Von Hunterhaus, 39 dogs seized - Page 7

An attorney has been hired and there is a court hearing on Tuesday.

My understanding is that the European-owned dogs were here on breeding leases. For example, a stud dog who was here for 6 months (or a year) for breeding isn't uncommon and is a good way to bring in some harder-to-access bloodlines of very good dogs whose owners don't want to part with them permanently.

I have to say that, overall, the dogs are better off where they are right now than in shit-filled crates or 5x5 kennels.. Still, I hope that those who own or co-own dogs who were in that seizure are able to get their dogs back.

Christine

>An attorney has been hired and there is a court hearing on Tuesday.

Too bad there's no "like" button on here anymore. ^like

Whoop de doo. The people who didn't care that their very expensive show dogs were being stacked like lincoln logs, are all of a sudden concerned that their DNA lifesupport will be cut off. I am so not sympathetic. Not at all. Lawyer up. I can't wait to see the outcome of this one. The whitewash is in full force.

In general, it seems like Dawn V had a very good reputation and was reputed to take excellent care of your dogs. If you send your dog to someone else's care, you are taking a risk, but if you have checked references and done your best to check the caretaker out, that doesn't mean you don't care about the conditions your dog(s) are in. If you leave your dog at a boarding kennel thinking they are are going to be well cared for and they are not, are you then guilty of not caring? Being defrauded and deceived makes you a victim, not a criminal.

Nice try. Let's stick with the obvious, okay?

It was suggested to myself that owning three dogs would not be a good fit. And yet, others can handle 39 dogs, no problem! All you need to do is stack them on top of each other! 

Why didn't I think of that? I still can! Some how I just won't. The thought of running urine and feces has a way of stopping me.

That's just BS. First, how is someone dealing with her from abroad to know that she had 39 dogs?

And yeah, for some people 3 dogs *is* too much. For others, it's easy.

How? That would be their first responsibility to know! These are TOP dogs, and not silly pet person's like me who know their limits? Yes? You all ARE the experts on BREEDING dogs, training, trialing.... keeping, conditioning... ? If this was the first and only instance of this type of abuse I could buy some of the cover story happening. But really. It just stinks.

All those other considerations are just a line up to the pay off. This makes me sick. I really have always had the most respect for you Blackthorne, your genetic knowledge, etc, but to condone the stacking of TOP dogs with enabling excuses, is just a travesty for the dogs. That is all.

Take care of the dogs. Let it be a lesson to those who send their dogs away ... !  

And really, since when does a European dog need an American dog to make them a name or money? This whole thing stinks to high heaven. I think each side just might deserve each other. Let the lawyers go at it. I can't wait to watch this from the sidelines.

I'm saying that someone who isn't forthcoming and doesn't tell the truth can deceive people abroad even more easily than those locally. And if everyone else says, "oh yeah, she's a good person..." and the person puts on a good front, all the more likely for a person to be deceived.

Or what if things *are* great at the time the lease is made? What if they came and checked her out and visited and the conditions were excellent 4 or 5 months ago? And then something happens--health issues, job issues, personal issues--and then all too quickly, things *aren't* OK, and the person getting overwhelmed doesn't seek out help. How is that negligence or lack of caring on the part of those who are 1000+ miles away? We *do not know* what happened here.

Christine