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| Rock Hill Dog Ranch Misrepresentation of Puppy's bred - Newfie Hybrid has no Newfoundland in it. Newport, Nebraska |
| 13th of Jul, 2011 by User738302 |
| Last year we purchased a puppy from Rock Hill Dog Ranch. Her name is Hannah and she was advertised as a Newfie Hybrid (50% Newfoundland, 25% Great Pyrenees and 25% Golden Retriever). The total cost of this puppy was $905.00 ( $500 for the pup, $350 for shipping, and $55 for Microchip). The reason we purchased this pup was because of the bred she was supposed to be. I initially had some question because of the inconstancy in the information that Victoria Lewis was telling me and what I saw on www.NextDayPets.com but Victoria assured me that Hannah was a Newfie/Great Pyrenees/ Golden Retriever mix. It was interesting that Victoria never offered the name, or pictures of the father only the mother. When we received the paperwork on Hannah her Birth Certificate says that she is a Newfoundland, Great Pyrenees, & Border Collie cross with the name of the father as Bearzer. We have had a Breed Ancestry done on Hannah through our Vet. This showed that according to her DNA, Hannahs mom (Candy) was 50% Great Pyrenees / 50% Golden Retriever as stated by Victoria but her father (Bearzer) was not a pure bred Newfoundland but rather was 50% Great Pyrenees / 50% Toy Poodle. So now I have emails from Rock Hill Dog Ranch stating that Hannah was a Newfie Hybrid (50% Newfoundland, 25% Great Pyrenees and 25% Golden Retriever), a birth certificate from Rock Hill Dog Ranch saying she was a Newfoundland, Great Pyrnees, & Border Collie cross and a DNA analysis that proves that she is a Great Pyrenees, Golden Retriever, Toy Poodle mix. I tend to believe the science of DNA over the others. Emailed Rock Hill Dog Ranch multiple times with no response. Hannah is less then a year and we hope that no health issues come up that they did not tell us about. |
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| Its acutally almost impossible for a great pyrneese and a toy poodle to birth a litter, if the father was a pyrneese the pups would actually kill the mother while in the womb, due to their size they would litterly bust the uterus and cause internal bleeding causeing mother and pups both death. If the mother was a pyrneese, the puppies would be so small and fragile during birth normally the passage of the bitrh cannal would crush them causing instant death, but a c-section maybe preformed to save the pups but in that case since the pups are not pure bread I do not forsee any breeder doing that. The ansertery thing is a joke, one of the members in my family had that done on a dog comming from a blue heeler and a border collie. The results came back 25% corgi, 25% boston terrier and 50% red heeler... |
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| I bought a Great Pyrenees puppy my kids named Polar Bear three years ago from Serenity Lewis and he is our baby. He is all Pyr! He's everything a Great Pyrenees should be. I got great advice from the couple who run the Great Pyrenees Rescue based in Lincoln NE. Polar Bear is a healthy 124 lbs and I have nothing but good things to say about the Lewis family and their dogs. |
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I just had to euthanize my beloved dog, Truman, and thought I would look for information on his breeder to ensure that she was not breeding anymore.
Truman's story: I bought Truman from Victoria Lewis at Rock Hill Dog Ranch in 2009. He was supposedly 100% Newfoundland, but was not (his father was listed as Bearzer, FYI).
The breed purity isn't was angers me, though. At less than 1 yr old, Truman was diagnosed with severe hip dysplasia in both hips. The options, because of his large size, were surgery or euthanasia. We went ahead and totally replaced both hips. I contacted Victoria to let her know (because any responsible breeder would be horrified and would stop breeding), but she did not care a lick. This woman is irresponsible and downright mean. The fact that she continues to breed is horrifying and she needs to be stopped. |
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