Complaint Review: The Puppy Shoppe Fido's Pups Inc. Bahuaka Wizard Of Claws Merryfield Puppy & Kitty Nursery - Venice / Bradenton Florida

I have seen some responses on here from her. So I am not sure why you think she would be pretending to be someone else on this matter. Especially when not one word was ever said about WOC. I have no first hand knowledge of them, so I can not defend them or condemn them. Therefore I didn't mention them. I am not even located in Florida. -When you wrote "The breeders also have the opportunity to see what kind of store THEY are sending their puppies to " ...Really ? Kari tell us : How is that happening ? "The stores have the right to NOT buy from a particular breeder, as well as the breeder being able to refuse to sell to a particular store" : Yes, many PBT members have blocked Wizard of Claws.- If that is true, I believe you showed that the breeders can and do refuse to sell to a particular place with your own comment right there. Doesn't seem like they would do that if they were all the type of people you perport them to be, does it. I believe those people (the 3 legged one eyed no jaw dog breeders) will certainly continue to sell to the large brokers like you know who, due to the time and effort of being involved in where their puppies go, and who they go to. As I said before, no store wants to buy a potential problem. They want happy healthy puppies from breeders that CARE. A picture: The three legged one eyed no jaw breeders will continue to sell to you know who. Stores actually do not want to support or condone them. They DO NOT want their dogs. Stores will move to avenues like PBT so that they can be confident of where and whom their pups are coming from. Costs go up, but it is worth it to know that your puppies are not coming from those places. So, you then have the stores on PBT buying from the breeders with few health problems and good reputations. Those that the stores refuse to buy from will continue to sell to you know who. As the stores prefer to know who they are buying from, what they are buying, and that the breeder has a good reputation for healthy well socialized dogs, they will buy from you know who less and less. The store does not get those benefits from you know who. You know who is only a voice on the phone, or a fax on the machine with large facilities with tons of dogs. The store does not get to see what they are bringing into their store before the fact, or get to know about whom the pup came from or any background on the breeder or parents. Heck, they do not even know who the breeder is until they get the pup and the paperwork. They have no contact with the breeder, as they purchased the pup from you know who, and must deal with them. They can not refuse to buy from certain breeder. The stores will know what type of breeders sell to you know who. The stores will stop buying from you know who. If the store go to PBT, and stop buying from you know who, you know who and their breeders stand to potentially go out of business eventually right? Seems most people would support something like that. It works the other way around as well. The breeders can and do refuse to sell to those stores with bad reputations, for selling an abundance of sick animals, and not caring for them properly. Like will pair with like, and it will be much more apparent to the general public who is who. Once this happens, those stores who support and condone those sort of things probably won't last very long either. The only way to stay in business for both of them is to clean up their act. I don't believe those people will want to. A great deal of the breeders on PBT do not support you know who either. Some breeders on PBT send letters, or verbally ask stores that if they DO buy pups from you know who to please not put their pups anywhere near those dogs. Did you know that? There certainly are pictures of the parents and the kennels on the site. Not 100% every time, but it does happen quite frequently. And you can also request them before deciding you would like a particular pup. Another benefit of the communication the site promotes. Some puppies arrive with these even when the pictures were not on the site. There are older dogs on the site right now and quite often, in excellent condition, no missing body parts and no bones protruding. Oh and guess what, some of the pictures are taken in, or in front of the very clean kennel facilities, runs etc. even in the house. And you are condemning stores for buying from these people? Perhaps you would rather that stores continue to buy from you know who and the type of people they support? Instead of spewing hate, why don't you offer some realistic and reasonable solutions to correct what you percieve as a problem, as opposed to attacking those who are trying to improve the standards of the pet stores and the breeders. It is the industry itself who is making the effort to weed out these people in a realistic manner. Not you. It seems that you would rather sit on your soap box and dictate your judgements and opinions without caring about the potential damage you might do to the very real efforts to eliminate the problems you present yourself as fighting against. How many pet stores have you worked in? How many of these breeders have you spoken to? How many of these puppies have you yourself purchased off of PBT? It seems your conclusions are drawn at a glance, and based on your own personal opinions and experiences, which you have the right to. It just doesn't seem that you have taken a realistic look at the whole picture, and have condemned many people without any firsthand knowledge of them, their intentions, or their practices. I believe people have the right to their own opinions, but not to force them on others by twisting facts. There are obviously two ways to view the idea of an avenue such as PBT, just as there are two sides to every story. I just thought that people should know some of the actual facts, and another side of the story before forming their own opinions based on a one sided depiction. Lastly, I can not say why WOC does not say that they get puppies from that avenue. Maybe they do when a customer is in their store. I do not know. I DO know that we tell many of our customers about it, and most are actually happy about it. Just my opinions

