Pup owner sick after learning pet came from breeder with history of animal cruelty

[pstokely]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/29537352/pup-owner-scammed-by-dog-breeder-with-cruelty-history

"One Overland Park woman found her dream dog online but says the puppy's DNA proves he is not what she paid thousands for.

Amy Stehli wanted a mini bull dog and fell in love with a pup named Oliver advertised on an Overland Park Petland's website.

"We saw him online first. I had been looking at breeders to buy from directly and I feel in love with him. I went up there, his temperament. I was sold," Stehli said.

Stehli paid $2,500 and Oliver became the newest addition to her family.

As time passed, Oliver was growing fast, too fast for the bull dog-pug mix Stehli was told that she had purchased.

"He's gone from 16 pounds to 40 pounds in a matter of weeks and this was getting close to full grown," she said.

Stehli maintains that the pet store pulled a bait and switch on her. She hadn't received the paperwork on Oliver's lineage, documents Petland promised to send her, so she started making calls.
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[Wilms]

1. Her willingness to pay $2500 for a dog is a big part of the problem.

Adopt! And with the $2200 that's left over you can make a donation to the shelter.

[get the red out]

2. Homework

Our dog is a rescue and is an amazing girl. It even sounds like the shelter made a better guess about her main breed and future size than this "breeder's" guarantee!

I am not against dog breeding, good breeders are just about the only way to avoid the potential health issues of a pediatric neuter, which makes me worry about our girl a lot!

Another thing we need more of is pet deliver people who move good but unwanted dogs from cave man states like mine, to places where they will immediately find a home.

And the designer dog craze enables puppy millers to rip people off in a whole new way.

[mnhtnbb]

3. I just don't understand people willing to pay so much $$ for a dog.

Our best dogs have all been from shelters or rescue organizations and cost $200.--tops--
most of which is funding the time the animal spent at the shelter or in foster care and cost of spay/neuter.

[frylock]

4. Having a hard time sympathizing with someone who dropped $2500 on a puppy mill dog