Rather Bull Terriers ripoff Goderich Ontario
I purchased 2 years ago a Bull Terrier from Heather Collins in Goderich, I found her add on the internet. The dog was a 6 week old female when we went to Godrich to pick it up. For the first month of my ownership the dog was veted numerous times for a parasite and ear infections etc. I thought at the time this was just something that happened. I paid $1000.00 for the pup. I did call Heather about it and she told me she had no problems at her kennels. At 5 months I had the dog spayed, and it was about this time she started to become aggressive. Since she was with I always sat with her at feeding times so she would not get aggressive however she started at these times snarling at me and anyone near her food. As the weeks went by she would snarl and growl anytime she did not want to do things like go in her cage. The final was whenI had her sleeping on my lap and she got of it and would go behind the couch in the den and if anyone went near her she would pin her ears back and snap. She was 7 months old. I spoke to my vet who suggest a vet pyscologist in Guelph and I spoke to Heather who was not concerned saying she would have probably took the dog back if it was not spayed (right). Bottom line I have Grandchildren and the dog was unsafe and we put it to sleep! Her dogs are mental!
Vicious and aggressive dogs do not buy from her.
Marie
Ontario
Canada
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Devilsadvocate4education*just My Opinions*
Las Vegas,Nevada,
U.S.A.
We are talking about a Bull Terrier aren't we?
#5Consumer Comment
Sat, January 17, 2009
Yup, do your homework before purchasing any breed. This breed, and alot of others with the word terrier in their name can be very difficult to handle if you don't have the proper knowledge to do so. They can sometimes be very aggressive, and can be very high energy, and no proper outlet for that energy seems to highten that aggression. It is also believed that they can suffer from a condition called rage syndrome. Other breeds that are thought to suffer from this: Cockers, springers, doby's, goldens, german shepherds, and on and on. Some simple research may have cleared up some of these problems, and probably resulted in you knowing early on that this probably wasn't the breed for you, and in fact, is not the breed for alot of people. We need to make ourselves aware of the typical health problems, temperment, characteristics, best training and handling methods, and best enviroment, as well and in addition to the look of the breed we are purchasing. Also, 6 weeks? *just my opinion*
Joe
Austin,Texas,
U.S.A.
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST
#5Consumer Comment
Fri, January 16, 2009
YOU KNEW YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN WHICH MEANS YOU SHOULD HAVE SELECTED A BREED MORE COMPATIBLE WITH CHILDREN,
BUT IF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TAUNT4ED, TEASED AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED THE DOG, IT WILL ATTACK JUST LIKE A HUMAN WOULD IF THEY DID THE SAME TO THEM.
THIS IS NOT A BREED FOR CHILDREN.
IF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN DO NOT KNOW THE PROPER WAY TO TREAT A DOG, YOU DO NOT NEED A DOG PERIOD!
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, LET US ASSUME YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE ANGELIC, PERFECT BEINGS WHO WOULD NEVER TEASE, KICK OR ABUSE A DOG.
THE BEST BREEDS FOR CHILDREN AND THERE ARE NOT MANY ARE LABRADORS, GERMAN SHEPHERDS, BORDER COLLIES AND BOXERS.
BUT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DOGS EVERYWHERE A SIMILAR FAVOR AND DO NOT GETS ANOTHER DOG IF YOU CANNOT GIVE THEM THE TRAINING, PROTECTION FROM CHILDREN AND THE PRIORITY THEY DESERVE IN YOUR LIFE!
DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU BUY ANOTHER ONE --BUT MY ADVICE TO YOU IS DON'T.
Jordo
Nepean,Ontario,
Canada
probably your own fault
#5Consumer Comment
Thu, January 15, 2009
99% of the time its the owners fault that the dogs are agressive. you probably could have done a little more work training your dog not to be agressive than to put it down before it was 6 months old. you may have got ripped off on the price or the condition of you pup, but it wasnt born agressive, im sure you the owners didnt help the cause, you blame it on the breeder? she didnt raise them, you did and clearly not a good job.shame on you for not trying harder to fix the problem, instead take the easy way out a kill the dog.take some responsibility
Cathy
Montreal,Quebec,
Canada
Heather Collins Rather Bull Terriers still ripping people off
#5Consumer Comment
Sat, May 03, 2008
Marie, I'm so sad to hear that years after my story was originally posted on Rip Off Report Heather Collins is still ripping people off of thousands of dollars for her assembly-line-bred puppies.
I'll forever be scarred by this experience. I still think about my puppy that had to be put down at 6 months old. Throughout the years I've often thought that things might've been different had I gotten a female, but judging from your experience probably not.
I haven't been turned off the breed - a part of me still wants to own a bull terrier one day. I have two (small breed) dogs now and finally see what it's like to get that unconditional love. It's just not normal for a PUPPY to instinctively want to attack the person giving it love, shelter and food unless there's something seriously wrong with that dog.
I'm sorry that we both had to live through that.
Heather Collins, if you're reading these words, you're a greedy degenerate. I hope your dogs turn on you one day and you suffer the pains of your own causing. I take comfort in knowing that if it's not you who'll be punished for your sins it'll be your children. It's called Karma, baby, and what goes around comes around.