CASTLE ROCK BULLDOGS MELISSA & ROBERT RILEY DO NOT BUY PUPPIES FROM THEM SOLD SICK ILLEGAL AKC PUPPYIES TALLMADGE, Ohio

I am pleased to see that I am making some (very little) but some difference with the on going complaint with Castle Rock Bulldogs, Tallmadge, Ohio.  Now they are stating that the puppies are standard bulldogs.  BUT! That's all you get folks, They are also stating in the few cases who the parents are, but only if they know who the parents are because they bred them.  The puppies that DO NOT belong or have NOT been bred by them, well they don't list them or tell you anything about them, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION!!!! If they did not breed them, you DO NOT want to buy them.  The AKC papers are not legit, they are brokers for other god knows who breeders. Same as a puppy mill. Remember, if Castle Rock Bulldogs is not listed as the breeder on the AKC papers, then that dog does not belong to them and they are brokering for some unknow breeder.  Is this really the dog you want to purchase. Please be aware of what and from whom you are purchasing the precious puppy that you will be responsible for. Read that contract, it DOES NOT protect you, it protects them from being responsible after you give them your money.

We've no sympathy for anyone ripped off by animal breeders. Dogs and cats should be adopted from shelters. Most pet purchases from breeders are by selfish people "who want what they want" as though a pet were a toy. I can understand using breeders only for professional purposes, where specialty animals are required, or highly recommended. Meanwhile millions of dogs, cats and other common pets languish and die in shelters because someone wanted a foo foo s**+ s**+ pure breed toy dog or cat.

Castle Rock Bulldogs has just listed a bunch of puppies on their site again.  This time they didn't even bother to say who's puppies they are, Daivd Yoder, the puppymill guy, or "Wayne", the other guy. There is no information as to whether they are AKC, mini, standard, how old, who the parents are, nothing at all.  Just how much they want. You are buying a pig in a poke if you purchase any of these puppies.  Read their contract before you give them any money, their contract only protects them so that they are not responsible for ANYTHING once they have your money.  You would not purchase any other large money item that had that kind of contract. You wouldn't, so WHY would you do that with a living, breathing puppy that you hopefully will have in your family for many years.  You and your puppy deserve better than that worthless piece of paper they call a contract.  Please consider this before you decide to buy one from them or anyone else for that matter.

Please help STOP PUPPY MILLS in Ohio.

Castle Rock Bulldogs has just listed a bunch of puppies on their site again.  This time they didn't even bother to say who's puppies they are, Daivd Yoder, the puppymill guy, or "Wayne", the other guy. There is no information as to whether they are AKC, mini, standard, how old, who the parents are, nothing at all.  Just how much they want. You are buying a pig in a poke if you purchase any of these puppies.  Read their contract before you give them any money, their contract only protects them so that they are not responsible for ANYTHING once they have your money.  You would not purchase any other large money item that had that kind of contract. You wouldn't, so WHY would you do that with a living, breathing puppy that you hopefully will have in your family for many years.  You and your puppy deserve better than that worthless piece of paper they call a contract.  Please consider this before you decide to buy one from them or anyone else for that matter.

Please help STOP PUPPY MILLS in Ohio.

CASTLE ROCK BULLDOGS is still listing puppies, that OTHER people breed, on their site.  But they must be wonderful cause they are from "Wayne" not the Puppymiller guy anymore. STOP!  Not if you can't see the parents, where they were bred, how they were cared for, vet reports etc. There is no information as to weight, mini or standard  What's the weight of the parents, color?  These puppies aren't 8 weeks old which is an AKC regulation, but they have been taken from the mother already, missing that important last few weeks of learning they get from her. Check the AKC papers to see whose name is the breeder and seller, if it isn't CASTLE ROCK BULLDOGS, then the papers ARE NOT LEGAL. They might look great on the outside, but let me tell you there is so much that could be wrong on the inside that you can't see.  I could not see the 'HEART MURMUR" on the poor little thing they sold me. Read the first and second part of my complaint and remember "BUYER BEWARE" Read that contract and you will see they really don't cover anything once they have your money. All they will do is replace the puppy you fell in love with, with another one and they have pleanty of thoses.  All of the expenses of them selling you a SICK puppy will be yours, vet bills, x-rays, autopsies to prove they sold you a SICK puppy, all the heartache will be yours, all the trouble of getting the info "THEY " require will be yours and all the expense of returning THEIR SICK puppy, WILL BE YOURS, and you don't have a choice, because their contract protects ONLY THEM, not you or your puppy. So you are forced to take another questionable puppy or lose all your money. Don't trust their story of being vet checked either, remember, they said mine was checked by their vet too.  Why should you have to bare all the expense, when it was CASTLE ROCK BULLDOGS  that bred or sold someones sick puppy???  You would not stand for that if it was anything else you were buying. Remember they want to sell that puppy, so stand up for what is at least fair to you and the puppy. It's their contract, they wrote it, so they can and should change it.

