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BEWARE! BLAIRS TOY SCHNAUZERS, Backyard Breeder selling sick puppies, Spring Hills, Florida
Amy Blair raises Miniature and toy size Schnauzer in horrendous, unsanitary, inhumane conditions.
I found Blairs Toy Schnauzers on the internet and after a few phone conversations with the Breeder, Amy, I decided to reserved a chocolate toy female Schnauzer. When I arrived to pick up my new puppy she refused to let me see the parents or the kennels. I wanted to see how my puppy was raised and socialized but she declined and made excuses that the dogs were not groomed. I was about to turn around and leave when she told her husband to get the Mommy of my little puppy. I guess she did not want to lose out on the sales which I was about to cancel. She ordered her husband to get the Mommy out.
Once I saw the mother I knew right away that this was not the same dog as she had posted on the website . Amy said that her husband did not know the dogs well enough and she told him which dog to get. When he returned the second time he held up a female dog that did not look like the website picture either. She was all matted up and the smell from urine and feces was unbearable . Then he brought out the supposedly Father of my puppy and he looked in much worse shape than what the mother of my baby did. I could not believe that it was the same dog as she had posted on her website. I could not even tell whether it was a miniature schnauzer or what. The poor little guy must not have had a grooming or bath in at least 8 month or longer. FECES was caked in his matted fur.
I was speechless. The sad part was that during the whole time I was holding my tiny new puppy tight against my chest and I knew better not to buy her from such a horrific breeder. My brain told me to run as fast as I could but my heart did not allow for me to leave this helpless little puppy another minute longer in such horrendous living conditions. This little puppy was just shivering with fear because it had not been handled or loved they way a puppy should have been.
Amy (in her late sixties) told me that she had over 50adult dogs, not counting all the puppies and no one to help her with the care. I asked her why she would have more dogs than what she could handle and her response was "Why Not"
I Never should have gotten my little Miniature Toy Schnauzer, Molly, from BLAIRS TOY SCHNAUZERS in Spring Hill Florida. I felt that if I had left her there that she would have died.
From the time I first had her at 12 weeks she often had diarrhea, but I thought it was part of being a puppy. I had to take her to the hospital b/c she also had severe vomiting.
At 5 months she had renal failure and was in the hospital for 5 days on an IV drip.
After $4000 (not including first hospital visit) her life was saved. The vet said it was a miracle.
During her hospital stay I called Amy Blair (who was NEVER available). When I finally did reach her she was rude to me and hung up the phone.
I wanted help, answers to save my precious Molly. I was hoping to find out if any other pups in the litter has similar problems to assist my vet with saving her. I called her again and then SHE SCREAMED at me, told me it was my fault, that my Vet was experimenting on her, to take her out of the hospital, that I didn't elevate her feeding bowl high enough...on and on and on about how it was all my fault...
She told me to call her vet. I did and the Vet confessed that the Blairs were not great breeders and advised me NOT to listen to Amy Blair, but to keep Molly where she was, with our Vet.
She is now healthy, and I am writing this because I realized that she would not have survived without me. Later I found out from another Schnauzer breeders that the AKC papers and pedigree are false and that Amy Blair does lots of inbreeding like father to daughter, brother to sister and so on and puts the name of a different sire on the AKC paper. that many of her dogs have genetic defects such as liver shunt or renal failure. I paid $1800 for her. To me she is priceless, but I hope that Blairs Toy Schnauzers stop breeding and hurting these innocent animals. It breaks my heart to hear the other stories of families who were not as blessed to save their pup.
I have included picture of my puppies Dad . Picture were taken with my Verizon phone without them knowing.
PLEASE STOP THESE UNETHICAL ### BREEDERS! Shame on you Blairs Toy Schnauzers!
In the State of Florida where Mr. William Blair & Mrs. Amy Blair reside and run their business they are required by law to have a health certificate from a certified veterinarian no more than thirty days old on puppies and adult dogs that are sold. All puppies must be eight weeks old or older before being sold. There are Florida State Laws that protect the consumer that most people are not aware of. APHIS (Government Agency) will enforce these laws for the consumer.
To my knowledge none of their dogs are in Mrs. Blairs name. Most people are not aware that most or all of the dogs are in Mr. William Blair's (alias: Bill Blair) name.
We have heard that they did not pay Florida Sales Taxes in the past and had to pay it for three years back plus late fees and fines.
They have filed for bankruptcy in the past.
Over the years the Blairs have been taken to court by their customers. Fifty percent of them seem to win. Someone needs to start a class action suite against Blair's Toy Schnauzers.
They are making the good breeders look bad an putting fear in people looking for a healthy well rounded puppy.
these so called breeders should be ashamed of themselfs evidently out for every buck they can make and give nothing back to there dogs.I cannot understand why nothing has been about them .That poor dogs condition is disgusting and they should be banned from keeping any livestock of any kind
We also have a Blair toy Schnauzer. He is three years old. We got him as a pup and tried to research Blair's before choosing him but could find no info online and were out of state so couldn't visit. Our pup came to us very nervous and uncomfortable being held. At 1.5 he developed severe food allergies and doggy IBS. He will be on meds and RX food his whole life and has a shorter life expectancy. Sad these breeders are still producing and selling sick pups.