Complaint Review: Terra Christa Farms - oxford Florida

PURCHASE OF SHOW QUALITY MALE RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK PUPPY ON 7/2/2011 AKC REGISTRATION NUMBER HP40827007 DOB 5/5/2011 ON CO-OWNERSHIP CONTRACT.

DEAR SIRS:

I PURCHASED THE ABOVE PUPPY AS A SHOW DOG FROM ALES THOMAS LAST JULY FOR $1500.00 ON A CO-OWNERSHIP.THINGS WERE PROGRESSING WELL EXCEPT FOR THE SKIN AND LOOSE STOOL ISSUES. MY HUSBAND AND I SPEND ALOT OF TIME TRAINING THIS PUPPY TO MAKE HIM A PERFECT HOUSE PET AND SHOW DOG. ON APRIL 14TH, OUR PETSITTER CALLED US WHILE WE WERE IN ARIZONA TO TELL US MOSES(RIDGEBACK) WAS LIMPING ON HIS FRONT LEG. WE TOLD HER TO KEEP HIM CRATED TILL we got him back.

WHEN WE GOT BACK ON THE 26TH OF APRIL 2012, HE WAS STILL LIMPING.THEN HE STOPPED LIMPING. ON MAY 2ND HE SUDDENLY HAD A HUGE ROUND KNOT ON THE FRONT OF HIS SHOULDER.  AT FIRST WE THOUGHT HE GOT STUNG BY A WASP OR BEE. SO WE LET IT BE FOR A WEEK.,IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM THEN.  AFTER 3 WEEKS HE STARTED LIMPING AGAIN. HE WAS ACTING AND EATING NORMAL AND WANTING TO PLAY STILL. I CALLED THE VET AGAIN AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE A HEMOTOMA AS IT GOT A LITTLE BIGGER. WE SCHEDULED AN APPT ON THE 5TH OF JUNE BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WE WERE OUT OF TOWN..

THE VET TOOK XRAYS AND SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE CANCER,,, GAVE MEDS... AND TO TAKE HIM TO A SPECIALIST WHICH WE MADE ANOTHER APPT WITH THEM DOWN IN BONITA SPRINGS. ON JUNE 8TH, THEY CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS BONE CANCER BUT NEEDED TO DO A BIOPSY TO BE SURE.  WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY AT THIS POINT AND OPPTED OUT OF DOING THE BIOPSY. I CALLED THE BREEDER AND TOLD HER AND SHE WAS SURPRISED.  SHE SAID TO DO A BIOPSY, AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT AT HER VET 3 HOURS ONE WAY DRIVE. WHICH WE DID DO ON JUNE 24TH.

WHEN WE GOT UP THERE HER VET TOOK NEW XRAYS..SAID IT WAS FROM SOME TYPE OF TRAUMA AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO A BIOPSY,HER VET SAID TO WAIT 30 DAYS????? I WANTED IT DONE AS SHE AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. 6 HOURS OF DRIVING, IF WE KNEW SHE WAS REFUSING THE BIOPSY WE WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN THERE. SHE DID OFFER TO US AN OLDER FEMALE BUT ONCE WE SAW HER WE KNEW WE COULD NEVER OWN THIS DOG, SHE HAD SOME MAMMARY HANGING SKIN ISSUE THAT FREAKED US OUT. SHE ALSO OFFERED 1/2 PRICE ON A NEW PUPPY, BUT ONCE WE SAW 38 PUPPIES IN THE BACK KENNELS COVERED WITH FLIES, BUG WELTS AND A FEW OF THEM POOPING LOOSE STOOLS

WE DECIDED WE WOULD NEVER GET ANOTHER DOG FROM HER. THE DAY AFTER WE DROVE BACK FROM HER VET MOSES WAS DOING REAL BAD, THE NEW MEDS THEY GAVE HIM DIDN'T WORK, AND HE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE CRYING AND LIMPING 100 TIMES WORSE. I CALLED THE VET AGAIN AND SHE SAID HE WILL BREAK HIS LEG DO NOT PROLONG HIS SUFFERING AND SO WE TOOK HIM THURSDAY JUNE28TH 2012 TO BE PUT TO SLEEP AND HAVE THE BIOPSY DONE TO PROVE TO THE BREEDER THIS WAS NO INJURY.

WE ARE DEVASTATED TO SAY THE LEAST. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING A QUALITY DOG, THIS BREEDER SELLS ALOT OF PUPPIES.I CALLED HER TODAY 07/05/12 AFTER THE BIOPSY RESULTS CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR BONE CANCER. SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE, WHICH IS WHY I AM WRITING.I WOULD LIKE RETRIBUTION OF 1500 FOR THE DOG, PLUS VET EXPENSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1278.09...TOTAL OF $2778.09

SINCERELY,