A Baby and Rover (aka: Raising Rover and Baby - nice name switch) is not what it seems. This store made my life miserable for weeks after I bought a ""purebred"" puppy from them. What I got instead was an extremely sick dog who almost died. I also found out after the fact that the dog is actually not pure-bred (DNA results don't lie).
The owner claimed that he only uses local breeders that he has known for many years. THIS IS NOT TRUE. My dog was bred at a mill in Missouri. I know this because I met the breeder.
Once we found out the dog was terribly sick I got numerous calls from the owner begging me to take our dog to ""their vet"" for care instead of using our own vet. I took the dog to their vet where it received hideous care and was handed back to me , lifeless and lethargic. Plus, the vet acknowledged that it has a mutually beneficial financial arrangement with Raising Rover/A Baby and Rover (whatever) making me feel like the dog came last. In fact, the vet called the owner before calling me to update him of our dog's condition. The day I picked our dog up from ""their vet"" I had to immediately take it to the animal hospital where it spent the next 3 days in intensive care.
And to top things off, Raising Rover and Baby continued to use my dog's picture online to solicit interest in his puppy mill dogs. It took weeks for me to get him to stop. By the way, the dog online was $800 less than what I paid. If you want to take a gander at all the free ads he currently has online, just type his phone number into google. You will love the part in his ads where he claims that he is ""not a puppy farmer.""
Oh and the breeder was kind enough to tell me that once my puppy died she had a whole new litter being delivered to Raising Rover and Baby next week so I could easily just pick out a new one.
Pros: I learned what a puppy mill is
Cons: Sick dogs, puppy mill dogs, online puppy farmer, snobby
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