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To whom it may concern,
Hoover Acres unethical practices:
Represents herself as a breeder, when she is a broker for the Amish
Lists herself under multiple names in order for people purchasing puppies to be deceived
Sells/has sold more than 15 different breeds
Her veterinarian does not administer vaccinations, worming or tail and dewclaw removal.
Many complaints from multiple people about an assortment of illnesses, diseases and hereditary issues
Has no proof of Rabies vaccinations for any of the adult dogs she is selling litters from
She currently has puppies from 31 different litters listed right now
I went to puppyfind.com which is the largest bulletin board website that helps connect people who are looking for a puppy with breeders in their area. We were looking for a Rottweiler puppy and I found an account for Lori Hoover listing two litters of puppies. I checked the box that said other puppies by this breeder and found nothing but Rottweilers listed. I contacted her and she answered all of my questions in the way that I would have hoped from a reputable breeder. She said that she had two females and a male Rottweiler and sent me pictures of those dogs, Nala, Sasha and King. I also asked her if she could send me pictures of any of the puppies from past litters since she said this was a repeat breeding for both dams. The pictures of the adult dogs she sent me looked like I would want my puppy to grow up to look like.
I made an appointment to go and look at the 4 female puppies she had available. We drove to her home in Lagrange, IN and although we were driving deep into Amish country, her home was set on a hill, and was stunning both inside and out. She was clearly not Amish, and that put my mind at ease, I had read many articles cautioning buyers from purchasing puppies from the Amish. Those articles stated that many of the Amish view puppies as livestock and do not give them the extra care both in terms of cleanliness, health care and socialization that you would want a new member of your family to receive.
When we arrived, there was another couple there looking at a puppy. It was a Burmese Mountain Dog puppy and Lori explained that she bred those dogs as well. We looked at the puppies, asked more questions, including the bedding she used for the puppies, her weaning procedures and how the tails were docked. Perhaps looking back, I should have seen some flags raised when she said her sister docks the tails with a clamp and twist method, something that sounded traumatic and brutal. However, I was so excited at the thought of my first Rottweiler in more than four years that we chose Kelcy and put down a deposit.
We picked her up 2 weeks later, and we were in love. She was one of the sweetest puppies I had ever owned, and she instantly became part of our family. On our tenth day with Kelcy, I noticed that while she was normally a very high energy puppy, she seemed a bit quiet. The next morning when I took her outside she barely made it out the door before she had explosive diarrhea. For the next few hours she had more diarrhea and then began vomiting. My husband took her to our Veterinarian that afternoon, and they did a parvo test. The vet said that she had never seen a parvo test turn that dark a color is such a short time. Parvovirus has an incubation period of up to 15 days from initial exposure. She began Kelcy on fluids, antibiotics and anti-nausea medication and for the next five days, we slept with her, and did everything the vet ordered for her. We watched her little body loose so much weight she could barely stand. And though we did all we could, we watched her slip away from us just 15 days after we brought her home.
I had notified Lori Hoover the day she was diagnosed with parvovirus so that she could let the other new owners know that they had been exposed to parvo. She said that all of the other puppies were fine, and that she was keeping a female from Kelcy's litter herself and that puppy was fine. (even though she had told us originally that Kelcy's litter only had 4 puppies total, and she was the only female) I notified her again, the day Kelcy died.
Over the next few days, I started to do research on Lori Hoover. I first found complaints on Ripoff.com and then on assorted threads on the internet. But what was interesting, was that people were complaining about her selling sick puppies, but they weren't Rottweilers. They were Newfoundlands and Golden Retrievers and several other breeds. So I went back to Puppyfind and started looking at those breeds in the Lagrange, IN area. I found that Lori Hoover has accounts with them under Hoover Acres, Lori, Lori Hoover, Pampered puppies, Our pampered puppies and Huggablepuppies. Each account had 1 to 2 breeds being sold, and most times there were puppies listed at 2 or 3 different ages, meaning that she was selling multiple litters of a given breed all of the time. Just yesterday, she listed a new litter of Rottweiler puppies.
As I investigated, I found that she has sold or is currently selling, Rottweilers, Burmese Mountain Dogs, Doberman Pinchers, German Shepherds, Akita, Siberian husky's, Malamutes, Newfoundland's, Cocker Spaniels, Miniature Schnauzers, Golden Retrievers, Cane Corso, and Louisiana Catahoula Leopard puppies. I also found her advertising on Breeders.com.
