I recently purchased my first Mal and considering picking up another. While I am already VERY attached to my pup and happy to have him, my experience has been questionable with this breeder. First, she tells me time and again that she will send papers so that I can register my pup - I'm tired of having to continue to call her, get promises and then...nothing. Apparently, she is "Very busy"!?
While this leaves a bad taste dealing with her personally, when I travelled eight hours from Colorado to New Mexico to pick-up my dog, I arrived Friday night and made my way to her place at 7:30 the next morning - we had no set time for my arrival. She refused to come out to greet me, telling me, via text, to come back at 9:00 and how inappropriate arriving so early was, I just wanted to get on the road. Later she accused me of coming early to "inspect" her facility. I will say that I expected things to look a little different...21 puppies sharing a pen, in the dirt with chewed up plywood, shoes and kids toys for dog toys, LOADS of poo and a lot of fly traps hanging and full of flies!!
Once we got home, took my boy to the vet and he had Coccidia, Giardia and worms, all things my vet said is not "rare" in puppies!
She had kennels away from her home with 40+ dogs as well as a few makeshift pens with a few adult dogs.
I still want another Mal and wondering...am I being irrational or does this entire scenario seem a little off!?
Thoughts!?
While this leaves a bad taste dealing with her personally, when I travelled eight hours from Colorado to New Mexico to pick-up my dog, I arrived Friday night and made my way to her place at 7:30 the next morning - we had no set time for my arrival. She refused to come out to greet me, telling me, via text, to come back at 9:00 and how inappropriate arriving so early was, I just wanted to get on the road. Later she accused me of coming early to "inspect" her facility. I will say that I expected things to look a little different...21 puppies sharing a pen, in the dirt with chewed up plywood, shoes and kids toys for dog toys, LOADS of poo and a lot of fly traps hanging and full of flies!!
Once we got home, took my boy to the vet and he had Coccidia, Giardia and worms, all things my vet said is not "rare" in puppies!
She had kennels away from her home with 40+ dogs as well as a few makeshift pens with a few adult dogs.
I still want another Mal and wondering...am I being irrational or does this entire scenario seem a little off!?
Thoughts!?