Joanna Dixon / Cccchihuahuas & Maltese Refuses to honor promise to refund money after selling me a very sick dog. Antlers Oklahoma

I just read your post about your experience with Joanna Dixon of CCCChihuahuas and Maltese. I am so sorry your dog has gone through so much. I am still having problems with Joanna this year and am still awaiting her to refund my money on two dogs that one was paid for, but never made it to me. She lied to us and even our contract stated a refund was due to us with the exception of 200 dollars. Anyways, I want to let you know that she is a puppy mill in Antlers. She even had to shut down her website "temporairly". Joannas relative works as a paralegal in a law firm (as told by her). Don't let the lawyer intimidate you from getting the money due to you. Joanna does not care or mind putting dogs down. I have seen dogs disappear, including exotic Zena (a deaf dog) and little Margarita/Rocco that never made it to us. She made double the money on Rocco because we had paid for him in full.

I suggest you file a report as we did with the Federal Trade Comission, report her to PETA, and the Better business Beureau. She will more than likely have her so called friends post to say how wonderful she is. In reality we know , her true colors. As far as my dogs teeth Joanna told me that she does not take care of dogs teeth, that it is the responsibility of the customer. My chihuahuas that came from her back in 2006 have over bites and heart murmurs. Whatever you do please do not send your dog back to such an irresponsible woman. I learned my lesson th hard way and will NEVER buy from this woman again. Her dog quality and wellness has gone down hill. I wish you the best and better health for your dog.

Apparently Joanna Dixon is still selling Maltese puppies and now her website is back in action. The only difference is she spread out the letters in her in her websites name , so others can not read that she is on Rip Off Report so often. Her new sight is typed out C C C Chihuahuas and Maltese. This woman needs to be stopped. The dogs she is selling do not even belong to her but to a person named Trula, a relative of hers. She claims the AKC inspects her every year, yet according to he AKC they do not because she is just a hobby breeder. I hope others that have had problems with this breeder file complaints at the Better Business Beureu, rip off report, report her again to PETA (shes a puppymill), and to the AKC (to see if something can be done). Somehow she needs to be stopped. Dogs are being sold sick or money is being stolen by her from customers. People are being told by her that the chihuahuas are pure breed and they end up not being so. Yet customers pay top dollar for a pure breed and a healthy dog, and do not get either. Someone out there stop this breeder for the sake of the dogs and the people being lied to.

From the beginning this complaint sounded a bit fishy. First of all, everyone expects a healthy puppy. It's not a normal comment to make, (oh, and by the way, I'd like a healthy dog as opposed to a sick one).

Next, was the retained puppy teeth. Many Maltese, (and toy breeds in general), retain puppy teeth. It's usually the canines, and most vets will extract them for a minimal fee, or no fee at all when they spay/neuter the dog. It certainly doesn't take a specialist for such a common occurance.

I can't comment on the anxiety because, quite frankly, there were no specifics.

I can comment however, on the ludacris idea that veteranarian would tell any client that the dog could have a "possible" liver problem. The dog either has a liver problem...or it doesn't. Would a medical doctor say to a patient, (well you could have fatal disease or you might possibly have have a fatal disease in the future)
Not likely.

As far as the luxating patellas are concerned, if they weren't diagnosed until after the dog was a year old, it was most likely caused by an injury. If it was a genetic issue it would have been diagnosed much earlier on. Luxating patellas can be caused by something as simple as jumping off a sofa, or even sliding on an uncarpeted surface. If the dogs nails, or paw pads weren't clipped often enough that would increase the likelihood.

And the thing that is the most difficult for me to believe: this comment

"she first told me to "put the dog down" because she wasn't worth the price of the surgery "

It's just not logical that "any" person would say such a thing, and if she wanted the dog euthanized, why would she offer to give back any money at all?

In my opinion, this story became more and more fabricated as it went. I truly have immense sympathy for this poor breeder.

Well alot of it was well said, and if the OP doesn't know enough about these issues, she should not be breeding by any stretch of the imagination. It would make her a BYB in my opinion. The changing of the letters did not at all make it any harder to find anything, and I can only find two complaints online and from ROR, the OTHER of which is from rkfb(?). PLEASE read that one after reading this one. rkfb, do you mention these other dogs and heart murmers somewhere else? The other post seems to be about how this rkfb paid for a dog, and changed her mind after a VERY long time (I think someone mentions 10 months), and then thinks she should get her money back. But this one says he was paid for and not sent? I thought you didn't want him sent because your life circumstances had changed or something. Did I misread the complaint? Despite all my searching, I can only find what I believe to be two nonsense complaints, can you direct me to any others? I am just trying to clarify here, and get enough information to decide for myself. You CERTAINLY can not always take these reports at face value all the time. *just my opinions*