Kari or Gilda ???I know that they are located on the internet, it is an EBay for pets located in Missouri ( the puppy mill capital ) I never said the opposite. When you wrote "The breeders also have the opportunity to see what kind of store THEY are sending their puppies to " ...Really ? Kari tell us : How is that happening ? "The stores have the right to NOT buy from a particular breeder, as well as the breeder being able to refuse to sell to a particular store" : Yes, many PBT members have blocked Wizard of Claws. Therefore Wizard of Claws took a second PBT ID now. " higher quality breeders" : Good breeder don't sell their puppies via an online auction and not to pet store "A great deal of the puppies come with pictures of the parents, pictures of the kennels, and yes, a great deal of the sires and dam's have points towards their championship." Hey Kari, what are you taking ?? You are flying high !! Never on PBT you will see the parents/ Kennel pictures or anythimg like that. Should I post an attachment of some of Wizard of Claws last PBT auctions here ? Last, WHY Wizard of Claws don't say openly since PBT according to Kari (Gilda) is SUCH a nice and reputable place " My Dogs are coming from an online auction for pets in Missouri? " :)

Okay Cintia, First of all, A class A dealer does not HAVE to sell to a class B dealer. Basically what the difference is is this: A can sell their own animals directly, B can sell animals that did not originate from them directly. It is not uncommon for people to place deposits or reserve a baby before it is old enough to leave it's mother. It should be common sense that they can not travel until they are older anyways, and most states have restrictions (for retailers) on how old the animal must be before it can be sold. PBT is located on the INTERNET. They at no time have posession or care of any of the animals. Furthermore, it gives an option other than brokers. It is a benefit. Higher quality stores, can form relationships with higher quality breeders and communicate directly with each other, to ensure higher customer service and higher quality puppies. The stores have the opportunity to see WHAT they are buying, as well as that breeder's reputation with the other stores. The breeders also have the opportunity to see what kind of store THEY are sending their puppies to. The stores have the right to NOT buy from a particular breeder, as well as the breeder being able to refuse to sell to a particular store. Those breeders whom have lower quality puppies, sick puppies, high incidents of genetic defects, etc. are quickly weeded out. What store wants to buy a potential problem? As there is alot more communication, this will happen less and less. It doesn't seem to me that you are interested in all at improving things, just spouting off half truths and biased opinions. At least have the courtesy to state that they are YOUR opinions and fantasies, please don't present them as facts. A great deal of what you stated was completely false. You must have been looking at a different site if that's what you saw. Yes, I have heard of auctions where 3 legged and one eyed no jaw dogs are sold. Those are in a completely different realm from PBT. Those are not the people stores want to buy from, and PBT is helping to make that possible. A great deal of the puppies come with pictures of the parents, pictures of the kennels, and yes, a great deal of the sires and dam's have points towards their championship. There are good and bad pet stores, and there are good an bad breeders. At least lend some credit to the fact that the industry itself is making an effort to decipher who is who and improve the standards all around. If you are at all interest in some actual documented facts, visit this page of the American Animal Welfare Society. http://www.americananimalwelfare.com/petstore.html I am sorry to hear about your experience Mel. Saying that no one in any store cares about their customers is pretty generalized and unfair. Basically, MOST stores want all their customers satisfied. It is also unfair to say that the pups are not vaccinated. To simplify things, pups recieve several sets of shots in the hopes that ONE will be given at just the right window of time to be effective. Just putting in my two cents

