Lobos English Bulldogs review: sold us an english bulldog with cancer 6

We bought an English bulldog from lobos 2 years ago. Our sweet puppy passed about after a year and a half old. We reached out to Lobos about what happened and all I got was I am so sorry. Our puppy ended up having intestinal problems due to inbreeding we were told from our vet and and internist that saw her. Lobos was supposed to get back to us once thier vet saw the report and never heard from them. Have the message to prove this. Please don't buy a puppy from them they are obviously a puppy mill acting as a reputable Breed. Shame on me thinking I did enough research and to think that they would stand behind a 1 1/2 old puppy that passed away.

I have Miley sister her name is Tankerbelle

I have no doubt of the OPs account as my family and I too have had an unpleasant experience with the health of our puppy. I don’t think the couple running Lobos would have intentionally sold them a sick dog but there is very little chance they didn’t know our pup was sick and I’m not entirely sure that they should be breeding these dogs at all. Not bad people just not good breeders.
We picked our sweet girl up from Lobos this past summer, at their home. Upon arriving at their home we saw a wire pen outdoors (shaded by a canopy) with what I believe I recall were a couple of Frenchie pups as well as a robust little bulldog pup. We were greeted by the patriarch, my husband and I spoke with him while our daughter looked in at the pups in the pen. The man was expecting us but was confused as to which dog we had reserved and offered up the chubby, dappled pup in the pen as available as well. We waited about 20 minutes for his wife to come out with our baby and when she did she was friendly but it was rather shocking to see the size of our baby- she was so wee, barely half the size of the bulldog pup in the pen (who we were told was her litter mate), wobbly, mouth slightly agape and it was clear that she had been bathed immediately before being brought out to us. At the time I thought, “oh she’s the runt!” and didn’t think much at all about the wobbly gate and last-minute bath but they were red flags in retrospect. We asked about the other pup in the pen and were met with the woman telling us (and her husband) that she intended on keeping that one. “Another one!?” her husband remarked.
They gave us a sweet package with toys and treats, had us review her vaccine records and health contact (that only becomes actionable upon the untimely death of your pet being proven a genetic issue), paid and headed home. She saw the vet a couple of days late due to Covid scheduling backlog but we communicated as much to the breeders and let them know when she finally got in to the vet, relayed all the required info to them, etc. Our baby girl was very quiet and slow and had constant diarrhea for the first couple of days- we thought she was just adjusting. But when the listlessness and GI distress persisted and she became very irritable at any attempt to touch/cuddle/play we rushed her back to the vet. After multiple days filled with multiple tests our wee baby Lou was found to have multiple parasites and bacterial infections. One in particular (I believe it was coccidia) the vet didn’t screen for during the first 2 visits as we assured him we scurried our pup from a reputable breeder and such parasites aren’t seen when litters are properly cared for (hygienically).
We texted the breeders regarding the vets findings and we received a text back saying that they had ONE of their dogs checked recently and that everything was fine; they were surprised she was so sick. There was no follow up and we didn’t reach out again as we still aren’t sure of their situation and intentions.
Our girl has also been found to have very limited to no sight in her one blue eye, and rather wildly luxating patellas. Our vet(s) best assessment is that she came from a poorly bred pair and lived in unhygienic quarters with her much larger siblings literally and figuratively walking all over her until we picked her up.
It took weeks to finally rid her poor body of all the bugs and bacteria but once she was finally healthy and had been on her joint & pain supplements for a bit her sweet, sweet personality was finally able to come through. She’s got the funkiest walk around, she’s near sighted as all heck, she still can’t hold her bladder through the night and her vet bills over the past 7 months are WELL into the mid 5 figures but we all love our little squishy muffin baby so very much.
Bulldogs are a tricky breed in many ways (she’s not our first) but she should never have been so sick with parasites and bacteria. It’s so hard to know that she was so miserable for so long.
I know the breeders at Lobos breed Shepards (they have for years) and, from what I was able to glean from our conversations, the bulldog breeding and acquisition was a bit of a side project for them- one that may have gotten somewhat out of hand.

