National Breeders Association rip-off! Unfit puppy! Middletown New Jersey

So its now 2009 and I am furious from reading the complaints above that date to 2-3 years ago that the Breeders Association is still open. I bought a puppy from there in January and have since had a slew of health problems with the poor dog. I have gotten nothing but the run around from this place and their antics of supporting puppy mills is disgusting. I will not stop until this place is shut down for good.

Pet stores get their puppies from all over the country. Generally the puppies are born in unhealthy and unsanitary conditions and spend the first couple weeks of life in small cages lying in fecal matter and urine. Before they should leave their mothers, they are packed in kennels and put in the cargo section of an airplane to be distributed to pet shops around the country. When you buy a pet store puppy, you are supporting puppy mills.

Either adopt a dog from the pound or purchase from a local reputable breeder. Do this mainly for the dog's sake but also for your own sanity.

Since that last statement, which has been a while, I have spoke with my fomer customers of National Breeders, American Breeders, Breeders puppies and what ever othe name they go by and it is all to familar. I did try to contact the vet they recommend-Middletown Vet. and get this she no longer works there-funny. So we will se what happens. Last time I spoke with her orthopedice specialist and Joe, Joe made up a ridicous lie about her report and as we all know-I got nowhere with him. I just visit this website and I keep seeing more and more complaints on them, terrible.

Our organization, NJ Consumers Against Pet Shop Abuse (NJCAPSA), tracks pet shop consumer fraud and abuse, including animal neglect and abuse. We also help consumers with the complaint process when they purchase sick or dying puppies from pet shops or breeders. NJ has one of the strongest puppy lemon laws in the nation.

NJCAPSA has more complaints against National Breeders Association (now known as American Breeders Network) than any other pet store in New Jersey.

Please visit our website at WWW.NJCAPSA.ORG for more information on this and other pet stores and puppy mills.

Other victims of National Breeders Association/American Breeders Network are urged to contact us with information or their complaints. E-mail us at info@njcapsa.org.

Thank you,

Libby Williams
President, NJCAPSA

Our organization, NJ Consumers Against Pet Shop Abuse (NJCAPSA), tracks pet shop consumer fraud and abuse, including animal neglect and abuse. We also help consumers with the complaint process when they purchase sick or dying puppies from pet shops or breeders. NJ has one of the strongest puppy lemon laws in the nation.

NJCAPSA has more complaints against National Breeders Association (now known as American Breeders Network) than any other pet store in New Jersey.

Please visit our website at WWW.NJCAPSA.ORG for more information on this and other pet stores and puppy mills.

Other victims of National Breeders Association/American Breeders Network are urged to contact us with information or their complaints. E-mail us at info@njcapsa.org.

Thank you,

Libby Williams
President, NJCAPSA

Our organization, NJ Consumers Against Pet Shop Abuse (NJCAPSA), tracks pet shop consumer fraud and abuse, including animal neglect and abuse. We also help consumers with the complaint process when they purchase sick or dying puppies from pet shops or breeders. NJ has one of the strongest puppy lemon laws in the nation.

NJCAPSA has more complaints against National Breeders Association (now known as American Breeders Network) than any other pet store in New Jersey.

Please visit our website at WWW.NJCAPSA.ORG for more information on this and other pet stores and puppy mills.

Other victims of National Breeders Association/American Breeders Network are urged to contact us with information or their complaints. E-mail us at info@njcapsa.org.

Thank you,

Libby Williams
President, NJCAPSA

Well since this horrible day I bought my puppy, I regret it more and more. There is not a day that passes that I wish I never step foot in that store. Since that last update I have had such a hard time with the malformed tibial tuberosity diagnose. It seems that the first vet I had gone to wrote in her report sOpmething I did not say and well now that it is in the report I had a hard time proving that she was injured there or wherever she came from. I intent to track the vet and speak with her about this situation. I know my dog was not injured at my home and I will prove it.

It's now called "Breeders Puppies".

I wonder if they filed for bankruptcy and just reopened with a new name...

Just an FYI - they changed their name to "Puppies Breeders".

Same location, employees, etc...

I had many many problems with National Breeders also. I got a boxer from them for mother's day in 2003. Their vet told me he was fine. My vet said he was unfit for sale. Too many problems to list. As far as the breeder and where they are from. You will never find them. I did alot of searching, I also got PETA involved and there was no such breeder in the state he was born. My $1500, champion line boxer I got, had 1 champion about 6 generations back. Not considered a champion if I wanted to show him. AKC papers forget, they do not guarantee AKC registeration. I am only telling you this not to waste your time, I went through everything you are going through now. I spent the money, got him better and let everyone know about this place. I wrote a report in 2/03 about this place also. Just enjoy her, don't listen to what people say on how much you spent. It's nobody's buisness anyway!!! Also, Joe is a liar, he pulled the same with me

My puppies orthopedic specailist gave me another "unfit for sale" and I ahve sent this along with all the bills to National Breeders two weeks ago and I am still waiting to hear a response from them. Since the leg is a genitic defect and the mange is congenital they are legally suppose to reimburse me for the bills. I have found that some of the informtion on the salespapers and wrong, like the breeders name for instance and what state she is from. I have also not recieved AKC papers after months of going back and forth with the owners who have told me to call back and they should been in. I found out that I will not being getting those papers after all that.

To the person with the rebuttal, I know I made a huge mistake and I will never buy a dog from a pet store again and nor will anyone I talk to, I tell the to go to the shelter and adopt a dog. You are absouletly right about that. I didn't buy her because she was suppose to be AKC, I bought her becasue she was the most adorable, loving puppy I have ever seen and I paid way to much and on top of that supported puppy mills-I feel terrible.

I keep reading reports on people spending $1,000+ for a puppy, and justifying it with "oh, it's AKC" or it has "champion bloodlines".

Here's a suggestion - why not go to your local shelter and adopt a dog? I spent $20 on my dog Max... and 14 years later, he's still around. Shadow was about $75, but he's still around too - and 14 years old.

If you don't plan on showing/breeding (and let's be honest - unless you are showing, you have no business breeding), why spend that much on a dog, especially when shelters euthanize so many dogs every day?

It has been two weeks since I call Household Pet Protection on dec.15th and I finally did get my reimbursement. It took 2 1/2 months for me to receive reimbursement for the vet visits.

There has been a few updates since the last posting. I have spoke with National Breeders and Benefical about the two requests for the different loan amounts. Benefical said that the denial for the higher loan amount will not effect my credit, which I was very worried about. To refresh the situation, my loan amount which was agreeded to was 2044.72 and that is what I signed papers for. I don't know if the the higher amount for 2500 was a first request or second but I did not know it was being requested at all. National Breeders said it was Benefical's fault. Benefical said that vendors sometimes put a higher amount through to cover taxes for food, toys, etc. Benefical only receives the paperwork and the vendors put the request in. So it was on National Breeders end that the two amounts went through. I was never told that a higher amount was requested and that is upsetting. But I am glad this does not affect me in a bad way except for taking up mine and Benefical's time.

I also spoke with the ownwer about the reimbursment and he called household pet protection for me to see if my claim was handled yet. He said that I would be reimbursted and it would take around 8 weeks. I did contact Household Pet Protection on Dec. 15th and they said my check was ready to be mailed next week.

This still doesn't fix the main reason for complaining which was getting a sick puppy. I understand puppies do get kennel cough but do not say your puppy is "Fit for sale" when it isn't. I have been through alot of stress with this situation and many vet visits, not to mention my poor puppies stress. I hope pet stores will take better precautions when one of the animals gets sick. I will up date again when my reimbursement comes to me or doesn't come to me.