Complaint Review: Kool Alaskan Malamutes Huskies And Samoyeds - Ionia Other

 Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, involved in starving and abusing dogs to frame other breeders. Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, and Kiskakon Malamutes located in Allen, MI, and owned by Dawn McClellan are trying to ruin other breeders' businesses:

In September 2008, Kool Alaskan Malamutes came into the knowledge that Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, was involved in starving and abusing dogs to frame other breeders for grudges that she held against these breeders. She possibly also did this to put these breeders out of business so that she could gain the entire Alaskan Malamute market. Jolene Houghtaling published starved and abused dog pictures on the internet stating that these other breeders did this. Jolene Houghtaling also spread the word around to stay away from buying from certain breeders. A number of Alaskan Malamutes breeders went out of business due to this tactic of Jolene Houghtaling.

Dawn McClellan, owner of Kiskakon Malamutes located in Allen, MI, is now helping Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, ruin other breeders' businesses.

Kool Alaskan Malamutes stuck up for one of these breeders in October 2008 that Jolene Houghtaling framed with starved and abused pictures. Jolene Houghtaling then had her lawyer unrightfully shut down our website in the beginning of 2009 because we were publishing the truth on our website of how Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, had spread slander on the internet about this breeder. Jolene Houghtaling lied and said that we had slander on our website. But of course, ALL of the evidence shows that Jolene Houghtaling is the guilty one who starved and abused the innocent Malamutes and also swindled Malamutes by use of a third party to gain all of the bloodlines that she wanted.

Jolene Houghtaling then had Wildpaw Malamute forum members write Ripoff Reports and other bad reviews against Kool Alaskan Malamutes starting the very end on January 2009 to get back at us for publishing the truth on our website in defense of this breeder. Then, Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, served lawsuits on us and the breeder that we helped, using the false witness of Dawn McClellan, owner of Kiskakon Malamutes located in Allen, MI, to get back at the breeder that we helped. Both Jolene Houghtaling and Dawn McClellan lied under oath at the lawsuit for the breeder that we helped.

Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, also is using domain names for Cascade Alaskan Malamutes and Wakon Alaskan Malamutes in order to get puppy buyers to come to her rather than go to them. This is unethical and shady.

BEWARE of the various Alaskan Malamute breed clubs, forums, and breeders such as the Alaskan Malamute Club of America (AMCA), Wildpaw Malamute forum, Golden Years Malamute Rescue, and Hudson's Malamutes & Huskies owned by Jolene Houghtaling:

BEWARE of the supporting, joining, and buying puppies from the members/owners of the various Alaskan Malamute breed clubs and forums such as the Alaskan Malamute Club of America (AMCA), Wildpaw Malamute forum, Golden Years Malamute Rescue, and Hudson's Malamutes & Huskies owned by Jolene Houghtaling. They have been and/or are involved in one and/or more of the following unethical practices:

1. Bashing other breeders.

2. Publishing and speaking lies about other breeders.

3. Feeding the dogs in their care less than quality dog food because they did not and/or do not have the money to buy quality dog food.

4. Member(s) dumping Malamutes in kill shelters.

5. Members posting slanderous reviews and reports about other breeders.

6. Taking steps to destroy the businesses of other breeders.

7. Publishing lies about their dogs' weights to sell their puppies.

8. Hounding and stalking other breeders.

9. Using the domain names of other breeders to get their business.

10. Telling people that they come into contact with to stay away from buying puppies from certain breeders.

11. Telling people that they come into contact with that their Malamutes are better than other breeders' Malamutes.

12. Knowingly breeding Malamutes with hip dysplasia.

Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, involved in starving and abusing dogs to frame other breeders.

