You might have noticed an earlier post that Angie and I put up here about our new litter of English Cream Golden Retriever puppies. As soon as our Dam was confirmed pregnant, we started to reach out to all the people that had filled out applications and / or shown interest. None responded back. At 4 weeks old, we started listing them on the AKC breeder directory & board, along with reaching out to the Golden Retriever boards. We actually had a fair amount of interest, until.....
Worlds Collided....
The owner/breeder of record on all of the AKC registrations, animal orthopedic databases, etc is "Angie Rowntree".
In this day and age anyone interested in buying a purebred puppy will do due diligence, make sure the parents are registered with the AKC and have all clearances.
We could not figure out what happened, until the nastygrams started from interested buyers.
Why?
Go google "Angie Rowntree".
What appears to be happening is that puppy shoppers are taking the obvious next step of due diligence and googling Angie Rowntree to make sure she is not a bad breeder.
And then they instantly find out that she's not a bad breeder - she's a PORNOGRAPHER.
In addition to the nastygrams, there have been a goodly number of phone calls and emails to Angie from interested buyers, but as soon as she sends them back the basic AKC registration docs, that's the end of their interest.
So, now we have 8 beautiful puppies ready for homes July 2nd, but who would want a puppy bred by a pornographer?
Here is a little smilebox vid of the litter to take a look at:
Angie's incredibly cute puppy video montage
and details about the pups and parents:
puppy details page.
(much more info available)
We looked into getting Angie's name modified on the AKC database, but they told us it would take at least six months and she would need to legally change her name, get a new passport, and submit legal change of name documents to them for consideration. Not a very good option. We also considered having Angie misspell her name on any email replies, but as soon as the potential buyer gets the registration docs and go to AKC for verification - BAM - Google tells all..... [-x
Anyone have any ideas? Or want to buy a puppy? Or have pet relevant sites? contact me.
Colin and Angie