I adopted my beautiful girl, Kali (then Ruby) back in 2020.
I came to pick her up two days after her first birthday.
When I arrived I was swarmed by 15-25 aussies. When I asked where "Ruby" was Koni replied "she's under the coat rack".
This was the first red flag.
The second red flag was Koni telling me two other people had returned her... She then proceeded to tell me she miscarried a litter.
3 owners and a miscarried litter all before her first birthday?
Third red flag was when Koni told me to "feed her hot dogs".
Excuse me? Absolutely not.
When I brought Kali home, she was incredibly nervous and we had extremely terrible diarrhea almost everyday for the first month. Every morning I would wake up and my entire carpet was absolutely covered. She ran away from me multiple times.
Kali clearly had hormonal and digestive issues from being rushed into breeding while being fed a nutrition devoid diet.
The bond was already built and I refused to be another person to give up on this dog.
It's been 5 years since then and Kali has had a beautiful life full of love and adventure. She is my baby. I will never give up on her.
But she continue to struggle to this day with her tummy. I have her on Farmer's Dog and probiotic supplements. She gets whole real foods, lots of walk, lots of love. But her foundation was broken from the start.
I am also fairly certain Koni's husband was abusive to the animals as she HATES tall men with beards.
I don't know if Koni is still doing business, but if she is and you read this, adopt your pup from someone else. I am grateful for Kali in my life and will love her deeply until her last day - but she is a challenging dog and I fully blame this awful breeder for treating their dogs as nothing but a source of income. read more