I contacted the Veterinarian she said she took the puppy to in an attempt to confirm shot records and was told that they never give any of Hoover Acres puppies their vaccinations or worming. I went to the manufacturers of Neopar and Nobiac CDAPPV which were the labels that she had adhered to the supposed ‘shot record' and found that the date the Neopar was given was 2 weeks too early according to their website. The CDAPPV a 5-way vaccine is highly sensitive to temperature and if it is not properly refrigerated or administered incorrectly it becomes ineffective.
Many complaints from past buyers say that Giardia, a highly contagious and debilitating intestinal parasite has been confirmed in the puppies they purchased from Lori Hoover. There have been claims of mange and poorly docked tails. I found several complaints logged by past buyers saying that she brokers puppies for Amish farmers. I took a close look at the AKC papers she gave me and realized that the name on the papers under breeder is Lonni Miller, not Lori Hoover. No single breeder would be able to physically have upwards of 6 different breeds and multiple litters for each breed every few months. She is clearly brokering these poor puppies for multiple farmers.
I would be happy to speak with you or help you to further investigate this woman and her despicable practices so that no one else has to invest their hearts and their financial resources. Because of her fraudulent practices, a buyer has no way to know where or how their puppy spends its first very critical 7 weeks of life. Please help me shut her down.
Following is the list of breeders on puppyfind.com. Please note the similarities in each of Lori Hoovers account names. Lori Hoover/ Hoover Acres/Lori/Our pampered Puppies/pampered puppies/Huggablepuppies
we didn't take our puppy anywhere other than our home. No other dogs were introduced. We have never had the parvo virus in our home or yard. There was no possibility that we exposed that pup to parvo. She most deffinatly came infected, just showed no symptoms at first. I know vaccines are not 100 percent effective until they have received all four shots, but the issues with this puppy broker far exceed the fact that the puppy was sick. She sells more than 15 breeds and has puppies from more than 21 different litters. She does not let buyers know these facts. If she did, I and most people would not have bought a puppy from her.
I bought a Newfie pup way back in Aug 2015. Laurie was extremely friendly, sent me weekly pics of my lil pup, and I couldn’t have asked for a smoother transaction, being the pup was being driven in a van from Lagrange to NC. 7 years later my girl is still as perfect as can be, and many have said she’s the most gorgeous Newfie they have seen!
My family and I purchased a Siberian Husky female in April 2017. We fell in love with her based off the pictures we saw of her on puppy find. We took her to our vet within 24 hours of having her as stated in our health guarantee contract. We have a very healthy 4 year old girl and we would gladly purchase another puppy from her. Lori was extremely professional with the questions we had, we got to see weekly pictures of her and Lori even said we were able to come interact with our girl whenever we wanted. We didn't as we would of wanted to take her home right then so we waited until she was 8 weeks to go pick her up. Not every puppy has a happy ending, however this is not Lori's fault by any means as she just sells the puppies for the breeder.
I would like to see her start providing pictures of these pups with their moms, allowing the vet to provide info directly to buyers and start the names of the other families.
Lagrange is known for puppy mills, so if she’s not tied to them she will show evidence of names allow tours and provide plenty of not posed pictures with mom in the space they are kept.
I have only see evidence of Lori’s angry messages accusing buyers of lying, but never of her trying to prove people wrong. The responsibility is on her to provide info people are requesting.
I think she sells soooo many puppies the majority are are going to be okay. We were lucky, but I believe those that have had issues, because if you keep your eyes open through the process there are red flags.
I've purchased my Doberman from Lori and he is one of the best looking Doberman around. I have multiple people asking where I bought such a beautiful dog
I bought a Rottweiler back in 2013. Although I didn’t have any immediate medical issues our boy did not like humans. Driving home he was scared to death but I figured we just took him from his mom and siblings. Once we got home he ran from us tried to hide behind or under anything he could it was very disturbing. We started forcing him to spend time with us an in a couple weeks he was finally ok. I have read with Amish puppy mill puppies they are very unsocial and scared because human contact is limited. This seemed to be the case with my Rottweiler. At six months old he had seizures at which point my mom called Lori and let her know and her response was no other puppies from that litter had any issues. I’m not sure if that was hereditary or a flu but I do know he was very unsocial and that is a sign of an Amish puppy mill puppy. He was a huge beautiful lovable boy but we did lose him early due to seizures.
I purchased a lovely rottie from Lori back in 2015. Yesterday he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, on his 6th birthday. When I was speaking to her back then I was told that I would be able to meet his mom and dad when I came to pick him up but when I arrived there were no dogs in sight. She went down into her basement, which she did not let me follow her to, and came back up with my sweet boy covered in what appeared to be dry wall dust. She informed me that I would not be able to meet his parents at that time, I left with my boy and called and reported her as a puppy mill. I checked back in and did not see any posting by her a year later. Relieved, I thought she had been shut down. Fast forward to today, and I see that she is selling 4 different breeds, none of them Rotties. She is a despicable human being and I hope she gets what is coming to her soon. She is recklessly selling dogs that are breeded poorly, making them more susceptible to these conditions they are already prone to. I should not have to be dealing with putting my sweet boy down 6 years into his life. If anyone has any more information on what I can do to help ensure that she is shut down, please let me know.
Hi to whom it may concern or would like to know my experience, when I first contacted Lori about a mini schnauzer I will be honest I thought it was a possible scam because the price was way below any one around me, also after putting my deposit I read some terrible reviews which made me really uneasy and upset, at this point I knew I had made a huge mistake! After a couple of weeks of worrying I immediately had a vet set up within 24 hrs to check out the puppy. I had made the selection to have the puppy delivered since I lived in Michigan in the metro Detroit area, the day finally came, still skeptical the driver delivered the puppy with all her paperwork (and shot records) I took her immediately to my vet who pronounced her in perfect health other than a small umbilical hernia (which I’ll add my vet said it was the smallest he had ever seen, ) it’s been almost 4 months now and we can’t be happier than with our baby Sadie, she’s a sweet and sociable little girl who has been nothing but a blessing to our family! So please have a open mind and very light heart when you read a bad review! Unfortunately usually the only reviews that are left are bad, not saying others didn’t have a bad experience, but just to let someone know that may have mixed emotions after readying some of these reviews that there are positive experiences when dealing with Lori, like us! So I would recommend to purchase a puppy from her from our experience! A few side notes 1) the hernia surgery if needed was quoted by my vet for $300, but could also be fixed for free at time of spaying. We have not yet had her spayed but on my last visit for a check up the hernia has healed itself! We are very thankful for that! 2) On people commenting on the cleanliness of her puppies, Sadie was a little dirty and not groomed but who cares? She smelt like a puppy and newsflash they are puppies! 3) We got AKC registration! My little girl I purchased from Lori was $1000 below my personal budget of purchasing a new puppy so I give a 10 out of 10 for price! 4) My most valuable review someone had to of been working on house training! Since we’ve had Sadie she has had 1 accident I repeat only 1 accident in the house! And that would of been my fault for not letting her out early enough. So long story short I do recommend buying a dog from her!
Hi, I have bought not one but two golden retrievers from Lori about a year and a half apart from eachother. She was super helpful in sending me pictures of the puppies each week. Any questions I had were answered quickly and I received a ton of documentation at pick up. I had taken both of my Golden's to the vet the same week I had bought them and the vet said they are happy, well tempered, and suit the golden retriever personality to a T. My dogs are now 2 years old and 10 months old and no health issues at all. I'm obessed with my little fur babies! We will use Lori if we get another pup in the future.
My name is Tom Harris, and I would love to learn more anyone experience with purchasing puppies from Hoover Acres. Please contact me th.harris1012@gmail
I purchased my Bernese Mountain Dog from Lori and Hoover Acres 3 years ago and had ZERO issues. I came across this complaint as I was looking to see if they had any available puppies coming up. I am completely shocked and surprised by the things that are being said in this post. When I reached out to Lori about her available puppies in the Spring of 2017, she was NOTHING but professional.
She sent me multiple pictures and then we set up a time for me to come meet them. The living conditions were above average and Lori and her daughter were so welcoming and friendly. I asked about the parents and she told me how she does breed other dogs with other friends and I didn't even ask her about it; it just came up in casual conversation. I put down my deposit and she continued to send me pictures and videos of my puppy. I went and picked him up, paid the rest of the money, and signed all of the paperwork around the sale, which included the health guarantee contract and even a 1 year temperament guarantee. She then gave me the vaccine and vet records, with the vet's signature on their clinic's letterhead. She provided the AKC registration information and even gave me copies of the parents' 5 generation blood line.
My puppy was 8 weeks old when i took him to my personal vet for a full examination, with all of the provided documents I received from Lori. I am that crazy dog mom who keeps everything so I have the exact comments that my vet wrote upon her examination: "He looks awesome and is so sweet!" and she put perfect marks on his head to toe examination. At his 12 week appointment she said, "He is perfect!" and the same above average marks. And the list goes on and on. He has never tested positive for any diseases or impairments.
