CCCCHIHUAHUAS.com /Joanna Dixon CCCCHIHUAHUAS /Joanna Dixon Steals Customers Money and Claims Hidden Fees Antlers Oklahoma

I have know Joanna for about 5 years  we became friends through our love of Chihuahuas   I also breed chihuahuas and have never come across a puppy buyer that was unhappy. It is all about the fairness of both parties, I have requested puppy buyers to provide me with recommendations if the feel compelled...and I have never had any one complain and I stay in touch with the customers randomly just to let them know I care and to see how the pup and grown into a dog.  When selling pup as  pets all we can do it est. weight lot of the size of the pet relies mostly on the new owner  over feeding is quite common   but when selling show dogs it is best to sell them later in order guarantee  that they will be in the standard and show quality instead of potential.  Sometimes puppy buyers become difficult with over exceptions and so in the interview process I weed them out; I know this sounds harsh but you cannot please everyone all the time and if I have not turned them off but asking a lot of questions and they still want to work with me the I will proceed. My pets are to be sold to the best loving forever homes, I screen prospective buyers thoroughly, and I ask reasonable prices and fees.  We do this for the love of the breed and I is a labor of love for most of us, Joanna has sent me pictures of her property and her facilities and I know she welcomes people into her home when the can make it and has always seemed very accommodating  she does know I am writing this I was on this sight reporting something else and I was just checking on me and came across this  I am not on here but what horrible thinks being said about Joanna is not right she had always offered to help me in anyway  she could   this is not a letter she even knows I am righting   HHC

 

By what stretch of the imagination could this person be considered reasonable. The OP broke the agreement, and thinks it reasonable that the breeder be expected to foot the bill? You don't think she spent the money she got in care? Not to mention her time. I believe someone somewhere states that boarding is in the contract. Give me a break. Ask some places near you how much they would charge to board an animal for just 6 months. OUTRAGEOUS! If you were so unhappy with the first dog you purchased from her, why would you go back? And vets are not experts on breeds, they deal in health. Get a DNA from a reputable source. I am stressing the reputable here. And anonymous, I do believe that they were aquainted before this. And also, maybe you should read up on what standard really is, what it means. Just because a dog does not meet standard, does not mean it is not purebred. It means it is pet quality, as opposed to show quality. Also, some prices reflect a money grubbing fool, others reflect the quality of the pups and the breeder themselves. It is up to the customer to educate themselves and decide. I would also warn people off from buying a puppy that was very cheap for it's breed, that would DEFINANTLY reflect on the quality of the breeder as well. Or a nigerian scam, lol.

I do not know of this accused person, nor am I from your area. But I have been raising AKC and CKC registered Chihuahuas for some years now. First of all, to one of her satisfied customers, with the Chihuahua with the floppy ears. Read up, any dog that is claimed to be a pure bred Chihuahua, does not have floppy ears! And second of all, are these dogs even registered? And even if they are, paying that amount of money for a dog, is outragious. They are pups, not used cars here people! Plus, anyone that can ship a dog is not a very concerned breeder to me.
I suggest to the complainer, to never purchase a pup that way. You need to find someone closer to you, that you can go to the breeder's home, see the parents, and check everythiong out.
Yes, deposits are non refundable. But she should have stated that any actual payments made, are non refundable as well. She should have never agreed to keep the pup that long, if she did not make clear to you of the payment money. A written contract on the subject would have been helpful. The way the world is now a days, don't trust anyone, especially giving money to a breeder, for a pup, that you can only see pictures of on the internet, and someone who doesn't care for their pups enough not ot ship them on a plane with strangers, and relies on the srtrangers, to hand you the pup.
Best wishes to you.

just looking through these comments on this sight,an ran across this one **seems that no matter what people throw at you., they seem to blame every one for there problems. if i had paid for 2 dogs and broke the agrrment i would not exspect a dime back. if you know you have finacal problem dont buy dogs . pay bills and buy grocerys with you money . this situation would kinda be like saying i bought this dog from this guy & i let him out he got ran over i want a full refund because he should have been taught not to go in the road. from the persons i got him from .geeeeeeeeez if you need cash and you are able . work ? if you dont have cash to throw away on .then honar a contract you have agreed on. or deal with a loss. gerd up your loins be a man an women. because problems happen, thats out of our control.
FROM INFO I SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN THESE CCC PEOPLE A GOOD REPUTATION. SO JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE. I THINK I WILL BUY A PUP FROM THESE GUYS .
I RAISE BEAGLES BUT I GUESS IM GONNA GET MY GIRL A APPLE HEAD.

