Sahara's Retrievers / Sahara Reddy / Ryan Chisholm / Joe Chisholm / Not Just a Puppy (nJAP) review: Unethical golden retriever breeder/puppy mill

Joe Chisholm - Dog Breeder — Breeds unhealthy puppies and sells for profit

Not Just A Puppy / Joseph Chisholm / Ryan Chisholm / Sahara Reddy — Unethical dog breeder

Please read complaints at the links above... Sahara is changing the name of her business and her stories constantly to continue to sell diseased and dying dogs at top dollar, claiming they are pure bred Golden Retrievers. People are losing thousands of dollars and experiencing heartbreak over their sick puppies bred in horrible conditions. They claim to be a non-profit rescue, with puppies coming from Oregon, Idaho, etc. this is not the case.

Here is my story:
I was about to pick up a puppy today, and was speaking with someone named Ryan, who said he is engaged to Sahara with "Not Just A Puppy" - notjustapuppy.org and same Instagram handle, but their/her IG is private.

Ryan was driving down from San Jose/Santa Clara area to meet me today in Valencia, which should have been my first red flag. His number and email show as "Joseph Chisholm" and thankfully I googled that name this morning. Read the terrible reviews on this board about Joseph who has a puppy mill operation, and numerous golden retrievers were sold and are experiencing serious health issues. Ryan said that Joe is his father, he isn't associated with him, etc. etc. I told him I was uncomfortable after reading the reviews, and said I wouldn't be meeting him without further reassurance and documentation on where these puppies came from and their health.

I repeatedly asked for the vet information and AKC numbers for the breeding pair. He couldn't provide either ("his fiancé doesn't want to give the AKC numbers out because then other people could register their dogs"... what?) and is currently threatening to report me to "the proper authorities" for not meeting him to pay him a cash deposit for his drive.

Do not engage with these people. Anyone who drives 7 hours round trip to deliver a dog without a pre-paid deposit is not running a professional operation. Anyone who goes to pick up the dog will be suckered into paying to remove the sick dog from their care, and will not be covered by whatever insurance she/they claim to to posess. You will not recieve AKC resgistration for the sire or dam of the litter because these dogs are not registered and not health checked. This is a horrible puppy mill dating back over a DECADE.