Castle Rock Bulldogs, Melissa & Robert Riley

Yes there are 10 and you blasphemously abused 8, 9 & 10 and no doubt others as well to obtain your ill gotten gains.

In the early part of Oct. 2009 we made the trip down to see your establishment and yes we were impressed and that is how we got suckered in, you were all sweetness and nice and so on 10/14/2009 I did indeed send you $500.00 as a deposit for your 1^st available miniature, female, AKC English Bulldog puppy.  I did not specify brindle.  At that time that would have been my last choice.  I dont particularly favor the brindle.  You did not explain that I would have to pick out the puppy I wanted from your dogs ahead of time, as you told me you would let me know when one was available. Minis were not all that common. I kept waiting.  You also told me people were waiting for over a year for one of your puppies and I believed you.  I kept watching your web site but it was so difficult because you didnt put the weights (which was most important to me) of your breeding line, you didnt even state if they were standard or mini.  Even the pictures of the puppies had no description, not even if they were male or female. Most time you could tell by the name but not all the time. Then when I would call, getting information from you was almost impossible.  You could not tell me who the sire was, how much he weighted, he wasnt available to be seen, you didnt have a picture,  little did I know that was because you were using a sire from your quote friend the Amish guy, with no telephone and doesnt like to deal with people.  I wanted a puppy and I wanted it now, not a year or two from now,  proving you are lying once again as to the fact that nothing suited me,  I went ahead and purchased a beautiful miniature AKC English Bulldog from another breeder, leaving my deposit with you because I wanted 2 dogs that could grow up together.  When a year had gone by and I still didnt have a dog from you I made the rash mistake of considering one of your friends dogs.  I was tired of waiting and my puppy was growing up alone.  You lied to me again and said that it was a friend of your husbands he was trying to help out with 3 pups he had to sell.  Trust me the only one these people are helping out are themselves. And YES, it is the same Amish, Puppy Auction, Puppymiller, David Yoder, from Millersburg, Oh. You keep slipping his puppies in with yours and unsuspecting people who just want to get a puppy to love, are buying them not knowing what they are getting, because you are so nice and helpful,  TILL YOU GET THEIR MONEY.

The face you show to the public is not that of a puppy mill but, your other face is that of a lying, unprofessional, unethical, unscrupulous breeder.  All one has to do is look at your web site and they can add, last time I checked you had 19 female and 10 males.  Last I checked you had NOT renewed your license, you had NOT purchased tags, and I can and WILL prove that you are misusing the AKC papers.  Attached is a copy of the AKC papers they wanted back so badly, so they could resell that sick puppy for more money as an AKC reg. puppy or to use the papers for some other dog entirely.  Note the name on the papers is: David Yoder, Millersburg,Oh.  NOT Castle Rock Bulldogs or Robert or Melissa Riley, another lie. 

I will not go on defending what I said what she says I said regarding the fact that almost a year had gone by and I did not have a puppy from them, but they still had $500.00 of my money which was money they were using without interest for almost a year.  Fast forward, to the sick puppy I did get.

You are quick to point out that I made a binding agreement.  Lets talk about that agreement.  You were not under any obligation to transfer my deposit but you are greedy so in addition to your own puppies that you breed, you are selling Yoders puppies and the more you sell the more you make.  You knew full well about the other breeder, you sell his puppies and have since 2009 when I first had the misfortune to deal with you.  When you told me KIKI had no females, YOU suggested I take a look at your FRIENDS puppies which would be on YOUR web site on Monday, I still have the email.  I said I would take a look at them and came down to do just that.  So excuse me for taking 2 hours of your precious time to spend $2500.00 to purchase a living, breathing puppy from you that was suppose to become a member of my family, you should have told me you had to go to the hospital before I drove the 40 miles to your home. I notice you made sure you stayed long enough for me to go to the bank and get you cash and purchase the puppy before you  left, which you could have gone at any time and let your husband take care of it. Once you had the $$$$ you left and your husband told us you had to go to the hospital.  I had a difficult time choosing because of the 3 puppies I was shown, one had a tail pointing up, which is not acceptable AKC, the other ones ears were standing straight up, again not acceptable for a $2500.00 purebred puppy.  Somewhere in the puppymill line something wasnt right.  The 3^rd puppy was the best of the 3 and even though I wanted a brindle at this point because my other bulldog is Fawn/White I took the Fawn/White that you had because I could not see any defects.  Sadly you cannot see a HEART MURMUR.

