I wish I had read comments from this website before contacting Diane Donnelly to purchase a cocker spaniel puppy. We would have kept looking and not purchased from her. She listed the puppy as Limited Registration but when questioned about what made this puppy not suitable to show, she stated there was nothing wrong with this puppy that would keep him from showing, that this is the only way she sells her puppies now. When we took our beautiful pup to the vet, he was found to be a cryptorchid - testicles are retained in the abdomen. We have printed out all of the e-mails between us and Diane so that we can take our complaints to the Ohio Attorney Generals office for deceptive sales practices. We have made Diane aware that we would be filing a complaint on this site and that we would contact the Ohio Attorney General office. Despite our pointing out that we were told by her that he had no defects when we purchased him, she has thus far refused to make any attempt to compensate us for the added expenses that will be incurred to correct this problem.
Cryptorchidism is a genetic defect that is a serious flaw that will necessitate more involved surgery to prevent further complications- dogs with retained testicles are 10X more likely to develop testicular cancer and more likely to show aggressive tendencies according to veterinary websites. A responsible breeder would have wanted to know this information so that she knows not to breed these two individuals together again to avoid another issue. Tell Tail's Son of a Bee and Tell Tail's Instant Replay are both AKC Champions and from a line of champions. The kennel has eye testing and hip testing certificates and we felt we were dealing with a responsible breeder. Sadly, we find we are mistaken. The e-mails from Diane have included the following: "just get him neutered", when we brought up the risks associated with cryptorchidism her e-mail read in part "OMG I suggest you get another vet", and her final email to this point reads "If he were mine I would take him to a spay/neuter clinic where they do thousands of neuters at a very low cost". None of these emails represent a responsible breeder who cares about the healt of her breeding program or the puppies produced by that program. I would avoid her at all cost.
Almost 2 years ago now I purchased a beautiful tri color girl from this breeder. She has been the sweetest most beautiful girl I could ask for. In her puppy class she won best of breed and a group 2. Her first show as a 6 month old puppy she went best of breed, then the next Best of opposite. With personal things going on I have not been able to finish her CH title, but soon to get back in the ring with her. I have no doubt she will finish very quickly. I’m so happy with our choice to buy from this breeder.
Diane Donnelly's cockers are not what she markets them to be. She promises and swears that she is dealing with show class dogs of very high quality breed. However, after purchasing one puppy from her specifically with the intent of having a show dog and breeding it, my puppy grew up to be non-standard size.
At first I hoped for the best and still tried to have my dog compete. However after a couple of times, several reputable judges and handlers have stated that it is not a show dog. They said it does not possess the characteristics of a quality breed and show class animal. This made me very frustrated because when I was looking for a dog, Diane Donnelly put her dogs forth as very good quality and professionally breeded dogs.
I paid the price for a professional show dog as well - $1,500. Not a price of a pet class. In fact the same reputable judges and breeders i know mentioned that this dog should not be breeded at all because she has bad genes. Now I intend to post reports about Diane so that everyone know that she is unethical person adn is dishinest. She should be avoided if you are looking for show quality dogs.
Tell-Tail Cocker Spaniels Reviews
I wish I had read comments from this website before contacting Diane Donnelly to purchase a cocker spaniel puppy. We would have kept looking and not purchased from her. She listed the puppy as Limited Registration but when questioned about what made this puppy not suitable to show, she stated there was nothing wrong with this puppy that would keep him from showing, that this is the only way she sells her puppies now. When we took our beautiful pup to the vet, he was found to be a cryptorchid - testicles are retained in the abdomen. We have printed out all of the e-mails between us and Diane so that we can take our complaints to the Ohio Attorney Generals office for deceptive sales practices. We have made Diane aware that we would be filing a complaint on this site and that we would contact the Ohio Attorney General office. Despite our pointing out that we were told by her that he had no defects when we purchased him, she has thus far refused to make any attempt to compensate us for the added expenses that will be incurred to correct this problem.
Cryptorchidism is a genetic defect that is a serious flaw that will necessitate more involved surgery to prevent further complications- dogs with retained testicles are 10X more likely to develop testicular cancer and more likely to show aggressive tendencies according to veterinary websites. A responsible breeder would have wanted to know this information so that she knows not to breed these two individuals together again to avoid another issue. Tell Tail's Son of a Bee and Tell Tail's Instant Replay are both AKC Champions and from a line of champions. The kennel has eye testing and hip testing certificates and we felt we were dealing with a responsible breeder. Sadly, we find we are mistaken. The e-mails from Diane have included the following: "just get him neutered", when we brought up the risks associated with cryptorchidism her e-mail read in part "OMG I suggest you get another vet", and her final email to this point reads "If he were mine I would take him to a spay/neuter clinic where they do thousands of neuters at a very low cost". None of these emails represent a responsible breeder who cares about the healt of her breeding program or the puppies produced by that program. I would avoid her at all cost.
My amazing girl!
Almost 2 years ago now I purchased a beautiful tri color girl from this breeder. She has been the sweetest most beautiful girl I could ask for. In her puppy class she won best of breed and a group 2. Her first show as a 6 month old puppy she went best of breed, then the next Best of opposite. With personal things going on I have not been able to finish her CH title, but soon to get back in the ring with her. I have no doubt she will finish very quickly. I’m so happy with our choice to buy from this breeder.
Diane Donnelly's cockers are not what she markets them to be. She promises and swears that she is dealing with show class dogs of very high quality breed. However, after purchasing one puppy from her specifically with the intent of having a show dog and breeding it, my puppy grew up to be non-standard size.
At first I hoped for the best and still tried to have my dog compete. However after a couple of times, several reputable judges and handlers have stated that it is not a show dog. They said it does not possess the characteristics of a quality breed and show class animal. This made me very frustrated because when I was looking for a dog, Diane Donnelly put her dogs forth as very good quality and professionally breeded dogs.
I paid the price for a professional show dog as well - $1,500. Not a price of a pet class. In fact the same reputable judges and breeders i know mentioned that this dog should not be breeded at all because she has bad genes. Now I intend to post reports about Diane so that everyone know that she is unethical person adn is dishinest. She should be avoided if you are looking for show quality dogs.