I could write a bigger novel than I already have about how perfect my dog is and how much I would recommend Lori to anyone. My dog is 3 now and still in perfect health. No matter where I go, people are always asking me where I got him from and how beautiful and well tempered he is. DO NOT believe these crazy negative comments on here. I haven't even spoken to Lori since I bought my dog 3 years ago and I'm not the type of person to leave reviews on anything, but I couldn't help myself with this one. I did extensive research before purchasing my puppy and even had multiple 3rd party's weigh in. I was not and am still not disappointed at all.
I bought a golden retriever back in September 2019 from Lori. Absolutely nothing wrong with my girl. My wife and I love her to death. I took her to my veterinarian 2 days after I got her just to get looked at and more shots. Then I took her again 2 weeks later for more wormer and rabies shot. She is 5 months old now and in training for duck retrieving. She is very intelligent and learns fast. She’s been in farm ponds swimming and retrieving already. Nothing seems to bother her. My wife and I very pleased with our girl. I will definitely go back to Lori to get another when I decide it’s time for another
I purchased a German Shepherd puppy from Lori on 9/20/19. This puppy is healthy, smart, and has a great deposition. Everything Lori advertises is factual. She let us visit the puppies at 4 weeks. The puppies were very clean and well looked after. When you pick them up you get the AKC paperwork, copies of 5 generations on your dog, shot records, vet visit paperwork, dog food, warranty paperwork etc. I would buy a puppy from Lori again. She cares about her puppies. I highly recommend her.
I purchased a beautiful Doberman from Hoover acres and he has turned out to be the best dog ever. He’s extremely smart and well behaved, SO good with my kids and all the animals on our farm. Have had zero health issues with him. I would for sure purchase from her again.
We purchased a Siberian Husky from Lori in July of 2013 she is the sweetest most loving dog I have ever owned 💕 she just turned 6 June 26th and I would absolutely purchase from Lori again if only the drive wasn’t 5 hours 😔
We bought our Bernese mountain dog from her last year. No where did it say Hoover acres until where we checked out. At this point i was so emotionally invested, and spent a long time convincing my boyfriend, I wasn’t turning back. I did read horrible reviews that made me SO nervous. We got our puppy and upon pick up, two people got out of the car, took our dog out of the kennel in the trunk. There was about 5 other breeds of puppies in there and our Berner was covered in [censored]. Other wise he was pretty good, very lovable and beautiful dog. When I took him to the vet about a week later he did test positive for giardia, it was a long battle to get rid of it for good but it is finally gone. Our dog is about a year now and does seem healthy. He is only about 75 pounds which is definitely on the much smaller side for Bernese’s, especially when she has the dad was 115lbs and the mom 85 lbs. either way our dog is healthy and we love him so much, I am so worried that he is going to have serious health issues at a young age. I would never buy another dog from Lori to be honest.
I bought a Siberian Husky on October 18, 2018 and took her to the vet the next day and she’s in great health and has been a amazing puppy . We love her and it was scary after reading this but wanted her bad enough to take the chance . And no regrets here .
Update 4-9-2020 .
And my Husky Mia is perfect condition and beautiful heathy dog .very pleased and happy and can’t believe it’s almost 2 yrs ago now . Almost time for another one . Thank you, very pleased mom
I purchased a beautiful Alaskan Malamute from Hoover Acres. She is the best dog. Smart, healthy and very loving. I will purchase another dog from Lori.
I am a little relieved to see this. Unfortunately, after our purchase I began seeing the worrying, poor reviews on Lori and Hoover Acres. I am feeling worried and praying nothing is wrong with our 12 week old Alaskan Malamute. She seems happy. She had loose stool but ate, drank and is settling right in after only a few hours. We take her to our family vet tomorrow for a full examination.
I have an Alaskan Malamute that came from there too. I wonder if they could be from the same litter. I got him from someone who could no longer care for him.
