Onalaska, WA 98570
This breeder sold my adult daughter a puppy which according to his records was underweight and failing to thrive.
The puppy died 6 days after getting home - after a horrible day of being at the Vet and my daughter spending $600 or more in vet bills.
At the end of the day Molly had to drive an hour and a half to the state vet lab in Corvalis, with her beloved dead puppy in the back seat, in order to get it tested for rabies.
This happened a week before Molly graduated from College.
But then it gets worse, this horrible breeder has now chased my daughter and her reviews off of the internet, even getting Yelp to 'filter' her review.
Here is her Yelp review, which Yelp chose to 'filter.'
Here is the Yelp page for the breeder.
This is a Labrador dog breeder who I would discourage anyone from buying a puppy from. The puppy we got there was only 5 lbs at 9 weeks of age, and died one week after I picked her up. The breeder, Jim Young, was hostile and unsympathetic of the situation even after it was apparent from talking to the vets that tried to save my puppy's life that the cause of her death was likely related to his breeding program. He did not even offer an apology, yet alone refund any of my money or offer me another puppy. Also, after posting on the forum that my puppy was sick, and that other new owners should watch out just in case, he deleted my comment, and blocked me from the forum. I received emails from other people who had gotten his puppies only to have to deal with incredibly sick dogs. The breeder is a nasty mean person to deal with, and should not be around animals yet alone breeding them. He is only one step removed from a puppy mill.
Thank you for posting this. Jim Young is a horrible, horrible man. He has been reported to various animal control agencies, PETA, the AKC, WA state attorney general's office and the Humane Society. The more info out there and the more people willing to voice his abusive and neglectful breeding practices, means the closer we are to putting him out of business and hopefully in jail.
ReplyDeleteI am really sorry to hear of your sad and terrifying experience. I am surprised that you took a puppy home that "was only 5lbs at 9 weeks of age" and that your daughter -unless she was already skilled in caring for a puppy that already had issues- would buy a puppy "This breeder sold my adult daughter a puppy which according to his records was underweight and failing to thrive".
ReplyDeleteSeems to me that she knew what she was buying before she bought it. A young animal that needed plenty of care, medical attention and still may not make it.
Others we have spoken with and ourselves have had only the best experience with Jim.
AKC nor the WA state attorney general's office nor the Humane Society have not taken any negative action toward Jim, so whatever issues there might have been are resolved.
The person I read about in your posting is not the same man that we have dealt with in the last two years.
Again, I am so sorry to hear of your terrible experience, it is so tragic.