This is beyond awful. These people are not "reputable breeders", they are a puppy mill hiding behind a breeding license. The lady and her husband don't even live together. She keeps 20+ dogs in her basement in tiny cages. They are covered in feces and urine, the entire house reeks of ammonia. All the puppies are infested with fleas and mites. Most of the time her puppies contract coccidia and parvo from these horrible living conditions. She throws them in the trash. Her husband is no better. He keeps between 80-100 dogs on his farm at any given time and they switch the dogs back and forth so it doesn't look like they own so many. His "stock" is absolutely horrid to eachother, and horrible to other animals. They have ganged up on his sheep to break their legs and have a living meal. All of his dogs are unsocialized, all of her dogs are unsocialized. You will get a very skiddish, and sickly puppy if you EVER even think about buying from these people. The police have already been contacted on multiple occasions and unfortunately they can't do anything because of 1) this "breeding license" they have and 2) they have refused to let police see the horrible living conditions. DO NOT under any circumstances buy anything from these people.
Sorry to hear that you have fallen victim to her schemes everyone!
I got a puppy from her in 2014 and he was also very sick. I also brought one of his brothers with me cause someone else in Ohio bought him. He was very sick as well.
I couldnt go pick up the puppies until they were 10wks old because they were sick. Yep...she actually called me and told me the puppies had gotten sick. Her excuse....the sewer pipe in the basement busted and when it flooded it reached their pen. I specifically told her that I did not want a sick puppy and that I wouldnt come until they were healthy. When I got there they seemed ok but when I asked for the Vet information....she didnt have any! She said she called the vet!! grrr....
When I got there I also noticed this was NOT a farm and the pics on her website are completely misleading cause there is no such place for her! At this time there wasnt a fence or anything outside.
I was invited into the house. It smelled horrible!! The dogs were kept in the basement and I wasnt allowed to see them! But when I left I looked and at the bottom of the stairs was an adult in a small cage. I truely feel that I rescued these puppies =(
My pup will be 2 yrs old Dec2016. He is healthy now but has anxiety issues, poor vision, no herding drive at all, mental issues...Example: at night he barks (frantically) at anything that moves, if I he him barking I will go to where he is and when I come around the corner it takes him a couple of seconds to realize its me. When it comes to me, he is very loving and attached to my side. I have 2 other Aussies as well and you can tell he just isnt as smart as them. The other 2 have that Aussie stare and you can see when they are trying to figure things out. My pup from her...none of that!
And the biggest thing about him (and his brother).....THEY ARE NOT MINI ANYTHING!!!! He weighs 55lbs!
I think those of us need to get together and shut her down! The ASPCA or other authority needs to get involved. I do hope your pup is ok and turns out ok.
I have attached some pics to show that he is bigger than my standard and how he was dirty with crap and God knows what else in the pics she sent me of him.
I bought a miniature australian shepherd puppy from Willow River Farm.
I had it vet checked including parvovirus, which was negative. Less then three days after I received the dog it deteriorated very rapidly and required immediate emergency hospitalization to be saved. Additional testing showed that the puppy was infected with the Coccidia parasite.
Here are a few quotes from peteducation.com. "A puppy is not born with the coccidia organisms in his intestine. However, once born, the puppy is frequently exposed to his mother's feces, and if the mother is shedding the infective cysts in her feces, then the young animals will likely ingest them and coccidia will develop within the young animal's intestines" "from exposure to the coccidia in feces to the onset of the illness is about 13 days."
So this means that the puppy was clearly infected at the breeder facility and most likely from eating feces of another dog that was shedding infective cysts.
The puppy survived and required additional medication. The breeder refused to cover any of the medical costs including the medication. They also treated us very unprofessionally and even seemed uncaring and hostile. I STRONGLY advise anyone looking for a Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy to not even consider purchasing from this breeder:
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This is beyond awful. These people are not "reputable breeders", they are a puppy mill hiding behind a breeding license. The lady and her husband don't even live together. She keeps 20+ dogs in her basement in tiny cages. They are covered in feces and urine, the entire house reeks of ammonia. All the puppies are infested with fleas and mites. Most of the time her puppies contract coccidia and parvo from these horrible living conditions. She throws them in the trash. Her husband is no better. He keeps between 80-100 dogs on his farm at any given time and they switch the dogs back and forth so it doesn't look like they own so many. His "stock" is absolutely horrid to eachother, and horrible to other animals. They have ganged up on his sheep to break their legs and have a living meal. All of his dogs are unsocialized, all of her dogs are unsocialized. You will get a very skiddish, and sickly puppy if you EVER even think about buying from these people. The police have already been contacted on multiple occasions and unfortunately they can't do anything because of 1) this "breeding license" they have and 2) they have refused to let police see the horrible living conditions. DO NOT under any circumstances buy anything from these people.
Sorry to hear that you have fallen victim to her schemes everyone!
I got a puppy from her in 2014 and he was also very sick. I also brought one of his brothers with me cause someone else in Ohio bought him. He was very sick as well.
I couldnt go pick up the puppies until they were 10wks old because they were sick. Yep...she actually called me and told me the puppies had gotten sick. Her excuse....the sewer pipe in the basement busted and when it flooded it reached their pen. I specifically told her that I did not want a sick puppy and that I wouldnt come until they were healthy. When I got there they seemed ok but when I asked for the Vet information....she didnt have any! She said she called the vet!! grrr....
When I got there I also noticed this was NOT a farm and the pics on her website are completely misleading cause there is no such place for her! At this time there wasnt a fence or anything outside.
I was invited into the house. It smelled horrible!! The dogs were kept in the basement and I wasnt allowed to see them! But when I left I looked and at the bottom of the stairs was an adult in a small cage. I truely feel that I rescued these puppies =(
My pup will be 2 yrs old Dec2016. He is healthy now but has anxiety issues, poor vision, no herding drive at all, mental issues...Example: at night he barks (frantically) at anything that moves, if I he him barking I will go to where he is and when I come around the corner it takes him a couple of seconds to realize its me. When it comes to me, he is very loving and attached to my side. I have 2 other Aussies as well and you can tell he just isnt as smart as them. The other 2 have that Aussie stare and you can see when they are trying to figure things out. My pup from her...none of that!
And the biggest thing about him (and his brother).....THEY ARE NOT MINI ANYTHING!!!! He weighs 55lbs!
I think those of us need to get together and shut her down! The ASPCA or other authority needs to get involved. I do hope your pup is ok and turns out ok.
I have attached some pics to show that he is bigger than my standard and how he was dirty with crap and God knows what else in the pics she sent me of him.
I bought a miniature australian shepherd puppy from Willow River Farm.
I had it vet checked including parvovirus, which was negative. Less then three days after I received the dog it deteriorated very rapidly and required immediate emergency hospitalization to be saved. Additional testing showed that the puppy was infected with the Coccidia parasite.
Here are a few quotes from peteducation.com. "A puppy is not born with the coccidia organisms in his intestine. However, once born, the puppy is frequently exposed to his mother's feces, and if the mother is shedding the infective cysts in her feces, then the young animals will likely ingest them and coccidia will develop within the young animal's intestines" "from exposure to the coccidia in feces to the onset of the illness is about 13 days."
So this means that the puppy was clearly infected at the breeder facility and most likely from eating feces of another dog that was shedding infective cysts.
The puppy survived and required additional medication. The breeder refused to cover any of the medical costs including the medication. They also treated us very unprofessionally and even seemed uncaring and hostile. I STRONGLY advise anyone looking for a Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy to not even consider purchasing from this breeder: