Yannick Toy/Nain - LES CERBOIS DE LA CHENEVEYRE

Yannick

Lykkehuset's

Always so Wicked

Confirmé en Toy en France en 2010 à cause du type

Tan Caniche réussi en 2010

How to be cheated


For a long time we had been looking for a black toy stud issued from a totally different bloodline. After many years, a friend of us told us about a litter that could meet our expectations and bred by a very reliable man. She had been collaborating with him on various occasions and highly recommended him. We contacted the breeder, explained what we wanted, insisting on the PRA status of the dog which had to be DNA A clear, either by parents or tested himself.


He agreed on having his bitch tested, as the stud was already. After a few weeks, he was sorry to inform us that the bitch was unfortunately B carrier and we asked him to have the boy tested as it was obvious for us we would not buy the puppy if he wasn’t A. He agreed on doing so. Again a few weeks later, he called to inform us he got the results via e-mail: the boy was A clear and that he would go to our friend’s place in Germany where we could meet to pick up the dog. We were so happy to have finally found the dog we wanted, especially so since the breeder had sent us various pictures of the puppy which seemed very promising.


We drove to our friend’s house, (600 km) and got to know the breeder and the little marvel. The dog was a bit thinner than expected but in all other aspects just great. We were delighted. And the breeder was very friendly and gave us the impression of a reliable person. He showed us all the documents except the DNA PRA test result explaining he didn’t get the letter from Optigen but that he would send it as soon as he got it.  


We paid him the price he asked for his dog, quite a fortune but the price had been agreed upon previously and, altogether, spent a great evening afterwards, sharing a good meal and talking about poodles of course.


Next day, we drove back home with our new dog. We sent the breeder an e-mail to remind him to forward us the Optigen results and thanked him again for “giving” us this wonderful stud. No news. A few days later, we tried to call him. Nobody answered nor called back as asked in the message we left on the answering machine. Again we sent a mail, starting to realize that we probably had been abused. In the meantime, we found out about another surprising detail. Going through the Health certificate, we discovered that the puppy hadn’t been vaccinated except with a serum at the age of 6 weeks. This was later confirmed by the breeder’s vet we contacted directly. The canines of the first set had not been removed when the second set appeared and were pushing on the permanent teeth. The dog had never been trained to walk on a leash, even though he was 7 months old when we got him!!! The dog grew a few centimetres taller very fast and is no more a toy. This explains why he was so thin; the breeder most probably didn’t give him enough to eat.  And, as we never received the Optigen result, we had him tested and guess what the result is: B carrier !


The morality of this story:  


DON’T TRUST ANYONE



and especially not


Michael Lykke from Kennel Lykkehuset  


PS: our friend in Germany was also cheated but this is another story she will tell you soon.

To be continued...

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