RICKY

I thought I would share the lovely e-mail we recieved this week from Joanna Dixon of CCCChihuahuas. We are yet to get our refund but instead get harassing e-mails from her still.
I just wanted to state that Joanna Dixon from CCCChihuahuas.com sent us a lovely email this week. Here is a cut and paste of that email.

----- Original Message ----
From: Joanna Dixon
Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 11:56:06 AM
Subject:
Please announce that were letting wet farts out.
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We thought it was real nice of Joanna to treat a customer this way and e-mail us this lovely lovely e-mail. Joanna give it up and just refund the money. This is getting unreal. Please Please by all means get help for your wet farts.

Is that really a way to handle the situation? You know you are so wrong and are handling this the wrong way. You owe us straight out 400 dollars out of the 600. You are also re-selling the dog Rocco for the price we already paid you. Give it up! We will not back down. I don't know or care what arraingments you made with others on their dogs, but as far as us, we know what arraingment you made. We have emails, a contract phone calls. So BRING IT ON!!!!!!!! If any of her past customers have any questins or problems or still doubt us.....we do not care if you were in our shoes you'd fight for justice as well!!!!!

I am glad your experience was good, and I am glad she asked you to post something good about her. I on the other hand still need my refund of 400 dollars that is much owed to us. Joanna knows she is lying and I could care less what anyone else says about her on this site. She is in the wrong and owes us our money. We have proof of everything and that is what is scaring you. If what I am saying is not true, then why is Joanna Dixon from CCCChihuahuas so scared and calling old customers back to try to build herself up. She is a scammer and she knows it. GIVE US OUR REFUND JOANNA!!

As a satisfied customer, my experience with Joanna Dixon has been very positive and mine has been a completely satisfactory experience. I purchased one of her chihuahas and I have never received such a well-socialized and great pet. My little female chihuahua was EXACTLY as she described, and Joanna has always done everything she has said to me that she would do. She accepted my deposit and provided the dog per our agreement, her veterinary record, etc., just she as stated. My vet commented on what a healthy pup I received and what good care she had obviously had by her breeder. I would certainly purchase another pet from her in the future and have recommended her to my friends and family.

I am glad that your dog from Rocky Royale weighs only 7 or 8 pounds. Unfortunately my dog Toni , who is not over weight in any shape or form (he is all muscle (eats Innova dog food) weighs 18 pounds. It was 2 vets plus the neutering clinc from Vorhees,NJ that told us numerous times a chihuahua in no shape or form weighs 18 pounds. They ALL stated he was a jack russell mix. He is extremely barky and high strung, but we love him. I sent Joanna pictures and she never posted Toni again on her site in past puppies, because he was so big. She kept saying that he was leggy like Rocky. I do not know if your dog came from the same dam as Toni. Toni was born 1/30/06. I have pictures to prove that my dog is big and documents to prove he weighs 18 pounds. I was told by Joanna at the time the dog was a chihuahua. It would have been nice if she had told me he was a mix. This still has nothing to do with me getting my well deserved money back. I want our 400 dollars back and Joanna knows that she is in the wrong and will lie. Keep it up Joanna. See you in Court.

I am glad you know what a legal contract is and I am glad your personal experience was great with the scammer known as Joanna Dixon. I know she too asked you to post a good comment about her (as usual). Every side has TWO stories. Rocco the puppy on hold was born on 7/27/07. We did not get a contract on him until 10/27/07, therefore he was already over 10 weeks old. Joanna also sent an email stating that she prefers to ship in spring or summer, and would hold the dogs as long as we had to ( nothing about 25 dollars a day fees was ever ever mentioned or stated on our agreement). Next time you should hear both sides before taking sides. You do not even know us.

Rocky Royale was the father of my first puppy from Joanna. She is the calmest of my two, in training to become a therapy dog, and weights 7 lbs.

I have two sweet, adorable, healthy chihuahuas that I bought from CCCChihuahuas. Before purchasing the first one, I looked at many breeders both on the internet and in person. I chose Joanna Dixon and was so pleased that I went back six (6) months later for my second baby. I have had no regrets these past 4 years!

I paid my deposit and she took care of the puppies until they were old enough to leave their mothers. At that time, I paid the remaining amount I owed and she tenderly handed me my babies.

Joanna has proven to be a valuable asset to me raising my puppies. She was always available to answer all my questions (I was a first time dog owner). She asked that I take them each to the vet immediately and she called to make sure my vet found them in excellent health. In all my conversations with Joanna, I found her to be an honest, caring, and thoughtful person. She truly cares and loves animals, and wanted to help me care for my puppies. I could never ask a question about chihuahuas that she was not eager to answer.

