Complaint Review: Linda Wanamaker

Linda Wanamaker sold me a Havanese dog 11 months old for $2600.00 in July of 2016.  She agreed to my request  when we made the deal to test his patellas at the vets and have his eyes checked by the vet.  After she received my money, she was very short and curt when I asked questions and did not want to be bothered. 

I was flying from Tennessee to Washington State to pick up the dog and the ticket was 800 dollars.  I called her to confirm if she had been to the vet to check the patellas as we had agreed upon  and she started screaming at me that she did not have time to be bothered with phone calls and emails! I had not called her in 10 days and I had emailed her twice!  I was leaving in 36 hours to go pick him up and needed to know if his Patellas passed the test before flying cross country.  She asked me what day I was picking him up.  I said Thursday.  She screamed that she would have the vet report by then and not to bother her.   My plane left at 5am wednesday morning and I needed to know if the dog passed the test before making the trip!! 

She never did get them tested  rather she got a travel certificate,  which is not even needed to fly in cabin with a dog.  However, he was a rare Red havanese and  I wanted him so bad that I overlooked her behavior and I  flew to Washington state from Tennessee.  We spoke when I arrived at my hotel and set a time to meet at the airport the next morning before my flight.  

In the morning I found an email that she was coming later and also telling me in one sentence when his puppy shots were- 8 months ago. I thought surely she has more vet records for an 11 month old dog!!!   I called but she did not answer.   I left a very business-like message asking to please meet me at the agreed on time so I had time to pick up a ticket for the dog and get thru security.  I stated I was nervous about not having enough time.   She had changed the time allowing me only 35 minutes to do all that and board the plane!   I also asked if she had other records for the dog.  

She never called me back so I went to the airport and waited for her... and waited and waited.  She would not answer the phone and finally after standing outside the airport over half an hour and trying to call her several times,  I checked my email and found a message that she did not like being told what to do and she was not bringing the dog!!   I had flown across the country (11 hours of travel each way),  she had not tested him as we agreed,  she yelled at me and had not  told me in the two weeks since I paid her that she had no health records for this 11 month old dog and now she refused to bring the dog and was  offended that I asked her to meet me when she said and bring dog records??  

Ms Wanamaker excused her behavior by saying I was rude to her for asking about the pet records and insisting what time to meet me.  Not because I was rude in the way I said it but because I had the audacity to question her.  I asked very business like questions that any breeder should be able to answer.   Anyone else would have let into her with a fury for not telling them about the lack of recods, not doing the test and putting them through all that,  but I was business like and polite.  I did ask for more records and asked her to meet me in time to actually get on the flight!!! That certainly could not be called rude.  I wanted the dog so bad I put up with her abuse and unprofessional behavior,  but  I wound up with no dog anyway! 

I got my $2600 back from Paypal,  but I'm out nearly  $1000 in travel expenses and came home with no dog.   All I can do is warn people what happened to me.   Be careful.