I dont know if my reply qualifys me for this section but I will give it ago Some of you may have heard the story when I was over the other side so I hope I dont bore you. I would like to tell you about Chloe and her 'breeder' it is a rather long story but I'll try not to waffle on too much.
It was in 1996 that I got Chloe. I had lost my other doggie, Lady in July of the previous year. I had had her for nearly 17 years. I got her when she was 7 months old and she had been badly abused. So having had Lady for 17 years you can understand how devastated I was. And having been so ill for so long, Lady was my lifeline. She tolerated no body except me. Shes now at Rainbow Bridge waiting. Anyway thats off subject. Sorry.
Now everybody was bringing me their dogs to my house to try and cheer me up. I was so devastated at the loss of Lady that I had even thought about taking my own life, that was how bad it was!
I was down the road one day when I saw this man holding a lovely white bundle of fluff. It was exactly the same as a picture I had at home of 'some dog' that I didnt know the breed of, but had said to hubby, thats the dog I want next time. Anyway I chatted with this man and found he was not a 'local'.
I asked this man what sort of breed she was etc. Her name was Emma and she was a rather nasty little dog. But when I held her, she seemed to settle down. This guy was stunned and said that Emma doesnt usually like people.
Anyway his wife came out of the post office and when she saw the dog was being a bit naughty, she hit it!! the dog yelled and she hit it again.
I nearly dropped dead from shock. Then of course I had major words to say to her and she sort of told me to clear off (I cant use the words on the site - so work it out for your self) anyway I went about my ways and was still very upset now not over the loss of Lady but about this woman belting the dog. I found out that they lived in the country.
Well months went by and my friends in the bank told me that they knew of someone who had moved back to Perth and had a dog etc etc. It turned out to be this woman! Anyway I made contact with her - on the grounds that if she didnt want her dog I would take it - when I went around to her place, she told me that her dog was pregnant and did I want one - sorry - buy a puppy? Hubby said no, I said maybe. Anyway I went home and we talked about it and said yes. I rang her and said if she had a white puppy I wanted it (Lady was white and I wanted another white doggie) anyway time passed by and when the puppies were born Chloe was the only white one in the litter anyway. Emma only had 4 puppies and Chloe was the white female. I wanted a female so that was good. I had no intention of breeding her but just wanted a white dog.
Now all during this time it comes out that this woman, has a dog, breeds them, then gets rid of the mother when shes had enough and then gets another malt and continues on in this fashion. This woman has had six dogs in the time Ive had Chloe. Ok so I have picked Chloes name out and told this woman to keep calling her this so she would know her name when she came home.
Now I know that most puppies should not leave their momma before 12 weeks. And in this time the owner pays for the shots etc. But she told me that I could have Chloe at 7 weeks. Yeah I know 12 weeks is the standard.
I used to go over once a week, I would wear the same clothes I had on the previous week, so that Chloe could 'smell' her scent on me and her brothers and sisters. When I went there I would call her name and she would come running and want to play etc. One day when I was over there, I thought, Mmm I wouldnt mind having one of the others, to keep each other company. I mentioned this to the woman and she picked up the one I was interested in and promptly dropped him on his little head. OMG you should have heard the squealing! And I had it on video! I was taping her and I recorded it.! I was sick to my stomach. I threw the camera down and rushed over to the dog and said, quick, get him to the vet. To which she replied no I cant afford it, it will be ok. I pleaded with her to go but she refused. I left to go home as I was so upset. She just stood there laughing!!! Of course you know what was going through my mind? What does she do to my dog when Im not there??
Well I went home and told hubby and he said theres nothing you can do. You cant steal the dog. She wouldnt hand it over to me - not unless I gave the money first - so I did nothing.
In the meantime I had arranged for a deposit and told her that I would pay the balance when I had the dog checked out by my own vet and this was agreed to. It was verbal. I also asked for Chloes papers. The air went silent and I asked again. (I meant to tell you that I had also asked if she would contact Chloes daddy and make arrangements for me to go and see him. I wanted to see what sort of temperment the daddy had, seeing the mommy was so nasty.) she then told me no! I couldnt go. They wouldnt want me to go there!
