Boldheart Mini Aussies - Boldheart Mini Aussies Irresponsible Scamming Bredder

Posted on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 4:41pm CST by 1946d68c

Product: miniature australian shepherd

Company: Boldheart Mini Aussies

Location: Po Box 91 Kearny, Az 85237
Kearny, CA, 85237, US

URL: http://www.boldheartminiaussies.com/

Category: Other

We had decided to buy an Miniature Australian Shepherd from Kathy Tomerlin at Boldheart Mini Aussies in Arizona. She toyed around with us not being able to tell us which of the dogs would be available until the day they were to be shipped out. The dog was a present for my daughter's 5 th birthday. Kathy assured us the dog would have a temperment suitabe for a household with and one year old and a five year old child.

Immediatley the dog showed aggressive tendencies. KAthy would not respond to our emails and calls. Than in ne day the dog bit a 4 year old and attacked a two year old child.

After many calls she finaly called back and said it was nothing to worry about and doggy kindergarten at Petco would take care of it. Petco refused to train the puppy due to liability and all dog trainers agreed saying we had to go to a behaviorist. We tried to limit the dogs exposure to our children eventhough she tried to assure us the dog was fine around our own kids. While we were all sitting in our house the dog bit my 5 year old in the face ripping her lip from her nose all the way down and causing permanent disfigurement. Kathy Tomerlin than admitted to dog was the Alpha of the litter and she had never used the stud before. Kathy Tomerlin agreed to take the dog back. We sent it back to her after driving 200 miles to the airport. She was to refund our $1800.00 when she received the dog. We never heard from her until she refused to refund our money. She calimed our daughter must have "provoked the dog"..totally untrue! Now she is most likely selling the dog again to another family.

Her contact is

Kathy Tomerlin

www.boldheartminiaussies.com

Po Box 91

Kearny, Az 85237

ktomerlin@copper.net

(520)260-4587


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4bb3dc82, 2009-02-13, 01:33PM CST

Wow, I was looking into a breeder and was thinking of contacting them. Now I think I'll pass. thanks for the heads up.

1abdfbf3, 2011-04-11, 01:29AM CDT

The same exact experience happened to me with Wendy at Celebrityward, she sold me a dog as a pet who had obviousy been studded out and had never seen the inside of a house, and within a week the dog had bitten me, lunged at my son - I actually had to tackle him before he could bite - but I wasn't fast enough the second time and the dog grabbed him and bit him on the thigh as he walked out of the kitchen. I took the dog to the vet and he tried to attack the vet because the vet looked him in the eyes. The vet wouldn't get near him and said he had "rage syndrome" and told me to either put him down or return him to the breeder because of the liability. All of this over a 6-day period! Thankfully I got all that in writing because dealing with Wendy was a nightmare, she was screaming at me on the phone and sending abusive emails saying that I owed HER money, saying it was my son's fault and that he provoked the dog, on and on. I had to go to my bank and file a complaint and they credited me back my money after I returned the dog. I'm sure she sold him to someone else. Remember the sleeziest breeders are the ones with the prettiest websites, you know they are churning out litter after litter and they keep the best for themselves and sell the rest to regular consumers like you and me. Breeding is a strange thing, you can wind up with a bad apple but as a breeder it is your responsibility to own up to this and do the right thing by the consumer. So sorry to hear about your daughter, at least my son only has a scar on his thigh. Moral of these stories, folks, is NEVER buy a dog that you have to ship, nothing takes the place of seeing the animal before you purchase. If there isn't a breeder living in your area then it's time to look into another breed!

1abdfbf3, 2011-04-11, 01:31AM CDT

The same exact experience happened to me with Wendy at Celebrityward, she sold me a dog as a pet who had obviousy been studded out and had never seen the inside of a house, and within a week the dog had bitten me, lunged at my son, and bitten him on the thigh as he walked out of the kitchen. I took the dog to the vet and the vet wouldn't get near him, said he had "rage syndrome" and told me to either put him down or return him to the breeder because of the liability. She was a nightmare to deal with, screaming at me on the phone and sending abusive emails that I owed HER money, saying it was my son's fault, on and on. I had to go to my bank and file a complaint and they credited me back my money after I returned the dog. I'm sure she sold him to someone else. Moral of these stories, folks, is NEVER buy a dog that you have to ship, nothing takes the place of seeing the animal before you purchase. Also remember the sleeziest breeders are the ones with the prettiest websites, you know they are churning out litter after litter and they keep the best for themselves and sell the rest to regular consumers like you and me. So sorry to hear about your daughter, at least my son only has a scar on his thigh.

wendy, 2012-10-04, 11:36PM CDT

Celebrityward Aussies not Bold Heart ,wow this is the first time i seen this message would of loved to defend my dog then,you lieing deceiving person, red tri boy with blue eye who was a 1 year old she purchased him with breeding for $1500 my kids and others played with him and loved him, never heard a word from her until she told me he snaped at her son and never told me he was neutered, she got my dog neutered him didn't tell me the next day after he just had surgery her 5 year old climbed on him and he snapped at him ,yes surgery he was in pain I told her to send him back and when i would place him i would send her money back, well i got him back which i paid for to find out she neutered my dog and kept all his papers,there was not a problem until after she neutered my boy she just scammed me because she realized she just didn't like him so neutered him and called me and told me that he for no reason snapped at her son i was in shock as that's not my boys nature ,i asked did your son go to the hospital she said no he just snapped at him and it scared my son,he was not sent to her like that,he was friendly and intack and with full registration, she scammed me, get it strait Liar.then went to her credit card company and got pay pal to pay her money back and charge me $440 for reversal fees, this women was a scam artist and did all this with in 8 days of owning my dog. also after he came home he lived with a lady and 3 kids who slept on the bed with and they told me any time i needed a reference on him she would go to court for me he was a great dog up until the time he was killed by another dog, she was the Scam Artist get it strait.

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