We purchased a beautiful 3 month old german Shepherd girl from Leslie in August. We have yet to receive her papers. Numerous attempts to reach her with no response. We finally did get a nasty response that was filled with excuses. To date, still no papers! Now come to find out our puppy has von Willebrand disease! She's just out for the money. Do NOT get a puppy from her. We love our girl, but would NOT recommend this breeder to anyone. read more

Got a beautiful dog, but not only a year old and she had to have surgery for her intestines. Apparently they got folded up like a sock inside her. Tried to call but the number was disconnected. I hope you see the review cause we need to talk. Josh Update: 1/11/2021. The dog has died unfortunately, just over 2 years old. read more

e love our German shepherd we purchased from Leslie. However, we did not receive his AKC papers as promised. I tried texting, calling, calling the shop and have left several voice messages asking for her to call me regarding his papers. I have yet to receive a response. Our dog is 10 months old and I have tried for over two months to contact her. Maybe she is not calling me back because she sold us a dog whose testicles had not descended and also has a heart murmur. We will be in for thousands of dollars to have the dog neutered. As I stated earlier, we love him and will do everything we can for him, but I want other buyers to go in with their eyes open if considering purchasing a puppy from this breeder. We took our dog to a cardiologist. Turns out he has a cognitive heart defect. This is a genetic disorder and the vet said we should contact the breeder to let them know so they look at the pairing that produced our dog. It all makes sense now. She doesn't want us to have the papers so we don't have proof of who the dog's mother and father are. Again, this is a genetic defect. DO NOT BUY A DOG FROM THIS WOMAN. You are running the risk of getting a dog with a heart defect. Our dog may live out his life normally, we will have a better idea in 6 months when he is checked again to see if his issue has progressed. Here is an idea of what this is costing us monetarily, which pales in comparison to what it will do to my family emotionally if our dog dies at a young age due to the defect. 1st cardiologist visit - $600 2nd visit in 6 months $600 Cryptorchid neuter with additional drugs to protect his heart - $1000 +! If you have a ton of money to throw at your dog's vet bills and want to give Leslie $1800 for a dog with a heart defect, go ahead and buy from her. Otherwise, run away. Next step is to contact the AKC to see if they can help locate the father of my dog. read more

We found Klarenfeld German Shepherd doing an online search as we were ready to purchase a GSD as a graduation gift for my son ... We made the call and were fortunate enough to find out that Lesly had a puppy left from her last litter. I can't say enough good things about the quality, temperament, and intelligence of her German Shepherds ... On September 11, 2016, we picked up the most precious little girl Sasha, and she has matured to an intelligent, obedient and friendly dog. She is playful and loves everyone we welcome to our home, she is also alert of strangers and very protective when a stranger approches but not in an aggressive way but alert calm, with an assertive energy. read more

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We recently adopted a puppy German Shepherd from Klarenfeld Shepherds. I couldn't be more impressed with the whole process. In August my fiancé and myself were negotiating getting another dog, as we have 2 already- one shepherd and one GoldenDoodle. We did some research on pure bred shepherds around the Pittsburgh area. We found Klarenfeld Shepherds on google. I immediately reached out to Leslie via website. I was pretty impatient so I found her phone number on the site and gave her call. I told her we were looking for a purebred shepherd and was wondering if she had any. She said she didn't currently have one but that she had a female shepherd that had recently gotten pregnant. She told us if we were interested that the litter would be due around October and ready to go home at the end of November. We agreed and the price wasn't insane! We paid a $250 deposit and was ready for the process! Throughout the whole pregnancy, Leslie kept us updated and in the know. We really appreciated it because it felt like we were a part of our puppy's life already! When the puppies were born in October, Leslie kept me updated the whole day on how many puppies there were and what the sex was and basically everything I needed to know! She sent me pictures and videos the whole day and the couple weeks after. When the puppies were 5 weeks, Leslie reached out and let us know we can come visit the puppy! We drove out and spent a little time with him and even met the puppy's dad!! It was love at first site and we couldn't wait until go home week! The puppy was available to go home at 8 weeks. This week was actually the week of Thanksgiving and Leslie let us keep him until after the holiday to avoid chaos and keep the puppy in good comfort. The Friday after Thanksgiving we picked him up. Absolutely no problem at all, very smooth process. We were given his shot records, his deworming medicine, and his AKC registration papers. We got him home and he has been adjusting wonderfully. I absolutely recommend Klarenfeld German Shepherds to anyone who is interested in shepherds. Our puppy was absolutely beautiful and healthy. We are very impressed with how Leslie has taken care of him. He hasn't had any potty accidents, in his cage or in the house. He is very well mannered and calm. We love him so much and couldn't be more pleased!! read more

