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If you are looking for a new puppy. PLEASE stay far away from a MA breeder named Patricia Beatrice. She is from Ashburnham, MA. She is currently breeding labs.
My son recently purchased a black lab puppy from this woman. The dog came with pedi gree paperwork and medical records that were all fake.
We had the puppy for less than 24 hours and he had LARGE alive long worms coming out of him.
Then that quickly moved into uncontrollable bowel movements of blood and worms. We immediately contacted the breeder and she assured us this was "normal" for a puppy.
Needless to say we took him to the vet right away and were informed at how sick this little guy really was. He was on an IV and antibiotics. He even had a small tear in his rectum from trying to get all the worms out that had to be fixed.
We spoke to the breeder on a daily basis and she treated me like I was over reacting and that he was fine. With a week, the poor puppy was so sick and the antibiotics did not seem to be helping much. We tried everything. He was at vet every other day.
One the last morning of his life, 10 inches of his intestines came out. We rushed him to Buldger animal hospital and were informed it was so bad that even if we elected surgery he would never have a normal healthy life. He would be on a feeding tube and would never be able to control his bowels. The vet sadly recommended we do not have the surgery as it would be a terrible cruel life for a puppy.
As you can imagine our family was devastated and I assumed the breeder would have been also. However, she accused me of lying and the dog was actually alive. Then she wanted a state autopsy done.
All along she had promised a full refund for the price of the dog and then decided since it was not her fault that she would do nothing.
I was heartbroken and outraged and after googling this woman's name I was horrified to see how many other families have experienced the same thing. Her puppies have gone home with broken knees, torn ACL's, some blind, some with kidney failure. Now I am not a professional dog breeder and I am not a vet. But none of this is ok, she is abusing and neglecting these animals and it needs to stop.
After more research she lost her better business bureau accreditation and her business was closed. Only to read she keeps changing the name of her business and her phone number.
I am asking for all of my local FB friends to please be aware of this woman and to never support her business of animal cruelty and neglect. My sons heart was ripped out and we should never have had to bury a 9 week old beautiful puppy.
Fly high my sweet Melo.
