can i rate a negative star? In 2008 after researching the kind of dog that would be a good fit with me I decided on a goldendoodle. My uncle is a vet and gave me specific things to look for - breeder should not give shots, make sure to see at least one of the dogs parent but better to see both, etc.. I found Almost Heaven on line, called skip to ask if he had any white male pups, which i had seen pics on his website, and he did. the white ones were $1000.00. i made arrangements to go see the white pup. when i got there I saw the 'dad' and skip gave me a pic of the mom dog. he said dog mom of the puppies owner had a hard time letting the pups go since this was her first litter and for whatever reason couldn't bring the mom dog for me to see. he brought one red guy out and said he had 2 white females but promised a woman coming the next day to hold them for her to see... my guy was precious (what puppy ISN'T?!!). I had to have him, and since he was red skip told me he was $1500. Ok shady again, so we negotiated down a bit. He gave me some brochure for vitamins and said if i ordered them i would get a one year health guarantee and said if i ever decided i couldn't keep the pup to bring him back to almost heaven. He had monkeys in a big cage attached to his house who were able to inside or stay outside if they wanted. I asked if i could pet them and he said no that they were mean, they were his moms and blah blah blah... anyway, of course i took my pup to the vet to be checked. he had worms and they gave him an 'official' worm shot (skip said he had given him the worm shot himself...). my pup was really sick and had to have an iv put into his little arm for antibiotics since he was found to have had a parasite that came from sheep and something else (unusual). he almost didn't make it. skip never returned any of my calls or emails. my guy is fine now and is 4.5 yrs old. the first year or so i sent pics to skip so he could show the woman whose dog had mine and let her know he has a great life with me. never heard back. it wasn't until a friend asked me where i got my pup that i pulled up the website and found all of these horror stories! I was sooo sad to read all of this. and i'm sooo glad to have saved my pup. he is the best, most precious dog in the world! almost heaven... really???? should more appropriately be named hell according to all of this. so sad.
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