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I contacted Leslie through her website trying not to get scammed but that's pretty much what has happened. The entire process with her was filled with issues-her whole family got sick, she was in a car accident (which she claims has affected her memory), there wasn't a contract of any sort, she took forever to answer calls or texts and then asks me to reschedule to pick a puppy and when we arrive there are only 2 of the 4 available puppies to see. Our visitation with the puppies was in her garage on the floor. She identified which puppy we chose by painting his toes with nail polish-which is toxic when ingested and we all know momma and babies will lick everything and anything. There weren't any vet records for me to give to my vet only a pic of a vaccine label. When I went to pick up the puppy on the scheduled day and time, she wouldn't answer the phone. Her husband eventually came to the house, went in and grabbed the puppy and AKC paperwork and literally just handed me the puppy. No contract, no food sample or info nothing. Took me days after to get vaccine info which puppy wasn't fully vaccinated. Then at 3-month appointment I informed her the testicles didn't descend. Her solution was to have me return the puppy, who had already bonded with my family and had already adapted to my home and routine.( I dread to think what would become of a defective puppy as she regards them as objects instead of living beings with souls.) She was aware this was an issue for this litter. Personally, I think mom was overbred and too old as she already had white in her muzzle which we noted when we asked to meet the parents. She even told me if I told her I was going to breed and show (which I did in our first convo that was about an hour long) we would have been more careful about picking out the puppy. She is aware her litters have defects and continues to breed. Our sire was Untox and the dam was Oprah as she calls her. The pictures posted to the website are from when her dogs were younger. As with other customers she has either blocked me or changed her number so I cannot contact her. I feel I should be entitled to at least half the fee I paid as I now cannot breed or show as the puppy will need to have surgery to find and remove his testicles. Do not purchase from this breeder, go elsewhere to a reputable breeder. I will be contact the AKC and informing them of the condition and environment of her operation. read more

I also purchased a very sick 4 pound puppy from Leslie. She is very unethical in my opinion! Puppy lemon law states breeder is to provide a puppy clear and free of disease. These puppies never should have been sold. With that being said- the second that I picked my puppy up I knew she was in better hands with me than Leslie. She did pick the puppy up and tried to get her to a health state but that was very short lived. My puppy spent several days a week for many months at the vet office and when I told Leslie this her comments were that all of the other puppies are healthy and thriving, she even blamed me and my vet for the condition my puppy was in. I too refused to hand this puppy over for a new puppy. If she were just honest and forthcoming in the beginning it would have been a different outcome. I love my puppy and she is where she needs to be, but I would never purchase another puppy from her again. I also put a review on another site that she somehow got removed- she told me to take it down sign a contract to not bash her and she would do a partial reimbursement of her bills. I of course refused. read more

I have read the comments that the breeder has provided noting everything stands in the contract. So how is one to proceed with any type of business when a contract is not provided, the breeder says the contract was lost and FAILS to provide a replacement contract. In the eyes of a lawyer, this would seem to me that a dog was sold to a buyer with false pretenses that they were being sold a normal healthy puppy. After multiple failed attempts of the breeder failing to provide the buyer with a contract how else should requests for assistance with large amounts of vet Bill's be reimbursed?? If the breeder is saying to return the puppy, it is in the contract, well how is that a fair business dealing? So return the puppy and I will do what I dee is fit, aka put the puppy down because the breeder is not going to sink thousands of dollars into a sick animal. So now how are your business dealing considered fair and per a "contract"? People have every right to know that there are unfortunate circumstances where sick animals are sold, but refusing to work with someone and only offering a replacement is not a fair business dealing. read more