In September 2008, Kool Alaskan Malamutes came into the knowledge that Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudsons Malamutes & Huskies, was involved in starving and abusing dogs to frame other breeders for grudges that she held against these breeders. She possibly also did this to put these breeders out of business so that she could gain the entire Alaskan Malamute market. Jolene Houghtaling published starved and abused dog pictures on the internet stating that these other breeders did this. Jolene Houghtaling also spread the word around to stay away from buying from certain breeders. A number of Alaskan Malamutes breeders went out of business due to this tactic of Jolene Houghtaling.

Kool Alaskan Malamutes stuck up for one of these breeders in October 2008 that Jolene Houghtaling framed with starved and abused pictures. Jolene Houghtaling then had her lawyer shut down our website. Jolene Houghtaling then had Wildpaw Malamute forum members write Ripoff Reports and other bad reviews against us in the beginning of 2009.

Jolene Houghtaling also is using domain names for Cascade Alaskan Malamutes and Wakon Alaskan Malamutes in order to get puppy buyers to come to her rather than go to them. This is unethical and shady

Wildpaw Malamute forum members are saying horrible things about Kool Alaskan Malamutes. Jolene Houghtaling, owner of Hudson's Huskies & Malamutes, has as her friends on Facebook Wildpaw Malamute Forum members.

Kh6

Jefferson U.S.A.

there's some false information...

Devil's Advocate: I'd rather not drag the name of the forum on here but the forum is the first one that comes up when you google "malamute forum". I've been a member for 9 years (even prior to the new format) and I'm not sure why your browser would alert to a problem. Contrary to what has been posted, bashing a particular kennel (using names) publicly is forbidden. We do however have posts about what to look for in a breeder, decoding breeder websites, etc. There are a few people on the forum who have purchased dogs from the Kools. One of them discovered this site and since the people know each other from the forum having had similar experiences, they let the others know about it. Nothing more, nothing less, not driven by any outside breeder, etc. I'm not directly affected by any of this but I know the people involved and have seen the posts on the forum, discussing their problems and looking for help resolving them.

As a breeder, the "evil" AMCA kind, I would question some of what has been said in the various rebuttals and would love to go to town pointing out everything that doesn't make sense but it's not my fight. In this case I think both parties share responsibility, one took on a dog with likely same sex problems, the other allowed it to happen.

Kh6

Jefferson U.S.A.

Not sure where that came from or the relevance...

For starters, this breeder is not being bashed on the forum. It is not allowed. I believe anyone who wishes to read the posts on the forum are welcome to do so but you have to be a member to post. Feel free to do a search, there are no posts bashing this breeder. Some of the people filing reports are on the forum but there are over 700 members from all over the world--the malamute world is a small one and given the number of litters produced by this kennel, big surprise that some of their puppy people found the forum and joined. We have pet people, show people, working people, breeders, and rescue people on there.

It's irrelevant where the administrator is from. He maintains the forum from a technical standpoint and doesn't participate in discussions--I'm not even sure if he owns malamutes. The moderator is the one who polices the forum and mentioning breeders by name in a negative light is forbidden and may get you expelled from the forum.

It's not quite the conspiracy you want it to be.

Doris

Chesapeake U.S.A.

The "Other" Forum

I am the moderator of the Wildpaws Forum. I am the one responsible for making sure that our forum rules are followed. We do not allow any negative comments about a person, business, or product by name. I have done a thorough search of our site and Kool Alaskan Malamutes is not mentioned anywhere on our forum. With 700+ members, there are members who have purchased puppies from Kool's as well as many other kennels. The fact that they are members of our group does not make the Wildpaws Forum in any way involved in these Ripoff Reports. There is no mention of Ripoff Reports or getting together to file complaints against anyone. What our members do outside of the forum is their personal business and not linked to our forum. I do not want our forum drug into any conflicts outside of our group. We are not linked to any breeding kennel and do not sell puppies on our forum, so are not in competition with any breeding kennels. Since the Kool Alaskan Malamutes name is not posted anywhere on our forum, we are not involved in any way with any of the complaints filed.

