Lucky Star Goldens
Reviews and Complaints

In March of 2013 I was in contact with a breeder named Tessa Kriesel for a golden retriever puppy. After I sent a deposit of $500 she cashed it immediately and we did not hear from her again until the end of May. We were told the puppies had been born the saturday before and that we should be able to pick up the puppies July 2013. It got really hard for her to give me a date of pick up or how we were going to pick them up. In June she emailed saying it was time to pick puppies from pictures she had sent vis emial, I thought these were the real puppies at the time but later found out they were of an old litter. As it got to be the week before pick up she emailed out saying the litter got sick with Parvo and they caught it at the Vets office while getting shots. She did not tell us what puppies had lived or died or how many. A week later she said 3 had died and still would not say which ones. After sending her 3 emials I told her I want out money back and she refused saying I will get a puppy. After some argueing I tried to call her and it was some man who had never heard of her on the phone. She took down her website but was still emailing me saying she was getting me a puppy, the puppies were suppose to be home from the vet already and be ready for pick up and now I can not get in contact with her. I want my money back and I don't think I am going to get it until I press chrages on her and go through a collection agency my family owns. Please don't fall for this fraud!

I found Tessa Kriesel’s dog breeding website (http://luckystargoldens.com/) and contacted her in March of 2013 in regards to adopting a golden retriever puppy. I reserved a female puppy and sent her a check for a puppy deposit in the amount of $500.00. Tessa cashed that check immediately. She notified me the puppies would be born any time after May 15, 2013. I did not hear anything from Tessa for a while and after several weeks I was informed that the puppies were born. I did not receive any puppy pictures until June 10, 2013 (even though she informed me she was very good at sending emails and picture updates, almost daily). I later found that these pictures were from a previous litter in October of 2012, leading me to question the authenticity of this claimed litter. I did not receive any more email updates and her website was not updated once throughout this process. On June 24th I received another email with pictures, stating it was time to pick our puppy. I picked out a girl and I was told by Tessa that I could pick up the puppy any time after July 13th. On July 9th, Tessa finally confirmed I could pick up our puppy on July 14th. Numerous times I tried to get a phone number and home address from Tessa so I could plan to pick up my new puppy. Tessa neglected to provide this information through emails. Finally, I received a phone number from her. I tried calling it multiple times but it just continued to ring and there was no voicemail. She never returned my calls. Later in the day on July 9th, Tessa emailed me saying that 5 of the 10 puppies had been admitted to the vet for Parvo (a flu-like virus that affects dogs and can be fatal for puppies); informing me that we would not be able to pick up our puppy. However, she told me my puppy was healthy and full of energy when we asked for the phone number for the vet that she used. Tessa would not provide the vets contact information or send me a picture of my puppy with a dated piece of paper in the picture to confirm there was a puppy. I called multiple vets in her area, none of which knew about any Parvo outbreak or have heard of Lucky Star Goldens or Tessa Kriesel. I requested a refund and she finally mailed me a check that I received on July 19th. I cashed the check and was notified on July 24th by my bank that the check was returned because Tessa put a stop payment to the check. Tessa Kriesel has 500 dollars of my money, and I do not have a golden retriever puppy as I was promised. Do not trust this woman. She stole my money and she will likely steal yours too.

We were anxiously anticipating picking up our healthy puppy from Tessa this July 2013. However instead we have been informed the puppy would not be available as all the puppies (10 in total) are at the veterinarian for parvo virus infection.

Since she informed us of this issue, we have received one update that three of the puppies have passed away and we can "adopt" any surviving puppy for a reduced fee. We wrote a reply to Tessa stating that we understand this is a difficult time, however, we have contacted a different breeder that has healthy puppies available and have requested our $500 puppy deposit back. Since we have written this email, she has pulled down her website and is no longer answering her phone.

We currently feel duped. We wonder if the ten puppies have ever existed and if she is just stringing us along. BEWARE of this site!