BoxerSlave
Boxer Pal
So yes I will admit that I fell into the trap of being naive and overly excited to get my first boxer and not do the research. I made who I thought was a friend and she was what she said a well reputated (SP?) breeder who had several litters under her belt. And I thought oh ok she had many happy customers let me wait for her next litter. Mind you I am drawn to the standard classic traditional boxer look, short muzzles, wrinkles great conformation and temperament, which once again did not know the first thing about conformation, I just knew what I likes from looking..
I did make it quite clear that I wanted a true to standard boxer and had an interest in getting into show. I asked her what I thought were the right questions, she has a 3 generation pedigree for her dogs, they were health tested...mind you just a wellness check not the health testing that I know about now, had papers and all her dogs on sight. 4 females and 1 male. She told me how she loves this breed and just wants to find wonderful homes, and she wanted to start showing her dogs as well. She was like a mentor in a way....but now I know she is nothing of the sort and just a BYB.
I was put on a waiting list, and when the puppies were whelped was sent pictures. I fell in love with the flashiest mahogany male and was like he is the one. I asked if I could wait a few weeks to see how he would turn out before I placed my non refundable deposit and was told no it had to be in the next few days as she had others on her list...should have been a big red flag. So we drove down and saw him at 10 days old and made the deposit.
We were assured he would be to standard a great one to show and breed down the road if we so chose. So I was like ok great, and for a wonderful price..Should have know better.
Fast forward to now 9 months later. He still has accidents in the house and is not potty trained...drinks water like he has never seen it and let me tell you we have tried everything. Crate trained, tethered, let out every 15 min..and he will go days and not have an accident and then the inevitable. He can not focus and pee he just walks and lets it go like he has no control, or just can't focus...he has like no attention span. We have been in contact with her and have told her, mind you another one of her dogs was returned to her for the same thing, and she placed the blame on the owner, and did not refund any money and turned around and resold her. She told me I didn't dedicate enough time, that it was my fault, and so on. I had also told her he was not what I was expecting looks wise, his muzzle to long, off set ears, and so on. She said no I was wrong and he is show quality amoung other things. I told her that I loved him very much and loved his personality but was disappointed in not getting what I was told I was, and his peeing issues. That I was thinking of re homing him to someone who could maybe help him but wanted to give him back to her, and wanted our money back. She was furious and stated that in her "contract" that we would not get a refund. And we could not re home him, that no matter what that all puppies would go back to her for her to rehome, this way she would always know where they are. Mind you make a profit to. I told her that was not right..there is something wrong with him and so on, not to mention she mislead us.
I just want some other opinions on this topic. I am including some pics as well. There are a lot of things that I notice now about her that I wish i caught before, like breeding a white female...which I know is not ethical. I love white boxers, but I believe they should not be bred. I just needed to vent. I don't love him any less, just upset that there are these type of people out here.
here are the pics:
I did make it quite clear that I wanted a true to standard boxer and had an interest in getting into show. I asked her what I thought were the right questions, she has a 3 generation pedigree for her dogs, they were health tested...mind you just a wellness check not the health testing that I know about now, had papers and all her dogs on sight. 4 females and 1 male. She told me how she loves this breed and just wants to find wonderful homes, and she wanted to start showing her dogs as well. She was like a mentor in a way....but now I know she is nothing of the sort and just a BYB.
I was put on a waiting list, and when the puppies were whelped was sent pictures. I fell in love with the flashiest mahogany male and was like he is the one. I asked if I could wait a few weeks to see how he would turn out before I placed my non refundable deposit and was told no it had to be in the next few days as she had others on her list...should have been a big red flag. So we drove down and saw him at 10 days old and made the deposit.
We were assured he would be to standard a great one to show and breed down the road if we so chose. So I was like ok great, and for a wonderful price..Should have know better.
Fast forward to now 9 months later. He still has accidents in the house and is not potty trained...drinks water like he has never seen it and let me tell you we have tried everything. Crate trained, tethered, let out every 15 min..and he will go days and not have an accident and then the inevitable. He can not focus and pee he just walks and lets it go like he has no control, or just can't focus...he has like no attention span. We have been in contact with her and have told her, mind you another one of her dogs was returned to her for the same thing, and she placed the blame on the owner, and did not refund any money and turned around and resold her. She told me I didn't dedicate enough time, that it was my fault, and so on. I had also told her he was not what I was expecting looks wise, his muzzle to long, off set ears, and so on. She said no I was wrong and he is show quality amoung other things. I told her that I loved him very much and loved his personality but was disappointed in not getting what I was told I was, and his peeing issues. That I was thinking of re homing him to someone who could maybe help him but wanted to give him back to her, and wanted our money back. She was furious and stated that in her "contract" that we would not get a refund. And we could not re home him, that no matter what that all puppies would go back to her for her to rehome, this way she would always know where they are. Mind you make a profit to. I told her that was not right..there is something wrong with him and so on, not to mention she mislead us.
I just want some other opinions on this topic. I am including some pics as well. There are a lot of things that I notice now about her that I wish i caught before, like breeding a white female...which I know is not ethical. I love white boxers, but I believe they should not be bred. I just needed to vent. I don't love him any less, just upset that there are these type of people out here.
here are the pics:
