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Complaint Review: Jolene Houghtaling - Baxter Tennessee

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  • Jolene Houghtaling P.O.Box 241 Baxter, Tennessee USA

Jolene Houghtaling, Hudsons Malamutes and Huskies Congenital malformations in this sad puppy, Jolene says our vet is incompetent. She has refused us our refund. Puppy's microchip does not match paperwork Jolene sent us! Baxter Tennessee

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We purchased an eight week old malamute puppy from Hudsons Malamutes and paid for him to be shipped to us last Feb.

2014.

He arrived underweight and infected with Coccidia.  This was the very beginning of a mountain of vet visits and bills.

For the next 12 months we had him treated and examined for chronic diarhhea, two surgeries on his eye for overgrowth of

cartilage.  We noticed that his front elbows bent strangely out to the sides.

 

The vets thought he would outgrow the diarrhea , he was putting on weight with our good care.  He was able to run

and play with other puppies.  At around 6 months of age we noticed that he started to fall frequently and was very 

awkward. He avoided jumping off a short step into the back yard.  He was growing very quickly and this seemed consistent 

with growing pains.

 

As time went on he stopped running with the other dogs, he wobbles and is unsteady on his four paws.  He still laid down 

with his legs crooked and did not outgrow this posture.  In November 2014, at 11 months of age he could barely

keep up with us on a walk around the block.  We took him to a specialty vet in Neurology.  She suspected that he

has Wobblers syndrome possibly due to cervical stenosis.  Prognosis is at most 4 years with surgery or just medical

care.

 

I contacted Jolene Houghtaling for a refund.  Due to his large size 120 lbs. and illness I did not wish to ship him

back to Tennessee.  She essentially accused us of mistreating our puppy and insinuated that our veterinarians were

incompetent.  She asked for a vet to vet discussion that we agreed to but there has been only hostility on her end.

 

During this disagreeable encounter with the breeder, I discovered something...The microchip number on my puppy's

rabies papers from our vet, did not match the vaccination record microchip number that Jolene sent us with the animal.

So I'm still waiting for a refund on my puppy ($2,500) and a valid health record from this breeder.

 

 

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