We have one of Miley's puppies and he is amazing, more importantly was, and is, the concern, care and follow-up of the owners of Lobos English Bulldogs have given us. They always want to know how he is doing and have provided advice numerous times over the last 2 plus years. We have so much faith in Lobos that we have purchased a second bulldog puppy from them this past spring. For us that means a 10 hour drive when many breeders are much closer to our home. Again, they have only showed caring and concern, long after the purchase and pick-up was complete. I have had numerous interactions with this breeder and have no doubt about their honesty, integrity and love of dogs.

We purchased one of Miley's puppies from Lobos and could not be happier with the treatment we received from the breeders. They are kind, good, gentle people who love their animals. It was abundantly evident when we visited their property and met Miley, the sire, the puppies, and many of their other bulldogs. They take great care of their animals. They were incredibly supportive of us not only through the buying process but also throughout the first year of our puppy's life (and still today). Not only did we get complete veterinarian information about the puppy, but they sent us home with an entire package of information about English bulldogs, a collar, toys, treats, and puppy shampoo. They asked that we send them the results of our vet's physical of the puppy once we had the initial checkup done, and we were happy to comply. It showed a real, sincere care for their animals, even after they had gone to new homes. In every possible way these breeders showed responsibility, capability, care, ethical behavior, compassion, and love.

I feel certain the breeder's account of the situation as posted above is true. It sounds like a terrible misunderstanding and certainly tragic for Miley and her family, but anyone adopting an older animal must understand that there are no health guarantees. Had the breeders known about the cancer I have no doubts they would have disclosed the information or not even considered adopting Miley out. Their dogs are their babies. Everyone does the best they can with the information they have, and these breeders are no exception. They are absolutely NOT the sort of people to deceive others, especially at the expense of a dog. We would purchase another puppy from them in a heartbeat. We will also consider adopting an adult from them someday. And I would recommend them to anyone.

We are sincerely sorry that Miley was found to have mammary cancer. Miley came to us as an adult from another breeder. She was bred and after her puppies were weaned, I noticed a small lump in her mammary gland and took her to our vet. There was discharge from the nipple that was thick and they thought it might be an infected pocket in the gland and she was prescribed a round of antibiotics. That was in October 2017, and we were told to keep an eye on it. It had never gotten larger and in fact it had gotten smaller. Our vet stated this was common in intact females, so we didn’t worry about it. Fast forward to October 2018, we had her spayed and later wanted to find a nice family to adopt her. We advertised her for adoption with only a $500 adoption fee, even though we had paid $4000 for her ourselves. We found a nice couple that had the proper home environment that we were seeking for her. They paid the small adoption fee of $500 and took her home. Three weeks later, they contacted us and noticed the lump in her mammary gland and in all honesty, we had totally forgotten about it. We had no idea that it was a cancerous lump as our vet thought it was an infected mammary gland. The adoptive family asked for vet records and I contacted our vet and asked them to forward her records to them by mail. A couple weeks went by and assumed the vet office had mailed the records as requested. The new owners contacted me and said Miley was going to have surgery to remove it in a few weeks, and they had not received her records. We drove to the vet that day, got the records and texted pictures of her records showing the date when we took her in to have it checked and the notes the vet had written about it. There wasn’t much to her vet records besides heartworm test, vaccines, checking the lump, c section and spay. Once we knew they had a surgery scheduled, we immediately wrote them a check for $250 and mailed it to them and they cashed it right away. They never asked us for money, but thought it would help pay for the surgery to do the right thing for Miley. We reached out a couple times to see how she is doing and the new owners will not respond back to us. We would NEVER adopt out a dog that we ever thought had cancer or any other health issues that we were aware. We had no idea that she had any health problems and she was also genetically health tested for multiple diseases and was not affected by any according to the testing. We have never heard anything back from her new owners and I’m deeply saddened that they would post something like this online. Miley was very much loved by our family and they promised to keep in touch with updates when they adopted her.