Jerome Podell - Havanique Havanese Sold me a sick dog Harpers Ferry West Virginia

I read your Havanese Forum blog with SHOCK! You have also given people the name of the dog's orthopaedist, with the account number and telephone number asking for payment for the surgery! Then, you tell people to pay YOU with Paypal directly. Sounds like internet fraud to me. All-the-while trying to get your breeder to give you money too.

Your blog also says your vet recommends NOT doing sugery, but of course two surgeons do. Wouldn't surgery put the dog in pain? And your blog says the dog is pain free and running up the stairs.

What about your two thousand dollar chocolate Chanel purse and your Chanel suits your mentioned on your blog? You state on your blog that you are considering selling the suits to raise money. Poor, poor you. Did you get folks to chip in for those at another blog? Aren't these the FACTS that you are so desperately trying to tell the world?

It is ingenious to try to get a free dog from the breeder AND compensation for surgery from the breeder under threat of "exposing" him to the media and internet sites. You've exposed him within a month of your find that the dog has a problem, yet it took you three months to figure out something was wrong with your dog - and you have been harping on the net the breeder knew all along, right? AND you are getting compensation from the internet blog public. So, so clever. I wish I could be so devious.

Oh, and my own child was born with a heart defect, other kid has eczema, another a little eye twitch, another with asthma, another needs braces (ok, buck teeth). One child has bad breath (maybe two do) and all the boys had chronic ear infections. My friend's kid has diabetes. Should we complain to G*D almighty for fraud? He sent me defective kids!!!! I got CHEATED, I want to SUE. If your kids are defective too, contact me now for a class action lawsuit!

Why on earth would you buy a dog with a crooked leg for show and breeding? Boy, it sounds like YOU knew the dog had an issue. Hmm, maybe it is because you were fixated on a certain color as per your other blogs? And you call it internet fraud? Per your other hateful blogs, didn't you pick up the dog in person? Didn't this breeder let you pick between two chocolate-colored dogs? Sounds like you chose the wrong dog. I am also a Havanese breeder and I am reading your nutty vents with great interest.

How long was it before you realized the dog was "sick." Is a crooked legged dog a "very sick dog?" If your vet says the dog is so unhealthy - GIVE IT BACK!! Then, you can wait until you get your money back or get another dog (I see his dogs at dog shows and he is known to be a decent breeder). A friend bought a Shih Tsu a while back, it had a hernia and a problem eye per the vet, the next day she took it back to the breeder, per my advice. She got her money back - no hard feelings. Why would anyone want to deal with the surgery and recovery on a little baby puppy? Are other breeders advising you to do the surgery or only the surgeons want to do the surgery? I know breeders who would put the dog down, rather than have them suffer through the surgery. The dog may still remain lame and suffer arthritis.

On your other blogs you write that you are sorry you are writing about him on the blog when things are going your way, then you vent again on the internet. I don't understand you. You are ready to slam the breeder while you are trying to get a resolution. You say "He KNEW, he KNEW." Wow, you can read minds? Do you think this breeder would knowingly and happily sell a dog with chondrodysplasia? Do you think he intentionally bred a dog like this? If my good name was on this ripoff report thanks to you, I wouldn't deal with you at all. I can't imagine that the breeder would even want you to keep the dog - you don't deserve a dog. Please, put your full name on your complaints so I know never to sell you a dog. It sounds like you are too flakey to be a dog owner.

How can this be internet fraud when you went and personally got the dog from him? If you couldn't see yourself that the dog was going to go lame, how did you expect him to see it. Didn't you post in one blog your vet recommends against surgery? But Jerry is supposed to drop everything, send a refund, while you keep the dog and keep slamming his name all over the net? Don't you realize you who are slamming? He is a founder of the Havanese breed in this county and his breeding and his dogs are lauded by the Havanese club of America. If he is a rip off breeder, then there is no such thing as a good breeder - go dogless.

I would advise all new dog owners to bring their new pets to the vet immediately. If the pet is unhealthy, give it back and get your money back or a replacement dog.

I have a dog from Jerry too. After seven years, the dog has no hereditary defects. I think in all these years he was sick twice because grandma gave him too many treats (bad grandma) and I think he had an ear infection once. No lamness, no cataracts, no liver problems - just a healthy dog. And yes, I made sure the parents of the dog I got from Jerry were Cerfd and checked for hips, heart and patellas. My dog is FINE, even after all these years. Additionally, I have been recommending him to plenty of Havanese owners and they have bought dogs from him and are totally satisfied, no thrilled to have a well-bred Havanese.

And I notice you put Jerry's name, address and phone numbers in all your posts. How come you don't even put your full name and address down? I have to agree with the previous post, shame on you!

I have bought two dogs from Jerry and they have been nothing but healthy, happy, fantastic dogs. One was even shown very easily to championship. The puppy was sold to me as show quality - but all "show quality" pups are not guaranteed to become show quality. None are, sometimes they mature to be pet quality. Sometimes, and apparently in your case, the dog didn't turn out to be show quality at all and even defective. My advice would be send the dog back ASAP, especially if you bought the dog to breed.

I just can't understand why you want to slam a breeder all over the internet (here and on blogs - I have read with disbelief at how nasty your monologue has been). He has an excellent reputation. You are blackmailing him - right? You want your money back and you want to keep the dog. And on the Havanese blog, you are ready to collect a fund for the surgery too. Wouldn't this compensate you twice? The worst thing you can find from other buyers with "health issues" is a person who got a dog with him with an ear infection? If that is the worst he has bred than good for him. Send the dog back, or get the surgery then send him the bill. Then you can whine that he hasn't paid you. Why would he send you the money when you haven't done surgery yet and you still have the dog? Isn't that getting a free dog? I would have sent that dog back so fast it would make your head spin. And you assume he KNEW the dog had these health issues? I thought I read in your blog that your own vet does NOT recommend surgery and the vet wasn't sure the dog had chondroplasia - he/she referred you to a specialist. Of course the surgeons recommend surgery, isn't that how they get paid??

Well, all I can say is shame on you that you have smeared the reputation of this fine and dear fellow, a senior citizen who is a U.S. Veteran, and decided to take your (one-sided) case to the internet. Shame, shame on you.

Do people buy/continue to buy dogs from an online breeder. You are just asking for trouble. And why on earth would you ever pay almost $3000 for a dog?