Complaint Review: FRENCHIECONNECTION.NET - JASON PORTNOY / NICOLE MONGELLI -- SCAMMERS - wellington Florida

BUYER BEWARE -- FRENCHIECONNECTION.NET

JASON PORTNOY & NICOLE MONGELLI -- SCAMMERS !!

Help get these scam artists out of the French bulldog business!

UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES!

We are writing this complaint today in hopes for some justice and hope that this breeder is stopped

for his unethical breeding practices.  He is solely for profit and has no regard for the health and safety of his French Bulldogs. He will not follow any of the USDA and Florida selling guidelines.

We purchased 2 French bulldogs from a USDA breeder in West Palm beach Florida.

 The USDA breeder is Frenchie Connection - Jason Portnoy and Nicole Mongellli - 13799 Columbine, Wellington, FL  33414.  Our vet (Lake Alfred Animal Hospital) has also filed a complaint against this breeder with USDA  and against the vet (Palms West Animal Center) that did not follow the USDA guidelines for selling animals.  We have a signed contract and health guarantee on the contract covering both French bulldogs for 1 year and the breeder has numerous times refused to honor the contract. . Unfortunately, both of the French bulldogs arrived to us in very ill condition.

 One of the French bulldog's was a puppy who arrived to us with diarrea and blood in the poop and fever of 105. We immediately rushed the puppy to the vet and made the breeder aware and after numerous tests found that it had giardia and possibly parvo and if any additional time would of lapsed the puppy would not of survived. At the time of taking the puppy to the vet, the breeder still had not provided any health certificate for the puppy. The puppy is still alive but still on medication and blood in the poop.

We have not been able to stop it thru today.  To make matters at the worst scenario, the adult female that was sold to with 2 AI services by the breeder passed  suddenly overnight of what has been called of a seizure. The breeder had not provided a Health Certificate prior to the her passing.

 Upon further investigation, and calling the vet that supposedly saw the frenchies before coming to us we found out that the vet never actually gave either of the French bulldogs the vaccines as required by law as well as allowed the breeder to bring in his own fecal stool in order to falsify and alter the health certificate for the 2 french bulldogs.  Our vet says it would of been impossible to get a clear health certificate with the condition of the 2 frenchies.  A health certificate was later supplied to us after this occurred as a copy and looks altered.   The breeder will not assist / comply with his executed contract nor with any USDA or Florida Lemon Law requirements as a licensed breeder. 

 We are out over $8000 in payment to the breeder as well as vet fees.

 After additional investigation regarding the Adult Female we found out she had been returned to the breeder a few months before because she had Giardea and Mange and this was never disclosed to us as she was sold to us as a breeding female.

To date, the breeder has not provided us with an original copy of a health certificate, they have made  nothing but excuses and sent us an altered copy of a report.

We have exhausted all efforts  and we dont know what else to do.

Please help us in anyway possible.

In addition, I would suggest you visit the address I provided above as this is not the USDA License address and we believe the puppies are still being sold that are sick.

The location also has horrible living conditions and puppies are kept stacked in a 10x10 room.

The outside has a very small grass are with lots of standing water which is a breeding ground for the giardia virus.