruses that can cause a cough, just like in humans. I spoke with my vet, and my vet said with him showing no signs of illness from 9-10 wks old until the day he left (approx. 8+ wks later), it is most likely that he picked up something new and unfortunately got sick due to stress of flying and 2 new homes in less than 2 wks time. He had a LOT of stress in a little time, climate change(MO to CA), and was around a lot of other dogs, and she is claiming there is absolutely no way he did not arrive to her with this illness. Our contract, which we both signed, states that he is to be seen by a licensed vet within 3 business days and I would give her a full refund if there were any major issues. Buzz was not seen by a vet, until day 10. If I sent her a super sick dog, why would she wait 10 days to take him to a vet or why would her friend not take him, if she works for a vet? Andrea owes me 3 breedings to this male and she has told me she will NOT be sending me semen from him, unless I pay all of her vet bills on all of her dogs(over 7, 000, SO FAR). I offered to buy Buzz back and give her a full refund, of which she refused and claims he came from "HELL", and she would never send him back to me, further she has called me all kinds of names and said she will turn me into PETA, USDA, and use any other source she can use to take me down, telling me I better have good insurance, because she is coming after me. She is NOT asking me to pay Buzz's vet bills, she is asking me to pay ALL of her vet bills on her dogs & pups she has sold. Yes, I told her I have had illnesses here from other breeders, I've been breeding dogs over 20 yrs & unfortunately, you will have issues when you bring in new stock, etc, it is the risk I knew I was taking, I never have blamed anyone else or asked anyone to pay any of my vet bills, ever. I have talked to Andrea for God knows how many hours, and have hundreds of messages from her, and she is taking one message I sent, without including any other details. Our family had Covid over Christmas, and I was not feeling well at all, but I still talked to her for hours into the wee hours of the morning. I tried to talk through this with Andrea, she refuses to come up with a reasonable solution. She won't send my dog back, and the only solution she has is for me to pay her vet bills on all of her dogs, and she keeps the dog. Anyone who knows me knows that I put my dogs first, and always do my best to make sure I treat people right, but Andrea is not being reasonable at all, and now is threatening me. She has already told other breeders about this situation and having another breeder message me cussing me out. I have remained respectful towards Andrea, and she has cussed me out, and now calling me a puppy mill. I knew when she insulted my dog very early on to try to get me to take less that I should not deal with her, she claimed she couldn't afford my asking price & gave me a sob story about her families hardships, but then went and bought 3 more Frenchie pups shortly after buying mine. I didn't follow my gut, and now she won't send him back to me and is going to try to ruin my reputation. This has turned into a complete nightmare, and of course she insisted I sign his papers over to her, because she doesn't trust co-ownerships, go figure.

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