This puppy is from the same breeder as your KIKI which is the sister to the one I purchased which means anyone that purchases one of your puppies from KIKI is at risk too because she came from the same Amish Breeder.  You breached your contract by selling a puppy with illegal AKC paper, and no health check.  You had no idea she has ear mites, what kind of breeder are you?  What kind of vet did you take her to, that didnt see ear mites?  OH yes,

Coccidian is easily taken care of and should have been if you took the puppy to a vet it would have been discovered but you didnt bother and so on the day you sold me that puppy  was NOT when you should have looked at the ears and given drops, that should have been done the day you got it so it would not infect your whole line, and shame on you for using your sick family member as an excuse.  The puppy, you claim was only at your home for a short time, so the irresponsible breeder that sold it to you didnt do a health check either.  Guess not. Just to clear the air the ear mites and the Coccidian were not the deal breaker but, the HEART MURMUR sure as hell was.  You COMPLETELY forgot to address that in your rebuttal.  

I did not come to your kennel intending to purchase that day, I came to look at them and as most people do, didnt want to go home without one and no I did not have $2000.00 in my pocket so I hurried to the back in town and got the money, I know this was about 4:00 because I was concerned they would be closed.  See people, they are still acting nice at this point.  So she neglected her sick family to stay and make sure the sale was made and the money in hand.

I came back from the bank around 4:30 and gave them the money, they gave me an envelope that had the AKC papers,  the so called contract, which I signed the last page ONLY which stated that I would not turn the dog over to a shelter if I no longer wanted it.  I totally admit that I did not read the contract, they were nice people, so I thought, I was buying a puppy, it was adorable, I just wanted to get it home and start loving it.  The next day which was Tuesday I called my vet and was told he was out of town till Friday and the first available open appointment was 1:00 which I took, not even thinking of the 72 hour business, 72 hours would have been Thursday evening after the vet was closed, my appt was Fri. 1:00, we are talking a few hours here, a HEART MURMUR, ear mites and Coccidian is not a deal breaker to Castle Rock Bulldogs,  but a few hours taking that puppy to the vet is.  According to AKC you can not sell a puppy until it is 8 weeks old.  If you really want to nit pick, you sold it to me a full 24 hrs. before, it was 8 weeks old.  I never mentioned it because it is so childish just like the 72 hr. issue.

The day I took it to your specialist and the diagnosis of my vet was confirmed by your vet. I called and told you I was bringing the puppy back the next day.  Now the other UGLY face starts to immerge.  Not only were you going to send the puppy back to the Auction Breeder, David Yoder, your husband said he didnt care what happened to it, it was none of his business.  As we tried to resolve the matter it just got uglier and uglier.  Bottom line was you wanted me to leave the puppy with you, give you back the AKC papers and you would keep not just the $500.00 deposit, but the entire $2500.00 until you could replace it.  Even if I were to consider that, I am not a fool, so I asked for a receipt, you refused, WE called the police and they made you give us a receipt, which said Received 1 english bulldog puppy  $2500.00 towards puppy of choice. At this point I would not buy a puppy or anything else from you, and your ONE WAY CONTRACT is worded to do just that.  Force people to do business with you once you have their money because your contract says so.  How very Christian of you.  We left, you called and said you would send me $2000.00 because you didnt have the money right then and asked for my address.  Ten minutes later, you called again and said if we came back you would give me the refund, all of a sudden you had the money, we drove all the way back and you LIED again because what you wanted was for us to sign a receipt saying that we accepted $2000.00 not $2500.00 in full payment and that you wanted the AKC papers which I refused to give you before I had my money back.  When we refused to do that your husband tried to pull the papers out of my hand.  He became abusive and stood in front of my car, refusing to let us leave the property.  I have a picture of him doing that while he is verbally abusing my son.  WE had to call the police again, and this time filed charges against your husband.  This whole unprofessional episode was caused by your callous, insensitivity and greed for money, the puppy and I are the victims here. It has cost me close to $3000.00 and I have nothing to show for it. 

Your children, another LIE, were not even there as we were outside in the yard. You were inside most of the time preening yourself you only came outside to give orders to your husband, so you must have allowed your children to watch your husband make a fool of himself. Judging by what I saw of the two of you, I am sure they have seen a whole lot more than any child should.

The bottom line--------------I won my case in Small

1^st   picture -  Nov. 2, 2009       At the airport picking up my first puppy.  Fawn & White

2^nd  picture - Aug. 19, 2010      Puppy with the awful Heart Murmur.  Also Fawn & White

3^rd  picture - Sept. 30, 2010      My 2nd puppy Brindle with my 1st puppy almost 1 year later

Gratefully  neither one is from Castle Rock Bulldogs so they are both healthy.