In response to this complaint wow! A legal contract is just that a legal contract binding two parties to each uphold what they agreed upon. Joanna agreed to hold these puppies for ten (10) weeks, but eight (8) months later she has to put something on her website asking the Beloins to please contact her. All of her attempts to reach them were in vain. During this time span, she could have sold them to other buyers, but instead, in good faith; she continued to feed and shelter them, completed all of their shots, and had the male neuteredall at her expense. These were not hidden feesthese were necessary things pet owners do for the animals they love. They do come with a cost of money though!

Also, why would anyone who was not pleased and happy with one puppy they bought, go back to the same breeder for one or two more?

We do not know you and you do not know us or our case, for to speak out against us is basically because Joanna asked you to do so. She has asked us to do the same in other cases. You state on your comment that we only paid a deposit and that was it. That is apperently what Joanna told you. Since when is 600 only a deposit? We gave her as stated on our contract 100 non refundable deposit. Then we made payments to pay off 1400 . Joanna stated to us that we had to buy both dogs together (we still have her email) and that Rocco had to be neutered. It was another 100 dollars. She is to refund us out of our 600 dollars 400 dollars. Which she is refusing. In no shape or form does our contract state that we can not get our money apart from the 100 non refundable deposit and 100 for neutering back or change our minds on the dog/dogs. You are talking way out of your league and are apparently a breeder friend your self to Joanna. We know this because she has also spoken about you in conversations with us. Next time you call someone a name , make sure you know what and who you are talking about. We have evidence and proof to our story. Back OFF!!

I know Joanna asked you all to post a good comment about her and CCCChihuahuas onto this Rip Off Report Problem. You all have only heard her side of the situation. She really owes us our refund and is refusing. She is also re selling the dog Rocco we paid for. In response to the person that claims that we were not sold an 18 pound chihuahua, send your email and I will email you proof. Joanna sold us a dog as a true chihuahua and tha dog was supposed to be nomare than 6 pounds. 18 pounds later we learned by two vets and the neutering clinic that, it was actually a mix with a jack russell terrier. Joanna sold off the father (rocky royale)right away when I complained back then. Any ways I am not and insane woman. Someone from Jersey made that remark. Just simply someone who was a very good customer and friend of Joanna for a while and basically got scammed now. I have all of Joanna's emails, her original contract agreement, including an email from me way back stating that we can not purchase two dogs only one and Joanna refused to sell us just the boy. Our other dog Margarita who by the way looked crossed eyed, has never been on her website again. This woman is not being fair. We just tried talking to her again on the phone and her husband Richard refuse to put Joanna on th ephone. He claims that all their contracts explain boarding costs and that they are bascially not refunding our money. They are both scam artists and need to send us our money. Haven't you all noticed ever since I bring an issue up, Joanna runs and updates her website to state something different? Open your eyes people. All of you would be complaining the same way I am, if this happened to you. I have better things to do then complain about this woman.
This woman does breed too often larger male dogs to smaller females. Her dogs do have under and over bites and Joanna does state that she is not responsible for bad teeth in her dogs, that is the customers problem. She tells them this the day of shipping when she calls. Thsi woman needs to be stopped.
***To the woman that stated that we sound like we have a financial problem.......NO KIDDING!! Have you seen the economy lately! We lost our jobs (something not planned) and can not buy the puppy now. Its not like we intentionally did this .....Life Happens. There is nothing stated in our contract that the money apart from the neutering and non refundable deposit is going to be kept. Out of the 600 dollars paid she owes us back 400 dollars. Also if the dog Rocco is paid for , then why is she reselling the dog for 300 +another 300 shipping? Why not send the dog then? She refuses! She claims I mailed a letter to her telling her to keep the money. My letter stated no such thing, it was changed. I hand wrote the letter and it was changed. You all need to open your eyes with this woman and realize that she is not truthful and scamming innocent people. Call the local vet in her area and it will more than likely confirm that she has been banned. She is irresonsible and lost several dogs due to her so called breeding.
To the woman from Mysterious Mountain Chihuahuas. I believe you are the one Joanna told me about: you performed your dogs own c-section? She said something that you wanted so called "toy" chihuahuas and your dog had a puppy stuck and there was no time, so you did the c-section yourself. Letting the dog to die but saving the puppies. This was told to me by Joanna Dixon on 10/27/2007 the same day she emailed me our puppy agreement. What a good friend!!! She will act like a friend and then trash talk everyone. Not even her sisters like her. Joanna/Richard just send us our refund.

