I've just spent a lot of time working to find a puppy for my kid's for Christmas. We aren't dog…read morecrazy, we're just a normal family. So we had some choices to make. We looked at all the local shelters to think about rescuing a shelter dog, but today they are almost all Pit bulls. I guess people who think they want pit bulls predominantly don't want to live up to the responsibility to keep them. I don't like pit bulls and don't want one.
My nephew has a Shiba Inu and my boys love her and so, they wanted one of these. I found one far away that didn't work out at the last minute, so we found 4 here at Horning's. I was wary because of the of reviews I found, but on puppyfind.com the puppies listed looked robust and my phone conversations went well with Anna Horning.
I know they are a "broker kennel" and that the area breeders put their pups in her place for marketing.
But, we'd researched true AKC Shiba breeders with their non-refundable $500 deposits and $2000 puppies and 2 year waiting lists, and we had been to KoreaK9rescue.com events where 100 families try for 15 puppies on a merit based system.
We only wanted a healthy, non-akc lovely puppy for Christmas.
At Anna's place we found a very well made kennel w/about 25 litters of puppies. About 10 had kennels with outdoor runs, the other 15 were indoors. All where well constructed with ample room and waste management.
Anna was friendly and quick to show us everything there. She provided our puppy's vaccination records and together we gave him his last booster shots and de-wormer.
This is a farm... one where we paid $600 for a very nice puppy. He is
adequately socialized and normal-minded, and I understand how an operation like this would administer vaccines without a vet visit.
We got a tour of all their pups... and most all, of a variety of mixed breeds, looked great!
Honestly, there were a few older ones (a collie and a border collie) which did not look "right" by my standards of how these breeds look..
but by and large, there pups looked vibrant, healthy and well cared for... even if they are not AKC, or if you are not going to have to submit a resume, will, and home photos to pass an adoption test!
I would call Anna if you see if a pup she has listed that you like and make the drive to see her. I think she would not mislead you. She gave us dry food for change-over, a can of wet, wee-wee- pads, some pills to avoid diarrhea because of water change and the pups vaccination records. There are some old reviews here from people I think did not understand this operation. Anna was kind to these puppies as we all played with them. I think she treats them well and there are nice puppies to find here as long as you are watchful about the puppy you pick out.
We know these are not the best dogs. But, based on what I saw, these puppies are happy and well cared for while they wait for their forever homes!