4 Jul, 2010 → by ClaimboUser838206
Wade Davis- Mistreats Animals/Rips Off $$$$

I was looking at one of Wade Davis' (female) for breeding. Long story short, I "rescued" one from another breeder, only to find out he was very closely related to the one I was considering. So Wade offered me another female, "his favorite" named "Twist of Gold", who was over a year old, and would soon be ready to breed. The pic he sent was of a lovely, long haired, full coated red/white female, so I was excited and said "fine". In the meantime, he kept telling me about a "perfect" little male that would soon be old enough to ship, and offered a fantastic price on him. I hemmed and hawed about the male, and finally said, fine, at least they could ship together, and it would be nicer for them. That was all back around March maybe??? Well, I could never reach him, he was always travelling, an emergency came up and he missed the flight she was to ship on, etc., and a few weeks ago, I finally got fed up enough to schedule the flight myself, with his profuse thanks. So, on June 17th I picked up Twister (alone) at the airport, after having to call him repeatedly to confirm she was still being shipped. When I got to the airport, she was all alone; he said the little boy "didn't seem right" and he wanted to wait until he was sure everything was OK with him to send him out.... Twister arrived in the tiniest crate I've ever seen- maybe 9 x 9x 12"?? She had been shipped on the most possible direct flight I could book, with only 1 hr 20 min (I think?) layover in Houston- from Alexandria, LA to Boston, MA. When I received her, she was ok, happy to get out of the crate, but smelled horrendous- a smell somewhere between rotten meat and dirty feet? She took nutrical and water, and I took her home. (She arrived with a vet transport certificate, rabies proof and shipping paperwork- no bill of sale, guarantee, incomplete shot record, etc.) Needless to say, I called from the airport to let him know she arrived OK, but it was almost 10 days before I had any communication back from him. At that point, I mentioned that she had a nice soft coat, but that it did not look like the one in the picture he sent, and he stated that his females throw their coat when they come into heet, which she was (supposedly) doing at that time. I also mentioned that I never saw a dog with a tongue as long as hers- it was always hanging out like 5/8 in. In addition, I'd spoken with my vet a couple of times because she didn't want her hard food, my hard puppy food, or anything, so I tried rice/chicken- which she gobbled down so fast everytime I fed her, she would vomit it immediately back up. So I started giving her like a teaspoonful of soft food every 2 hrs., which she seemed ok to eat with and coud keep it down. She refused ANY kind of treat, chew bone, toy, etc. Well, after 2 baths, she still smelled so bad, I couldnt snuggle her without feeling nauseous, so I kept trying to reach him, and he always had an excuse why he couldn't talk (personal illness, travel, etc., etc.) Last Friday, she came around the corner of my sofa, and her mouth was bleeding and a lower tooth was hanging out. Her eyes looked dazed as well, so I rushed her to the emergency vet. When we got to the vet, we found out that she'd lost about 0.1lb in a week, and when you touched her upper or lower gums, all the teeth moved horizontally back and forth!!! On Monday of this week, she underwent emergency dental surgery. Her jawbones were so deteriorated and her gum disease so bad, 11 teeth had to be pulled- only one was deciduous. Most of the others had roots, but nothing to anchor to. -- When I finally reached him to ask him about this, his reply was "I guess I overlooked/missed it- take care of Twister then we will talk!" MISSED IT- You could smell her 20 feet away!!! I have not heard from him since, he has not sent the other dog and refuses to refund my deposit, pay for her surgery or make restitution for her- It has cost me a total so far of ~ $3300!!!
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