I know Joanna asked you all to post a good comment about her and CCCChihuahuas onto this Rip Off Report Problem. You all have only heard her side of the situation. She really owes us our refund and is refusing. She is also re selling the dog Rocco we paid for. In response to the person that claims that we were not sold an 18 pound chihuahua, send your email and I will email you proof. Joanna sold us a dog as a true chihuahua and tha dog was supposed to be nomare than 6 pounds. 18 pounds later we learned by two vets and the neutering clinic that, it was actually a mix with a jack russell terrier. Joanna sold off the father (rocky royale)right away when I complained back then. Any ways I am not and insane woman. Someone from Jersey made that remark. Just simply someone who was a very good customer and friend of Joanna for a while and basically got scammed now. I have all of Joanna's emails, her original contract agreement, including an email from me way back stating that we can not purchase two dogs only one and Joanna refused to sell us just the boy. Our other dog Margarita who by the way looked crossed eyed, has never been on her website again. This woman is not being fair. We just tried talking to her again on the phone and her husband Richard refuse to put Joanna on th ephone. He claims that all their contracts explain boarding costs and that they are bascially not refunding our money. They are both scam artists and need to send us our money. Haven't you all noticed ever since I bring an issue up, Joanna runs and updates her website to state something different? Open your eyes people. All of you would be complaining the same way I am, if this happened to you. I have better things to do then complain about this woman.
This woman does breed too often larger male dogs to smaller females. Her dogs do have under and over bites and Joanna does state that she is not responsible for bad teeth in her dogs, that is the customers problem. She tells them this the day of shipping when she calls. Thsi woman needs to be stopped.
***To the woman that stated that we sound like we have a financial problem.......NO KIDDING!! Have you seen the economy lately! We lost our jobs (something not planned) and can not buy the puppy now. Its not like we intentionally did this .....Life Happens. There is nothing stated in our contract that the money apart from the neutering and non refundable deposit is going to be kept. Out of the 600 dollars paid she owes us back 400 dollars. Also if the dog Rocco is paid for , then why is she reselling the dog for 300 +another 300 shipping? Why not send the dog then? She refuses! She claims I mailed a letter to her telling her to keep the money. My letter stated no such thing, it was changed. I hand wrote the letter and it was changed. You all need to open your eyes with this woman and realize that she is not truthful and scamming innocent people. Call the local vet in her area and it will more than likely confirm that she has been banned. She is irresonsible and lost several dogs due to her so called breeding.
To the woman from Mysterious Mountain Chihuahuas. I believe you are the one Joanna told me about: you performed your dogs own c-section? She said something that you wanted so called "toy" chihuahuas and your dog had a puppy stuck and there was no time, so you did the c-section yourself. Letting the dog to die but saving the puppies. This was told to me by Joanna Dixon on 10/27/2007 the same day she emailed me our puppy agreement. What a good friend!!! She will act like a friend and then trash talk everyone. Not even her sisters like her. Joanna/Richard just send us our refund.

