Complaint Review: Christina Hopkins of Frenchique French Bulldogs - cedar rapids ia

My best friend is a disabled veteran who bought a dog named Chip, who was suppose to have full rights, from Christina and Bobby Lynch to use as a emotional therapy dog over a year ago. But when she got the dog home he went bananas, attacking her cats and other dog, biting my friend in the process. Chips, it turns out - is a dog Christina got by screwing a decent breeder who wanted to help mentor her. Christina never made good on her promises to said lady and the dogs papers were flagged.

Anyways - Christina sold him to another couple knowing this was coming back to bite her. She told my friend she would give her a puppy with papers. A month later my friend goes to pick up the pup and Christina shows up at the gas station with this puppy that she gives her with $40 to go get the microchip done - she didn't have time supposedly. There is no vet certificate either!

My friend never having been through this before takes the pup home and vets him the next day - to find he has a bad murmur. She talks to Christine who makes excuses, and offers to pay vet bills. My friend gets the dog a cardiac ultrasound several months later and it turns out he has severe pulmonic stenosis so bad her vet doesn't recommend the 6k+ surgery for several reasons. She tries to talk to Christina again - who makes more excuses and ends up fighting with her. Verbally tears my friend down. Then blocks my friend completely. 

It's been almost a year when my friend finally opens up and has a nervous breakdown about everything - her dog is slowly dying, she paid this lady 3k, and then 1k in vet bills. All for nothing. She shows me every crazy text with this lady Christina and I'm beyond shocked - the lady talked a good game until they had my friend’s money. Then the gloves came off. Christina sounds like such a great person when you meet her - but when you try to deal with her she's a terrible person; completely dishonest.

The amount of neglect with her dogs is off the charts. For instance - she allowed her husband Bobby's white pitbull mix to attack her male Chip that she sold my friend initially. Who does this? I HAVE ALL TEXT PROOF of Christina telling her this! Its insane to see how crazy Christina is, and how terrible this was to begin with. It’s beyond sad that a veteran who fought for our country has to put up with this crap period.

But the fact is that had they NOT tried to cut corners by not taking litters of pups to the vet for some crap reason my friend would not be here.

Then Christina’s husband had the audacity to point fingers back at my friend like she this is her fault – and it isn’t.

These are not people I would ever recommend to even buy a chair from. The way they speak and treat other people like my friend – taunting her and hoping she’ll commit suicide – is simply disgusting.  The four-letter words and obscene name-calling I endured to try to speak to them this last time is awful to read. 

In a nutshell - These folks had ample time to either pay the vet fees (they had my friend’s paypal info and email and phone number and address) or to otherwise reimburse her for their negligence. They chose to end with threats and asinine statements.

I would STRONGLY warn folks to steer clear of these folks. They skip corners to make a profit. They screw folks over when a dog has problems.

THEY DON’T CARE is the bottom line.

Take your 3k and go find a decent breeder who is USDA registered, who has been doing this for more than 10 years. And also has no FB page devoted to folks who have been screwed by them.

These folks have screwed over multiple other people - from Colorado to IIlinois, up to Wisconsin. 

That these people want these folks to stop selling pups and screwing folks over for money is beyond understandable.