Beth I will keep telling the “REAL FACTS” to your fabricated story….You came to my home once the pup was 5 weeks of age and seen your pup first hand. We talked extensively that I DO co-breed with other people so while I have access to more than the average breeder, I do have plenty of help. Again I am not a Broker because I do not buy and sell the pup but I literally help in raising the litters with other families. Not sure if your post is about me or about what you have read and think about the Amish. Sad that you are putting a label on people without knowing or seeing first hand. I fully agree that there are many puppy mills out there but I am not one of them or anyone that I co-breed with is not one as well. You are just stirring drama on Facebook, here and anywhere else you can find when the true facts are that you purchased your healthy pup, took your pup home and did nothing until 12 days later when she starting to show signs of being ill. She tragically passed away on the 17th day. You failed to take your pup to the vet and continue the follow up care. You contacted me to let me know and I asked you if there was anything I could do? You said “Thank you, there's nothing to do. I know that I always wanted to know how my puppies were, so I just wanted to let you know but we did try everything with her to keep her with us.” You said that because you were a breeder before so you clearly knew that it was outside the window and not reflected on the breeder. I asked that even before I found out that you voided the health guarantee already by not taking your pup with the first week but I still asked that anyway because it was the right thing to do for another person. I would have worked with you. Then a about a week later I got the nastiest phone call from you husband…Screaming, yelling, cursing and calling me names that no women should ever be called. He was so loud and vulgar that I had to hang up on him a few times and he would keep calling back, texting, emailing to do it all over again
Your so called facts are so twisted, my sister lives in Ohio and doesn’t know the first thing about dogs. So you stating I said my sister uses the clamp and twist method is such a lie. You know darn well that if you felt uncomfortable would not have ever placed the deposit and you also know that you would not be saying any of this about me if Kelcy were still with us. You are just using me as the easy target and you know with out a doubt that your pup did not get Parvo from me. I even have the sister we kept back to your pup and went to have her checked to prove that we do not have it. She is perfect. The whole litter is perfect but your pup who got it starting 12 days later and died on the 17th day. Another lie is that I never told you that there were only 4 pups in the litter. Your pups was #7 and there were 7 in the litter.
You might have done research and found a couple of reviews about “sick puppies” but in reality their pup had contracted giardia. Not an illness but a belly parasite that even though we have a prevention for, it is out of my control once the buyer leaves my home with their new pup. That is why most breeders do not cover Coccidia and Giardia in there health guarantee. You were a breeder so should know this. The “mange” review…The person did not even buy a pup, they came to visit and the pup had a bare patch on one of the back paws that we treated, probably some sort of fungus and the person placed a deposit even knowing that but wrote the review when I wouldn’t give his non-refundable deposit back because they found a cheaper pup somewhere. Actually read the review and also my response to them so you get the whole picture instead of making up your own version of the truth.
I do have other breeds but you are getting me confused with other people. Just because I am in Indiana doesn’t mean all the ones listed in Indiana are mine. You keep spitting out false information and clearly do not know what you are talking about. You even went as far as posting a negative review on my daughters listing because you don’t know what you are talking about only assuming.
Shots and wormers are given by me and clearly state that on the shot and worming record and it is why it is a separate sheet of paper than the vet check paper. The stickers from the vial are on that paper as well and given to the buyer so no, my vet did not give any of them. We do know and fully understand that you have to keep vaccines refrigerated and we do. The neo-par shot should not be given at 6 weeks along with the 5 way since the 5way also has a parvo prevention in it. again spitting out false information.
Again, I do co-breed with other families so the name on the AKC paper is the name of the family where they are kept. My name is not on it since they do not reside at my home.
You can continue to post false and fabricated stories about me and I will continue to state truth, the Real Truth about this whole situation is that you purchased and amazing pup and some how your pup was exposed to the Parvo virus while in your care and died from it. I am not even saying it is your fault, just that she was exposed while in your care and that attacking the breeder will change nothing.
Help diffrent situation any help would be great this is on the weekend and anouther way I’m trying to get help on a 2 year old German Shepherd. He was purchased from Hoover Acres in 2016 his DOB 7/16/16.
He has lost use of he’s back legs now front legs, x-rays and blood work has been done, no answers so far. We are asking if any of the litter or parents To him has had any problems like this. Any help would be greatly appreciated ASAP. He is a support dog to a veteran this is devistating to him also.