I know Joanna asked you all to post a good comment about her and CCCChihuahuas onto this Rip Off Report Problem. You all have only heard her side of the situation. She really owes us our refund and is refusing. She is also re selling the dog Rocco we paid for. In response to the person that claims that we were not sold an 18 pound chihuahua, send your email and I will email you proof. Joanna sold us a dog as a true chihuahua and tha dog was supposed to be nomare than 6 pounds. 18 pounds later we learned by two vets and the neutering clinic that, it was actually a mix with a jack russell terrier. Joanna sold off the father (rocky royale)right away when I complained back then. Any ways I am not and insane woman. Someone from Jersey made that remark. Just simply someone who was a very good customer and friend of Joanna for a while and basically got scammed now. I have all of Joanna's emails, her original contract agreement, including an email from me way back stating that we can not purchase two dogs only one and Joanna refused to sell us just the boy. Our other dog Margarita who by the way looked crossed eyed, has never been on her website again. This woman is not being fair. We just tried talking to her again on the phone and her husband Richard refuse to put Joanna on th ephone. He claims that all their contracts explain boarding costs and that they are bascially not refunding our money. They are both scam artists and need to send us our money. Haven't you all noticed ever since I bring an issue up, Joanna runs and updates her website to state something different? Open your eyes people. All of you would be complaining the same way I am, if this happened to you. I have better things to do then complain about this woman.
This woman does breed too often larger male dogs to smaller females. Her dogs do have under and over bites and Joanna does state that she is not responsible for bad teeth in her dogs, that is the customers problem. She tells them this the day of shipping when she calls. Thsi woman needs to be stopped.
***To the woman that stated that we sound like we have a financial problem.......NO KIDDING!! Have you seen the economy lately! We lost our jobs (something not planned) and can not buy the puppy now. Its not like we intentionally did this .....Life Happens. There is nothing stated in our contract that the money apart from the neutering and non refundable deposit is going to be kept. Out of the 600 dollars paid she owes us back 400 dollars. Also if the dog Rocco is paid for , then why is she reselling the dog for 300 +another 300 shipping? Why not send the dog then? She refuses! She claims I mailed a letter to her telling her to keep the money. My letter stated no such thing, it was changed. I hand wrote the letter and it was changed. You all need to open your eyes with this woman and realize that she is not truthful and scamming innocent people. Call the local vet in her area and it will more than likely confirm that she has been banned. She is irresonsible and lost several dogs due to her so called breeding.
To the woman from Mysterious Mountain Chihuahuas. I believe you are the one Joanna told me about: you performed your dogs own c-section? She said something that you wanted so called "toy" chihuahuas and your dog had a puppy stuck and there was no time, so you did the c-section yourself. Letting the dog to die but saving the puppies. This was told to me by Joanna Dixon on 10/27/2007 the same day she emailed me our puppy agreement. What a good friend!!! She will act like a friend and then trash talk everyone. Not even her sisters like her. Joanna/Richard just send us our refund.

My experience with Joanna Dixon/CCC Chihuahuas was very positive. I disagree with the notion of her kennel being a puppy mill. I purchased a chihuahua (true
to breed standard in every way) a year and a half ago. My dog was five months old when we had her shipped and let me tell you, there is no way that little dog came from a puppy mill. It was obvious from her behavior that she was used to lots of TLC. Today she is still a very calm, well adjusted, friendly and loving little dog. I think it is absurd to even hint Joanna runs a puppy mill.

In regards to the complaint at hand, the people paid the deposit and then nothing. I saw these puppies on the internet for months listed as sold. If you don't get your puppies what do you think will happen people? The dog was neutered, vaccinated, and boarded and loved for 10 months. My feeling is the complainer lead the breeder on and these poor pups had to wait months to be placed at the breeders expense. People, you break a contract - you don't get your money back. It is much harder to placer older dogs than newborn pups.
Also, you don't get as much for the older dog. The breeder was clearly wronged in this case. End of story.

My experience with Joanna Dixon/CCC Chihuahuas was very positive. I disagree with the notion of her kennel being a puppy mill. I purchased a chihuahua (true
to breed standard in every way) a year and a half ago. My dog was five months old when we had her shipped and let me tell you, there is no way that little dog came from a puppy mill. It was obvious from her behavior that she was used to lots of TLC. Today she is still a very calm, well adjusted, friendly and loving little dog. I think it is absurd to even hint Joanna runs a puppy mill.

In regards to the complaint at hand, the people paid the deposit and then nothing. I saw these puppies on the internet for months listed as sold. If you don't get your puppies what do you think will happen people? The dog was neutered, vaccinated, and boarded and loved for 10 months. My feeling is the complainer lead the breeder on and these poor pups had to wait months to be placed at the breeders expense. People, you break a contract - you don't get your money back. It is much harder to placer older dogs than newborn pups.
Also, you don't get as much for the older dog. The breeder was clearly wronged in this case. End of story.

My experience with Joanna Dixon/CCC Chihuahuas was very positive. I disagree with the notion of her kennel being a puppy mill. I purchased a chihuahua (true
to breed standard in every way) a year and a half ago. My dog was five months old when we had her shipped and let me tell you, there is no way that little dog came from a puppy mill. It was obvious from her behavior that she was used to lots of TLC. Today she is still a very calm, well adjusted, friendly and loving little dog. I think it is absurd to even hint Joanna runs a puppy mill.

In regards to the complaint at hand, the people paid the deposit and then nothing. I saw these puppies on the internet for months listed as sold. If you don't get your puppies what do you think will happen people? The dog was neutered, vaccinated, and boarded and loved for 10 months. My feeling is the complainer lead the breeder on and these poor pups had to wait months to be placed at the breeders expense. People, you break a contract - you don't get your money back. It is much harder to placer older dogs than newborn pups.
Also, you don't get as much for the older dog. The breeder was clearly wronged in this case. End of story.

