!!NOT HIGH QUALITY DOGS!!SIGNS OF GENETIC DEFECTS!!
I purchased a 9 week old black GSD from DogsAmerica earlier this year. When we brought the puppy home it vomited up anything we fed it, but we thought it was car sickness from the long drive home. A few days passed and the puppy hadn't kept anything down and kept falling over, almost like it was dizzy. The puppy had a few other strange behaviors also, like it couldn't track my hand or follow the treat if it left its line of sight.
We took the puppy to a very well reviewed vet hospital where the doctor told me the puppy had a list of problems. He said the puppy had a murmur on both sides of its heart, and that it had psychological abnormalities. He said that because the puppy was also throwing up all its food he strongly felt it had distemper, that had possibly affected its brain. He told me they could run tests that would be costly to verify it was distemper but that he was very certain it was. We told the doctor we would wait on that decision and call the breeder first.
When we called Stan, he told me to have the puppy put down and that he would give me another one. my family was devastated as we had grown attached to the puppy, so we decided we would pay to have the tests run the next day, before putting it down. But that same night the puppy started wheezing like it couldn't breath and making deep gasping sounds. We rushed to the vet where the pup was put on a breathing machine and that night we had him euthanized.
Initially I was angry at the breeder because I felt he had deceived me and sold me a puppy that was sick. But after a few days of back and forth emails He offered to let my family pick any one of his puppies even if it was more expensive than my original puppy. When we arrived on his property he brought out 3 huge puppies that were all well over 4 months old. Not being as clear headed as I should have been I picked the smallest one of the 3 and we left.
Next day we take our new dog to the vet where he tells me the puppy only has 1 testicule descended. The vet says other testicule could possibly descend in a few months. Vet told me I should call the breeder and let him know the puppy only has 1 testicule, because now my puppy cannot be a breeding dog.
When I called Stan, he tells me he can't help Mother Nature and some times it happens, but the testicule should eventually descend. Months go bye and my dog is now 7 months and his testicule hasn't descended. The vet tells me the testicule in his stomach should be removed before he gets to big to make the surgery less invasive. If the testicule remains inside his stomach it will eventually become a tumor.
Stan never responded to me, but at the age my puppy was, any good breeder should have recognized the problem before giving me the puppy. I emailed him recently to try and resolve this issue but he ignored my email. Based on my experience with stan and getting 2 puppies from him, I feel he is a deceitful person and only cares about selling as many puppies as possible.
The first puppy had to of had been showing these symptoms long before we got him. He either didn't care that it was sick, or never payed it any attention. It threw up every meal it ate then tried to eat the vomit. It's disturbing to imagine the pup alone in a cage eating its own vomit until he fed it again. He says he only feeds his puppies twice a day.
The second puppy only had 1 testicule at 4 and a half months old. Any good breeder would have known that at the very least this was abnormal. He should have at least informed me of the puppies condition, now I'm stuck with a 600 dollar bill that has to happen or else risk a testicular tumor.
I was always fair with you Stan and at every turn you have wronged me and my family. Other people shouldn't have to go through the same, stop breeding bad dogs! They deserve better! And if you're going to sell older dogs, at the very least you should socialize them! read more