I continue to find more and more people who have been scammed by lori hoover, hoover acres, pampered pets, huggable puppies ect. Rest assured, we will continue to band together to make sure anyone surching for an ever growing number of breeds that she sells, will at least be informed before they purchase from this woman. There are so many lies in her reply, I truley don't know where to start, but I will go through systimaticlly to point out each one. When we came to your home, you said nothing about being a co breeder. You said you bred rottwielers and Burmese Mountain dogs and Doberman pinchers. And that your sister bred German Shepherds. Fact check, you would be listed as a co-owner on the AKC papers if in fact you had anything to do with the litter, no matter where the dog you co-owned lived. By deffinition, a broker is the middle man, not buying puppies and then reselling them. You present yourself as the owner/breeder that is selling their own litter. that is not what you are doing. You are advertising ten to fifteen breeds continually, year round. that's an awful lot of puppies. Last count you had 87 puppies listed on your multiple accounts. fact, lori told me about the clamp and twist meathod when i asked her who did the puppies tails. I had never heard of such a practice, but she assured me that it was the least bloody way to do it. fact, my puppie began to show signs of parvo on the 7th day we had her. we took her to the vet the next morning. She died 4 days later on the 12th day we had her. I have the paperwork from our vet with those dates, so that is not debatable. I"m sure not every pup from her litter died, especially since she transports them to the vet she uses on differant days, dependent on when the puppy will be sold.The pups from who knows how many differant litters that were transported that day are the ones more likly to have died from parvo, but there is no way to know which pups those were unless she would like to authorise her 'health check' vet to open up her complete records history. I saw my pups litter sister listed for sale on puppyfind at 16 weeks, and she looked so pathetic in the picture it made me want to go save her. Guess they only kept her till they could sell her. If you are reading this and you have already been scammed by this woman, please contact me, I am gathering people to come together in a class action law suit.
@ginny1961 has the dog been checked For dysphasia
Thank you so very much for posting. I put a deposit on a puppy today, and you and many others may have saved me and my family from heartache. And of course this excuse for a human being said I cannot have a refund for my deposit. Thank you again!
I want to speak out and let you know almost 2 months ago I purchased my cocker spaniel from Lori. My puppy is now 14 weeks old and is very healthy. She has been to my vet 3 times. She is very loving, sweet, smart, and well socialized. I would buy from Lori again. I hope this helps.
Cindy Staples
Well then leave me out of you law suit.
I bought a puppy from her a sheltie as a puppy. When I got her n took her to the vet 5 days after I got her he said she was in perfect health. This was back in February 2015. Today she is very healthy pup n Lord is has told me the gods honest truth about my sheltie.
All I see your as n the rest of you is immature n could not take care of a sack of crap let alone a precious life.
I d think twice if I was you..cuz she does have ppl who bought from her n had no issues.
Not true ... I will never buy again my Rottweiler has had issues after issues were told by Lori there aren't any problems with our rottweilers. I'm going through the same issues as I did my other rottweiler just from another backyard breeder that give a crap for the owners.
Hey my name is Tom Harris, I would love to learn more about anybody who has purchased a puppy from Hoover Acres. My email is th.harris1012@gmail.com
You may want to check some facts. Parvo has an incubation period of 2 to 14 days from initial exposure. So it could of been picked up from when you had her or breeder. Vaccines are not 100 percent effective in puppies that is why several are given until they are 12 weeks old. Moms antibodies will over ride the vaccine. Most breeders give their on shots. I don't know about your experience and sorry for your loss, but don't like to see facts twisted.
Lori sold me a Shih Tzu puppy refused to give me pictures or information on the mom and dad I drove from Illinois to Lagrange to her home in the Amish community she lives in a beautiful house inside and out when I got there and got the puppy that I wanted she was covered In dog feces and smelled and I had to drive all the way home with my pup puppy like that then I paid $150 deposit then when I picked her up I had to pay over 600 for her
Christine...You purchased a pup back in 2015 and you just contacted me on the Jan 26th 2019 asking if I had any more Shih Tzu pups so why would you want another one from me if your pup was covered in feces. You know that is a lie. I still have weeks worth of beautiful pictures of your pup clearly showing nothing as you described. why jump on this band wagon with people who clearly do not know the real facts and refuse to tell the whole story. This whole post started because a pup was exposed to a serious parasite and wasn't treated until it was too late. Not the breeders fault by any means (ask your vet and they will tell you) and I even did the humanly thing by offering another pup to her to show that we are not all about the money but about people. I am sure she did not purposely expose this pup but it did happen so I tried to do the right thing but some people would rather take their frustrations out on social media instead of trying to handle things like adults.
Very true..The disease can be on your shoes to were you have walked that day.Parvo can be in the ground up to 2 years. So she cannot say after she got her dog home that they stayed home the whole entire time. She probably stopped off somewhere to let the puppy potty n could have picked it up. Rotties are very high category to getting Parvo.