Barb’s Precious Pups

I recently took home a Maltese/​Shih tzu puppy from Barbara and I love my puppy so much, but I will NEVER recommend anyone to Barb’s Precious Pups! The second vet visit, we discovered that she had ringworm. My fiancé and I had to pay an unexpected $ 75 for medication. We’ve been doing treatments for a full month already and although the first spot has healed, it has spread to her tail. I also know for a fact that there was at least one other puppy from her litter that had the same problem. This poor sweet girl has been through so much already the past couple of months with us and it breaks my heart to see her suffer. Barb obviously does not take the best care of her puppies and does not keep her home clean the way that she should. If you are not up for $ 100 vet bills and daily treatments for one thing or another, do NOT take home a pup from Barb’s Precious Pups!

My boyfriend and I were looking for a Yorkie pup to add to our family from Craigslist and a pet boutique for a couple weeks. None of them caught our eye and we also didn’t really want to support pet stores bc of the whole puppy mill issue. So then we started looking into «reputable» breeders on Google from Vegas and that’s when we stumbled upon
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I looked at her Facebook page and Unilocal and it seemed like she had an honest business due to her 20+ years of experience in the pet industry. We bought a 3 month old male Yorkie puppy from Barbara this past Friday (12÷18÷15) and had to sign a contract about the puppy’s health warranty which is posted on her website. She said that he had a little cold/​cough which was why he was the last one available from his litter bc «she was taking care of him & giving him antibiotics & that he was okay now.»
She instructed us to visit her vet at Advanced Animal Care Hospital in Boca Park for a free health exam in the next few days. We took him to her vet today and our poor little pup was diagnosed with kennel cough. We had to pay $ 100+ today just for his medications. I should have known something was sketchy when she gave us his ACA certificate because the name listed as the owner/​breeder was Starmye Halpain instead of Barbara. I thought Barbara professionally bred dogs and sold her litters, but I guess that’s not the case. Seems like she buys litters from backyard breeders to resell them bc I searched up the breeder’s name and a lot of complaints came up saying Starmye Halpain has a puppy mill and sells sick dogs.
Don’t get me wrong, we could easily get a refund due to the health warranty we signed but she will only do a refund or an exchange for another pup if we gave back our dog but not reimbursing us for the medical bills we will now have to take care of. But of course we won’t just give him back for money bc in the short four days of having him, we already love him so much and he’s part of our family now. No matter where he came from, we’re just glad he’s in our hands now to take care of him 110% and give him the life he deserves.
It’s just sad that people make businesses out of breeding dogs and not even taking care of them. Barbara and her website was just extremely deceiving and not 110% honest.
Long story short– DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS & DO NOT BUY PUPPIES FROM HER.

Really friendly autmousfear I take my dog there every time she needs to get groomed. Smells really good. Always has new puppies for sale. Always find the cutiest smallest puppies there. Great price for small breeds. Looking for a yorkie or toy dogs? U can find them there.