When I read this report, I couldn't believe the audacity of this woman. Joanna Dixon went out of her way to help her and she completely turned on her. I don't know of any other breeder that would have kept one puppy that long for a client, let alone two. Our pets are a wonderful part of our lives, but it does require time, labor and MONEY to take care of them. Vet visits and high quality food are not free.

Joanna, is in good standing with AKC and her dogs are DNA tested. They ARE purebred. She does NOT over breed her dogs. She loves them. You can hear it when she talks about them, but not only that, you can see it for yourself in the beautiful, healthy, well adjusted pups.

As far as the vet is concerned, we all have to be comfortable with the person taking care of our precious babies. I went through several vets before I found my current one. If I didn't like their business practices or felt they didn't care enough for my dog, I left and tried another one.

I purchased a puppy from Joanna and a friend of mine purchased her brother. Both dogs are, first of all GORGEOUS, but they've never had a health problem and they're temperaments are incredible as well.

Please do not believe the ramblings of this insane woman or her friend.

I am a little upset to say the least reading this rip off report about Joanna Dixon.
First let me say I have two maltese and one chihuahua that I just purchased from her back in December. Joanna sold me Scarlett a small female maltese that weighs three pounds. I purchased her in October 2004. This was in the "height" of the small dog craze and people offered me 3000.00 for this dog and Joanna only sold me the dog for 1500.00. She was more concerned that she get a good home then about money.

I have paid Joanna in payments for Valor a maltese I purchased in May 2006.
At no time was Joanna "paranoid" or pushy. Every thing she promised she delivered.
She told me that Valor was not small and he would be around 9 pounds and he was.

Then I purchased Chloe a black and white chihuahua in December 2007. Again she was not a terrier or mixed breed. She actually has a great temperment and is nothing like most chihuahuas that tend to be snippy and nasty. Chloe is affectionate and loving.

Joanna and her family love animals very much. Regarding the comments about the Vet I know Joanna has changed Vets due to the fact that one of her female dogs passed away, not due to being "banned" b/c she is a "puppy mill". Joanna has concerns and I have signed a petition against puppy mills in oklahoma. Joanna did not want to looped in with other breeders in oklahoma that are true puppy mills. I own four dogs three of which have been purchased from CCC chihuahuas. I have had no health problems etc. with these pets. Maybe the poster from Maine did these pets a favor by not purchasing them. I live in NJ and have full access to the Metro area and I still chose to purchase a puppy from Joanna and would do so again. I also find it hard to believe that Joanna sold you a chihuahua that weighs 18 lbs. In closing, it sounds as if the poster is having a hard time financially and I am sorry for that. But next time, do not promise to take a puppy never do so and expect money back. I am sure Joanna could have sold the puppy. I have photos I would be glad to show of my beautiful dogs.

Suzanne

I am a little upset to say the least reading this rip off report about Joanna Dixon.
First let me say I have two maltese and one chihuahua that I just purchased from her back in December. Joanna sold me Scarlett a small female maltese that weighs three pounds. I purchased her in October 2004. This was in the "height" of the small dog craze and people offered me 3000.00 for this dog and Joanna only sold me the dog for 1500.00. She was more concerned that she get a good home then about money.

I have paid Joanna in payments for Valor a maltese I purchased in May 2006.
At no time was Joanna "paranoid" or pushy. Every thing she promised she delivered.
She told me that Valor was not small and he would be around 9 pounds and he was.

Then I purchased Chloe a black and white chihuahua in December 2007. Again she was not a terrier or mixed breed. She actually has a great temperment and is nothing like most chihuahuas that tend to be snippy and nasty. Chloe is affectionate and loving.

Joanna and her family love animals very much. Regarding the comments about the Vet I know Joanna has changed Vets due to the fact that one of her female dogs passed away, not due to being "banned" b/c she is a "puppy mill". Joanna has concerns and I have signed a petition against puppy mills in oklahoma. Joanna did not want to looped in with other breeders in oklahoma that are true puppy mills. I own four dogs three of which have been purchased from CCC chihuahuas. I have had no health problems etc. with these pets. Maybe the poster from Maine did these pets a favor by not purchasing them. I live in NJ and have full access to the Metro area and I still chose to purchase a puppy from Joanna and would do so again. I also find it hard to believe that Joanna sold you a chihuahua that weighs 18 lbs. In closing, it sounds as if the poster is having a hard time financially and I am sorry for that. But next time, do not promise to take a puppy never do so and expect money back. I am sure Joanna could have sold the puppy. I have photos I would be glad to show of my beautiful dogs.