Pat in Jonestown, Pennsylvania For your information : Commercial breeders have a USDA License A in this country. They are not selling directly to Pet Store. Commercial breeders don't sell 1 or 2 dogs, but dozens and often more at one time. Commercial breeders have to sell to a USDA license B ( Called a Pet Broker ) . The License B Pet Broker is allowed to sell to Pet store . So when you are writing that "you had good contacts with breeders on PBT" Please Pat, let me stay polite. You don't have breeders at PBT And if you don't believe me, why don't you call Diana Fuscher at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services PBT Market is an EBay for PETS They have hundreds of thousands of users. Hello ?? This is not a good place where to buy a pet !! This is a platform for puppy mill . Good , small or reputable breeders don't sell at PBT ! : Why ? - Pets auctioned are just being 8 weeks for the best cases , often less. - PBT does not guarantee anything ! Today they sell pets because the market is booming tomorrow they will sell chinese pullovers making you believe it is the best quality. - Nobody can really check the health of the pets, Sellers can pretend whatever and forge any certificate ( it is very often the case) - Older pets are sold there, for labs or whatever uses - So many but so many dogs from small to big, and cats - Pets are shipped by trucks. - Pets are considered like a merchandise ( Just check without being registered on their web page " calculate Pet ship date " and " Minimum Shot program " links) Miller (puppy mill owner or large commercial breeder ) and pet broker are selling on this stupid internet auction site. Do you think 2 seconds that a serious breeder would sell his puppies there ? Does not have to ! And who is BUYING there ?? Yes, people like Wizard of Claws ! Jim Anderson and Gilda Anderson Perez are buying in average 20 dogs to 40 dogs per week there depending of the seasons. They have no idea who is the breeder when they buy from a pet broker and they don't care. They only care to make you believe so, that you pay more for a pet. Pets are a merchandise. They buy for $200 and sell it for $2000. I have logged in PBT auction many times, even if they ask for Credit Card numbers, ID numbers and licenses numbers, you can all fake it, and have a look for an hour at least, before being kicked out !!! but take a chair you won't believe what you see This online auction is reserved for commercial breeders, brokers or pet stores ! Not for you and me, guess why ??? If it is such a nice place ! You will see dogs being sold with congenital diseases or 3 legs that are still ' good ' for breeding . Last, why is PBT auction located in Missouri the capital of puppy mill in America ? The animal laws are so poor that everything is possible, I wonder why they are not in California or New York ? If it is such a ' correct ' thing to sell pets at online auction, why is EBay not doing it ? Why does EBay sell pets only from EBay Mexico , why not via EBay USA ? Again and again, I do encourage anybody who is doubting to log in www.pbtmarketplace.com and have a look by yourself ! Wizard of Claws auction ID is : Jim so you can easily see the hundreds of dogs they bought in the last 3 months, maybe yours But, NO SERIOUS Breeder will sell his babies there and NO SERIOUS PET STORE would BUY there .

They had constant communications with me from start to finish. The breeders that I worked with 100% cared what happened to their puppy's. I got follow up calls concerning how they were doing. Sincere people that care about what happens to their puppys after they left their homes. I won't use a broker, as from my experience with brokers they only care about the bottom dollar whereas at PBT we are lucky enough to have this site to work directly with the breeders in order to give our customers the best healthy happy puppies out there. I have no complaints and my customers have been thrilled with every puppy I ever purchaced from this site, that is not to say that there are people out there that don't care but for me, my experience with the PBT breeders has made my job rewarding. This is a tough business when you have heart and the breeders that I have had the pleasure of doing business have the same high quality of standards that I do. It is difficult when anyone has to experience any puppy or pet suffering, my heart goes out to you and your baby that suffered needlessly, but I know people that have had that same experience with local people, not even a Pet Store, that don't care enough to vaccinate their dogs. It doesn't matter where you live there are always going to be people out there that don't care enough but as I said for me, PBT Breeders have been the best out there and I am proud to do business with them.

In response to Donna, did you neglect to mention you are an employee?? This company is starting up another store this time in Velrico, Buyers from Hillsboro and surrounding comunities BEWARE!!! They have closed the stores in Sarasota county, so they can start again in your area !!!

Dear Donna, I don't usually take the time to respond to issues such as this, however in this case I felt compelled. Your rebuttal to this woman's POST made absolutely no sense. The woman who posted this information NEVER made reference to PBT being a Puppy Mill- YOU DID THAT ALL ON YOUR OWN. I believe it is YOU who needs to get YOUR facts straight!!!!! And while we're at it, let us review some of our grammar lessons from grade school, shall we? THERE (adv.) : at, in, or to that place. THEIR (pron.) : belonging to them. JIM-BRADENTON, FL.

If your going to make a statemaent, Please get your Facts Straight. PBT is not a Puppy Mill It is an Outlet for Breeders (Many That Have Champions) to sell there Puppies. These Puppies Have Been Vaccinated and Telling people to Revaccinate there puppies can be harmfull to you pet. They Sell There Puppies Thru PBT so The Real Puppy Brokers Like The Hunt Corp.can't Buy and Resell Them. Like I Stated Before Many are Show Breeders and have Champion Sire's and Dam's and If you Know Any thing About Breeding Dogs Not all Puppies are Correct enough for the Show Ring and This is How They Sell There Pet Quality Puppies.

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