Please be careful about using names on a site like this, where the info can not be edited. Even if wrongly accused, the info can not be removed. Our forum is very careful to not post negative info about anyone by name to protect ourselves from legal issues and we expect others to do the same for us.

Thank you

Wildpaw Malamute forum states that nothing negative is being said on their forum about Kool Alaskan Malamutes, but please read the following email excerpts from a Malamute rescue group and emails from a previous puppy buyer who is/was a part of Wildpaw Malamute forum. All email addresses have purposely been omitted. The name of the Malamute rescue worker has been also purposely omitted. Maybe nothing negative is being said on Wildpaw's forum itself about Kool Alaskan Malamutes, but the members of Wildpaw Malamute forum are clearly saying terrible things about Kool Alaskan Malamutes:

1. On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Britney Behling wrote:

"Hi Pat- Sargent is doing great, we love him to death. He is currently in Novice training, graduated from his puppy class with flying colors. He LOVES his sister and his favorite toys are balls, he has quite the accumulation of them at this point. (I have attached a couple pictures). We would love to find Sarge a playmate as his sister is getting a little older now and would much rather relax on the couch with us than run around and wrestle with Sarge. Unfortunately, we can only afford about 200-250 for another dog, so if you have any puppies that haven't found homes yet and their prices drop a little bit, it'd be great if you could let me know. Like I said, we would love to have a new puppy in the house. Thanks so much for your time.

Britney Behling"

On May 26, Britney wrote an email to the Malamute rescue stating that they had another male dog now, obviously adopted/bought after the February 22 email from Britney to us that is seen above.

2. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:41 PM wrote:

Please find below a message submitted on 2009-05-28 at 18:41 comments:

"Hello- We have been contacted about a pup you sold (out of Power and Montana) that the owners have to "get rid of". I'd like to make arrangements for him to be returned to you. Please email me at your earliest convenience....this pup doesn't have much time. Thank you."

3. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Britney Behling wrote:

"Pat- After receiving Sarge from you, we joined Wildpaws Forum and heard terrible things about you, your family and your "puppymill" as most would call it. We were told not to expect you to take any sort of responsibility for any defaults in your dogs by not only other malamute owners, but by other breeders and by the Alaskan Malamute Rescue themselves. What would you have done, may I ask? Driven the 5 hours to come pick him up just to sell him to another family unaware of the temperment problems you knowingly breed into your poor animals? He has a severe aggressive reaction with other dogs in his home and we did what was best for him due to the dangerous situation we were presented with in our home. He will go to Alaskan Malamute Rescue and any family interested in adopting him will be informed of his aggression along with only being placed in a single dog home."

Sent from my iPhone

On May 28, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Kool Family wrote:

"Britney, Per your signed contract, you were required to contact us if you no longer wanted your Mal from us. Why did you "drop" him off at a rescue?

The Kools"

4. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:35 AM, wrote:

"I was contacted about a mal by DuPage County - area shelters often contact breed rescue about dogs at their facilities. We have him listed on our website as a potentially incoming dog (he is still at the County kill facility at present). We frequently help dogs from area shelters. Can you help him? As you know, rescue is a small network of volunteers. We don't have a kennel setup or anything like many breeders do. Please just let me know if you are able to help Sarge, I don't want to see him die."

So, this great Malamute rescue worker took HER time and HER gas money to rescue Sarge and drive him to us shortly after the above email, and Sarge JUST left us in October 2009 for his new home. Not only are Wildpaw Malamute forum members saying terrible things about Kool Alaskan Malamutes, but their own members are dumping Malamutes in animal shelters to be killed.

While Sarge was with us for over 4 months, he lived in wonderful peace with 2 other AKC purebred Malamutes even sharing with them open feeding 24 hours/day as well as the same water.

For those who would like to see a rebuttal. Just 4 short sentences sum it up:

Shaking our heads. Yeah, right. Gee whiz. What absurdities that people come up with.