Suzanne

I am a little upset to say the least reading this rip off report about Joanna Dixon.
First let me say I have two maltese and one chihuahua that I just purchased from her back in December. Joanna sold me Scarlett a small female maltese that weighs three pounds. I purchased her in October 2004. This was in the "height" of the small dog craze and people offered me 3000.00 for this dog and Joanna only sold me the dog for 1500.00. She was more concerned that she get a good home then about money.

I have paid Joanna in payments for Valor a maltese I purchased in May 2006.
At no time was Joanna "paranoid" or pushy. Every thing she promised she delivered.
She told me that Valor was not small and he would be around 9 pounds and he was.

Then I purchased Chloe a black and white chihuahua in December 2007. Again she was not a terrier or mixed breed. She actually has a great temperment and is nothing like most chihuahuas that tend to be snippy and nasty. Chloe is affectionate and loving.

Joanna and her family love animals very much. Regarding the comments about the Vet I know Joanna has changed Vets due to the fact that one of her female dogs passed away, not due to being "banned" b/c she is a "puppy mill". Joanna has concerns and I have signed a petition against puppy mills in oklahoma. Joanna did not want to looped in with other breeders in oklahoma that are true puppy mills. I own four dogs three of which have been purchased from CCC chihuahuas. I have had no health problems etc. with these pets. Maybe the poster from Maine did these pets a favor by not purchasing them. I live in NJ and have full access to the Metro area and I still chose to purchase a puppy from Joanna and would do so again. I also find it hard to believe that Joanna sold you a chihuahua that weighs 18 lbs. In closing, it sounds as if the poster is having a hard time financially and I am sorry for that. But next time, do not promise to take a puppy never do so and expect money back. I am sure Joanna could have sold the puppy. I have photos I would be glad to show of my beautiful dogs.

Suzanne

I am a little upset to say the least reading this rip off report about Joanna Dixon.
First let me say I have two maltese and one chihuahua that I just purchased from her back in December. Joanna sold me Scarlett a small female maltese that weighs three pounds. I purchased her in October 2004. This was in the "height" of the small dog craze and people offered me 3000.00 for this dog and Joanna only sold me the dog for 1500.00. She was more concerned that she get a good home then about money.

I have paid Joanna in payments for Valor a maltese I purchased in May 2006.
At no time was Joanna "paranoid" or pushy. Every thing she promised she delivered.
She told me that Valor was not small and he would be around 9 pounds and he was.

Then I purchased Chloe a black and white chihuahua in December 2007. Again she was not a terrier or mixed breed. She actually has a great temperment and is nothing like most chihuahuas that tend to be snippy and nasty. Chloe is affectionate and loving.

Joanna and her family love animals very much. Regarding the comments about the Vet I know Joanna has changed Vets due to the fact that one of her female dogs passed away, not due to being "banned" b/c she is a "puppy mill". Joanna has concerns and I have signed a petition against puppy mills in oklahoma. Joanna did not want to looped in with other breeders in oklahoma that are true puppy mills. I own four dogs three of which have been purchased from CCC chihuahuas. I have had no health problems etc. with these pets. Maybe the poster from Maine did these pets a favor by not purchasing them. I live in NJ and have full access to the Metro area and I still chose to purchase a puppy from Joanna and would do so again. I also find it hard to believe that Joanna sold you a chihuahua that weighs 18 lbs. In closing, it sounds as if the poster is having a hard time financially and I am sorry for that. But next time, do not promise to take a puppy never do so and expect money back. I am sure Joanna could have sold the puppy. I have photos I would be glad to show of my beautiful dogs.

Suzanne

I apologize for any confusion my typo may have caused. I should have typed:
We did NOT attempt any drawn out payment plans.
We purchased our puppies outright and received MORE than expected.
Once again, we have nothing but praise for CCC Chihuahuas.

Best Wishes,
The Webergs

I am the proud owner of three Chihuahuas from CCChihuahuas. I can tell anyone looking for a sound specimen of the breed not to have any hesitation about purchasing a dog from this breeder. I have had two different vets tell me that they have never seen Chihuahuas with such good temperaments, nor a medical protocol followed to such a degree. In other words they are good dogs and well taken care of before finding their loving, lifetime home.

As I understand it, the buyers have had some unfortunate events happen in their lives, as we all have. To blame anyone for these circumstances is absurd. No breeder can hold a dog "indefinitely". This puppy is now older and Joanna will have to find a home for him soon. She has had to have him neutered (something the owners should have and would have had to do, give him his shots, deworm him, feed and board him since he was born, and yes, love him, all at her expense.