Now Ive already paid my deposit and am thinking theres something fishy going on here. But I really wanted Chloe so I thought well ok, forget it.
Now everytime I went to see Chloe, Emma would come over and wanted to be petted. I use to pick her up, cuddle her, give her kisses, tell her she was a really clever mommy to have such pretty babies and stuff like that. She loved it. The woman? she would kick the dog away to the other side of the room and give it a smack. This use to really upset me but the more I complained the more she did it. This woman could wind me up no end.
We then arranged for Chloe to come home to us on a Sunday morning, I would take her to my vet and if everything was ok, would give this woman the balance of the money.
On Saturday evening, we were making the finishing touches for Chloe to come the next day and the phone rings. Its this woman saying to come and pick my dog up now and not tomorrow morning because they were going out the next day and couldnt take the puppies!! BUT I had to pay the full amount for the dog there and then or else I couldnt have the dog!
What could I do, I couldnt tell her to stick it. So hubby and I drove over and collected the dog. She held her hand out and told me to give her the balance of the money! Again I did. I was scared at taking Chloe home so late at night and getting used to her new surroundings etc. at such a late hour. Anyway we did and honestly you would think that she had been with me since she was born. I think she was glad to get out of the place. She settled in no problems.
Anyway I sort of kept in touch with this woman, because I was worried about the momma. When I went one day, she was gone. I asked where Emma was and was told, I had her put down yesterday. She said she was epilectic and it couldnt be controlled!?!!? And she was laughing!!!! Me? I just burst into tears. Why? Oh she was sick and stuff like that. BS I said, the dog was neurotic because of its surroundings. If you didnt want her you should have telephoned me, I would have had her. Too bad this woman said.
Anyway this little doggie appears and it is one of the puppies. She kept one of the puppies and got rid of the mother. I asked her about the one she dropped and said, I managed to get rid of it but I didnt tell them I dropped it. So if theres any problems later, they cant blame me!!
Well I just got up, picked up Chloe and went home. I was in tears telling my husband and I found out where she had taken Emma to and I asked my vet to make inquiries and he found out that this woman just wanted to get rid of the dog and so had it put to sleep. She didnt even try to find a home for her. It turns out that this woman said, if she knew that I would have paid for the dog she would have sold it to me.
Well the years went by and I didnt want anything to do with her, and one day I get a call saying that Pippy(the one she kept) is sick and is going to die do I want to say goodbye!! I asked what was wrong and she wouldnt say.
I knew what she was up to.In the past she would ring me and say things about the dog knowing full well I would pay for the dog to go to the vet. Anyway when she rang again, hubby said no, its too distressing for Dede dont contact us again. Well a few months later I saw them down the road and she had this smirk on her face and was holding another dog! (Oh sorry, they always loved Chloe and the tricks she could do.) Plus the fact there Pippy would never eat properly. He was highly strung, nervous and stuff like that and he was ever so thin. My heart would break when I saw him.
So I said, you got another dog, yeah, its a female and we called her Zoe (Zoe? Chloe?) you figure it out.
I never asked about Pippy I just couldnt bring myself to hearing what they did to this dog.
It should be noted that another place they lived they had a malt and were told they couldnt have a dog in the units, so they got rid of that also. Also when they lived in the UK for a while, the same thing.
This woman is only out to make money and doesnt care a tinkers about the dogs. What do you do with people like this.
Is she a 'breeder' 'mill owner' or what. It sickens me everytime I hear something around town, this womans involved.
I just thank God that Ive got Chloe. I just really wish I could turn back the time and taken another puppy, even if it was the one that had been dropped.
Do you think I did the wrong thing.? It still haunts me to this day. In fact it was so bad, I actually erased it off the video.
Please tell me what should I have done. I know its been 10 years but I still get very upset about it.
Im sorry I have gone on so long, but I wanted to share the above and about Chloe and her brothers and sisters. The last I heard, only one was still alive - Chloe!
Thanks for listening ,
Dee and Chloe from down under