Mittelwest German Shepherds Julie Martinez No refund, Bad Breeder, Mistreats dogs, Colors dogs Wonder Lake, Illinois
I am a disabled man. I went to Julie Martinez, the owner of Mittelwest German Shepherds and made a deal with her for a pup. I got this male pup and after being told by her boyfriend/manager Grant and herself this would be a show pup, we made a deal. After having this pup for a little over a month. We noticed he was very afraid of everything. Then we started noticing his tail was crooked. I tried calling Julie Martinez, and didn't get a response until I placed some complaint ads up on breeding websites. She then gave me a female pup in return for the male pup, which I had to place because she was going to put it down. We had the same problem with the female pup, we brought it to Julie's training facility in Wonder Lake and the female pup would not do the bite work. She insisted that I wait until she gets a nice pup and one that she felt would be a good fit for me. She did sell that female pup to someone else but I never recieved any of the money and it has been over a year now and still no replacement pup. I have tried emailing her but she has a different excuse each time. These pups came from a breeding out of a dog she owns named V1 Yasso vom Mittelwest SchH3. She has many pups that were bred from this dog and I am sure many more issues and complaints. We became friends and I seen first hand how the dogs and pups are treated at her facilities and its not good. The kennels are dirty, the manager yells and abuses the dogs, she uses kids to do what adults should do and so much more. I will also be making complaints on many other sites until I get the pup that was promised to me. I also know so much about her operations and the handeling of the dogs and pups on her property and all this is, is a big puppy mill and these poor dogs sit in kennels all day and all night coming out only when people come for training or to buy a pup. They bleach the kennels and put the dogs right back into them before they are even dried off. They bathe the dogs and pups only when someone is coming to see them. They dont spend time with the dogs and all they care about is breeding and making money at the cost of others. The register the pups under their kids names and others because she has had so many complaints. There is so much more, if you are interested in knowing more please let me know. Be careful she has been charged and accused of coloring dogs for shows and I have proof of that as well as so many other things.Thanks
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Disabled Man
Wheeling,Illinois,
United States of America
I AM SORRY JULIE AND MITTELWEST SHEPHERDS
#3Author of original report
Sat, August 20, 2011
I am the person who recently posted an ad here about Julie and her MITTELWEST Shepherds. I was not honest and I was trying to get back at her for personal reasons. Why I did it here, I am not sure all I know, is I was wrong and all I said was blown way out of line and not truthful. I am sorry for the pain and hurt I caused Julie and anyone at her club and I can assure you this will never happen again. When I first signed up here in Jan. Last year, yes I had gotten a pup from Julie and it was a great dog and yes his tail was bent but only when he got excited, I posted the ad here because I wanted some advice from other German
Shepherd breeders but I should have just went to her first. Because once she found out, she replaced the pup right away and we found the pup with the curved tail a new loving home. My words back there were blown out of proportion only because I did not know any better and I was disappointed that this pup I came to love that I was planning on showing at the time had this curve in his tail.
Instead of going right to her which I should have, I came on here and posted my ad and got all kinds of advice both good and bad and I took the bad advice and what others said and I made a bigger deal of it back then that wasn't necessary because all I had to do was go to the breeder in the first place (Julie). She made it right back then and I had no need to further any more posts. The pup she replaced it with was a great pup, very smart, beautiful and won 3rd place at a show. But at the time I was recovering from my 3rd surgery and living with my Grandmother who is 84 and the pup had a lot of drive and was to much for her, so again I went back and Julie took and placed her and told me when I was ready, she would give me another pup. Let me make this clear, I paid only a deposit for the pup because I was not financially in a good position because of my surgeries
and I was off work. Julie trusted me and out of the kindness of her heart gave me these pups in good faith and for me to make payments. Instead I painted her house as an even trade after making the initial payment and one other as an even trade. Then recently I had another surgery and I have been recovering again.
Well some stuff happened during the last year and Julie helped me out alot emotionally and financially, we became friends and again I owe her, not for the new pup this time but for money she loaned me until I got back on my feet. But recently I emailed Julie and asked for the pup that she promised me and she said she didn't have any available that were solely hers at the time and before she was going to give me a pup, she wanted me to make good or an effort to pay back what she wanted. Instead I posted the recent post about Julie and Mittelwest that was made of lies and BS. I was wrong and I made a mistake. My credibility
here is no good, so please dont listen to me accept for what I have said here because here I am being honest and I have cooled off and thought about my actions. Julie has made a great name for herself and Mittelwest and it shows all over this country and the world, I am just one person that didn't think before I did what I did and I do not want to hurt her, her family or her business in any way shape or form. Julie has not asked me to say anything, I am not even sure she knows about these posts, but I needed to clear my own mind and make things right however I can. Again for all the users here, I am sorry for involving you
in this web of lies and hurt I tried to cause and for the internet world I am sorry for ever making this bad stuff up about Julie and her club. They are a bunch of great people that work hard and it shows when you go to their property, and it shows in the rings and all the great achievements they have accomplished over the years. It shows at their training facilities and if you go to see her kennels and pups, the place is like no other. i lied about the abuse and the cleanliness of her property and kennels. If you have been there you know the truth of how clean it is and how much they love their dogs and treat them like family and if you haven't been there or seen her operation or pups, maybe give it a shot because she is one of a kind and a great person to deal with and she is always fair and honest. Yes you can dig and you might find others such as myself that have made up lies to hurt her for one reason or another, but in reality I have nothing bad to say about her or her kennel and I made a grave mistake by lying and doing this to a person like Julie and her family. I hope if this is ever read by them she will forgive me. It is and was my fault and I am sorry for doing any of this. If anyone has anything they would like to say to me or ask me, please email back, otherwise let this go and forgive me for my part in hurting an undeserved person that works her but off to make this breed one of the best.
Disabled Man
Wheeling,Illinois,
United States of America
Mittelwest Kennels is a Great Breeder
#3Author of original report
Sat, August 20, 2011
I am the original person who posted this complaint. I did so without ever talking to Julie Martinez the owner of Mittelwest. I told lies and made unfounded remarks here without first going to the source. I said things that were out right lies and I am sorry for ever posting this ad. I did it because of personal conflicts that have all been worked out and I am very satisfied witht he outcome. Please forgive the previous posts I have made and it wont happen again.