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ashley809 · 03-28-2007, 05:19 AM

I recently bought a female Yorkie from a breeder in Florida. She is adopting a baby and finding homes for her young females. Holly is the Yorkie that I got. She is imported from Brazil from somewhere called Lake Buena Vista Kennels. Anyways...I paid quite a bit for Holly in my opinion...$1500 plus shipping. I was willing to do so because she was already 6 months old which meant she was up to date on all of her shots which is several hundred dollars, registered which can cost $50-$100, and she was potty trained. I was told $1500 was a good deal from a dog from this Kennel. She does also have full registration if I ever want to breed her.

So I go to make an appointment at my vet and they call the vet the health certificate is from. They have no shot record on her. The breeder told me she was up to date and the info was on the certificate. ALSO...I get her papers in the mail and they are BRAZILIAN. And I so cannot read Portuguese. I have to pay $60 MORE to transfer them into my name and THEN mail them into AKC with a Foreign Registration Application which is $50 MORE! And now if she does not call me back and furnish vet records I will have to get her her whole vaccine series even if she did already have them.

The breeder states she did not send the Brazilian papers in to AKC yet because she is not old enough to breed and that she was about to when she found out the adoption is going through. But yet she advertised to me that she had "AKC Full Registration and up to date on shots." Granted she can be AKC registered but still now I have to deal with all of this mess.

My question is...do you guys think I have a right to be upset? I really want to call her and ask her for a refund of several hundred dollars for the things I was mislead about that were included in her price. I do not want to call and make a fool of myself so please let me know your opinions if this is me overreacting or if it is justified that I am upset!! Thanks in advance!

03-28-2007, 05:19 AM	#1
ashley809 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In my own little world!! Posts: 733	Question for Breeders I need your advice I recently bought a female Yorkie from a breeder in Florida. She is adopting a baby and finding homes for her young females. Holly is the Yorkie that I got. She is imported from Brazil from somewhere called Lake Buena Vista Kennels. Anyways...I paid quite a bit for Holly in my opinion...$1500 plus shipping. I was willing to do so because she was already 6 months old which meant she was up to date on all of her shots which is several hundred dollars, registered which can cost $50-$100, and she was potty trained. I was told $1500 was a good deal from a dog from this Kennel. She does also have full registration if I ever want to breed her. So I go to make an appointment at my vet and they call the vet the health certificate is from. They have no shot record on her. The breeder told me she was up to date and the info was on the certificate. ALSO...I get her papers in the mail and they are BRAZILIAN. And I so cannot read Portuguese. I have to pay $60 MORE to transfer them into my name and THEN mail them into AKC with a Foreign Registration Application which is $50 MORE! And now if she does not call me back and furnish vet records I will have to get her her whole vaccine series even if she did already have them. The breeder states she did not send the Brazilian papers in to AKC yet because she is not old enough to breed and that she was about to when she found out the adoption is going through. But yet she advertised to me that she had "AKC Full Registration and up to date on shots." Granted she can be AKC registered but still now I have to deal with all of this mess. My question is...do you guys think I have a right to be upset? I really want to call her and ask her for a refund of several hundred dollars for the things I was mislead about that were included in her price. I do not want to call and make a fool of myself so please let me know your opinions if this is me overreacting or if it is justified that I am upset!! Thanks in advance!