I understand the buyers were originally suppose to take two dogs from this litter, then all of a sudden they could only take one. Joanna was fortunate to find a loving home for the other one within a short time. I saw that Joanna had posted a notice on her website for the buyers to contact her because the phone calls and e-mails were unanswered for whatever reason. When they did not contact her she had to send a certified letter to let them know she had to find this puppy a home if final payment was not received immediately (after months of waiting). The response was that they could not afford to do so, and seemingly understood.

Of course Joanna does not want to be referred to as a puppy mill, who would. I have visited her kennels when I picked up two of my "babies" and AKC has done a recent inspection. Hardly a puppy mill.

Regarding the tragic even in February of this year, the mother went into labor early, the vet (banned from her local vet???) did a C section but only one of the puppies survived. Joanna did not "let" any of them die. There was nothing else to do. No one was more upset at this loss than Joanna.

Regarding the pure breed issue, if they were not able to be registered, AKC would not sanction this breeder. Most reputable breeders are not in this for the money but the love of the breed, yet they must pay their bills.

I hope that the buyers can come to grips with the truth of this matter and not make an already bad situation worse.

Joanna of CCC Chihuahuas has been lovely to do business with.

I am writing to inform any readers that my experiences have been extremely positive ( I am a repeat client ).
My husband and I purchased our first puppy from Joanna 4 years ago. She is a lovely little tri-color chihuahua with the disposition of an angel. She arrived in perfect health, had a new crate, was tucked safely inside a fluffly pink baby blanket, and had all appropriate paperwork.

Joanna corresponded with us in a manner that was professional and polite, she updated us on anyting she thought was important for us to know. She kindly sent multiple photos of our little Daisy as we waited for her to reach the appropriate age and weight to make the trip here.

She had all the necessary shots and the vet announced that she was in perfect health. She didn't need shots immediately due to the fact that Joanna had arranged for initial puppy immunizations to be taken care of prior to her arrival.
These were all included in the agreed upon price.

Daisy's adult weight is 6lbs just as Joanna predicted.

We were so pleased we then arranged for Jack to join our family. Jack is slightly larger than Daisy weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs. He also has bent ears. Joanna advised us IN ADVANCE that he would be a little larger and his ears might not stand.

She then discounted the cost of this puppy ( My husband wanted him BECAUSE of the ears ) because he did not make AKC breed standards.
He is a purebred Chihuahua, simply pet quality. He is the most affectionate little dog and smart as a whip with a repetoire of tricks to please us.
He arrived in perfect health, in a new crate, wrapped in a blue baby blanket.

As with Daisy, he had all appropriate shots and papers. He passed his exam with flying colors.

My vet recently told me that my dogs are in superb health. Absolutely perfect. He mentioned their nice dispositions which not all chihuahuas will have. Joanna's dogs DO have great personalities.

We have 4 dogs ( two are late adoptions from shelters). If ever we want a chihuahua puppy again, we will purchase from Joanna. She and I have corresponded since we first expressed interest in Daisy. She is a lovely person who has never been dishonest with us. She even sends puppy pictures to my aunt who is dealing with breast cancer ( she knows my aunt loves puppies ).

She has never solicited us in an unappropriate manner, and we think quite highly of her. We have recommended her to our friends and family.
We also paid for our puppies and did attempt drawn out payment plans. Any pet is expensive to care in the manner they deserve. If you are unable to purchase the dog in the manner indicated in the contract, I highly doubt you would be able to provide for its proper care throughout it's life. The maintainance alone during a puppies first year can amount to far more than the amount you describe.

Joanna was correct in her actions and we fully support her.


Sincerely,
The Webergs
Norwalk, CT

I have been a friend and done business for many years with Joanna. She has always had her puppies she sells vet checked and given very good care of them.
I believe Joanna did the best she could to hold the puppy and please the buyer, she in good faith held the puppy believing the customer would someday finish paying. Joanna is one of the beat caring breeder of chihuahuas I have ever known.

One think all breeders add in a contract is deposits are non refundable. If for any reason something happens to a dog in the breeders care then all money is refundable. Joanna kept this dog till 10 months old. The is a very long time no other breeders would do that. I believe she gave plenty of time for this pup to be paid off. I read the contract that state the pup would be paid in full by 10 weeks old and is now 10mon. Holding a pup that long and a buyer backs out they loose opportunities on other buyers and the older they get normally are harder to sell. So I agree the the money is non refundable. This is not the breeders fault and they was more then generous to give all the time to hold the dog.