Complaint Review: Teresa Fugeman

This is one of the most dishonest breeders in the country.  She lies and gives false impressions to make herself look like a reputable breeder.  She is a small time backyard breeder who is not what she wants you to think she is.  She breeds for profit only and will rip you off in a heartbeat.  She has taken advantage of several of my friends with all her lies and bogus information. She looks for people who are naive and do not ask a lot of questions.  She puts on a front like she is a respectable breeder and sends out a lot of friend requests on Facebook to other breeders so that she looks like she is a part of the crowd. The truth is most breeders do not even know her and if they do they want nothing to do with her. 

She has two male dogs although she will want you to think she has many male champions.  She does not own a male that she bred. She buys older dogs from other breeders to use for breeding. She owns only 2 females and she breeds the one female every single heat cycle with this same dog called EJ.  She is fully aware that the this dog has eye issues and will more than likely produce offspring with the same problems, but she will not stop breeding him.  These two dogs she breeds over and over will produce beautiful puppies and it’s easy to fall in love and forget to ask pertinent questions about health guarantees and genetic issues that are in her lines.  No one said this breeder does not produce nice puppies.

The puppies are nice,  it’s the breeder that you should avoid.  Once she has your money, she will only respond when you have positive things to say.  If you have any questions about the health of your puppy…if you even insinuate that your puppy is not perfect in every way… and present her with an issue, she will attack you. She will insult you and accuse you of hurting the puppy. She will slander you on social media to cover up what she knows is truth.  Her health guarantee is weak if you even get one. It’s for one year and it covers only life threatening illness. She will not cover or pay for anything else….even the cherry eye your puppy will more than likely get from the father who has had to have numerous corrective surgeries to fix it.  

Most of the time she will not send out your paperwork and will say she forgot to send it.  You have to constantly contact her for registration, shot records, health guarantees. When she does send the health guarantee, you will see that it is worthless.  It will state that if your puppy is covered ONLY for a life threatening illness and that you will need to give the puppy back so she can destroy it. She knows you will opt to spend thousands of dollars to get your puppy well rather than allow that.

Bottom line, this is a small time breeder who pretends to be someone she’s not. She charges top dollar for puppies that are from parents that are not health tested. The price she charges will be based on your vulnerability.  She has charged people as high as $2000 a puppy if she knows there is a heartache where someone has lost a beloved pet. She will tell you she has to hand deliver the puppy to your home and charge you extra for delivery. She will tell you the puppy will be a champion and her price is higher even though she knows there is no way to tell at that age. She will tell you that she wants to keep one the puppy you want but if you “really want that one” the price will go up substantially.  She will change her story and her price with every buyer.  Dealing with her is a nightmare. There are far too many puppies out there from honest breeders to have to deal with this con artist.