Jennifer conveyed to my husband and myself that the chocolate Chihuahua we were interested in was 7…read moremonths old. She had this same info on her website, Rivalt Kennels. However, I was checking out her posts on Facebook and saw the very sane photos of the dog, but she stated on FB that the dog was 3 years old. So I asked her a few times about the dog's age, by email through her website, and each time she said the dog was 7 months old. She wanted $1800 for the dog, so I wanted to be sure of the accuracy of her responses. When I was at the Bank getting the $$, I texted Jennifer once again about the age of the dog and she confirmed the dog was 7 months old. But when we went to get the dog, I pointed out that her posts of the 3 year old dog on FB in 2022, were identical to the photos of the 7 month old dog on the Rivalt website. She said that she always used the same photos, because she didn't have the time to take individual pics of each and every dog. I told her in front of my husband to just be honest with me. So I glanced at the dog's papers and saw that the issued date of registration was in 2021. That would have put the dog at 2 years old. When I questioned Jennifer, she said the yes. the dog was older than what she originally said, but that she really needed to unload the dog. We stood in the driveway by our car during all of this, not once in the house or seeing any of the other dogs or their living conditions. In addition, Jennifer never asked me any questions about our home life, other pets we may have, if we were familiar with the breed, etc. No screening whatsoever. That said, it was all very unusual to us to not receive full health info and records for this 4 year old dog. She did tell me I could call the vet and obtain all her records. I shouldn't have had to do that, but when I did call the vet, they said this dog had been there only once for rabies shot! When I questioned Jennifer, she said there were a couple of other vets in the area where she took the dog, and that I could call those places for when the dog had pups. I've never had to do that with any of the dogs we purchased from breeders! We loved the looks of the little dog and its temperament, so I gave her the $$ and we left. We felt that we truly rescued this dog, but at a significant cost. When I got home, I realized that Jennifer had conveniently stapled over the dog's birthdate on the Registration form. The birthdate showed 5/10/2019! That put the dog at 4 years old. But we still wanted the dog so I texted Jennifer and she said she must have been confused, mixing things up with the next customer who was going there for another dog. Hmmmm.....that was definitely an intentional screw up on her part. We come to find out that she used a shock collar on this 3 lb dog, as she had scabs and scars on her neck! We took the dog to the vet right after we got her, but we have no idea when any shots were given or if flea/tick/hearguard was administered, we just learned through a fecal exam that the dog has hookworms, so we're treating her for that. I asked about rabies vaccine, and Jennifer said, yes, she's due for it. We don't know why but she clearly wanted rid of this dog, yet she didn't end up selling the dog back in 2022, when she posted it for sale. We can only surmise that others may have also seen her true colors and decided to go with their gut feeling/s. She keeps eluding to the contract she gave to me for the Sale of Puppies....not adult dogs. Nothing was written down. She didn't honor my request for a receipt when I asked for it. I don't know if the dog had any other shots, than rabies. No instructions provided, except that the food given was Pedigree, which is definitely a sub-par dog food. Even my vet remarked on that. We want to keep the dog, but I did ask Jennifer for at least a refund of $300 to offset the vet bills. She flatly refused and said that we wanted a 'free' dog, which is absolutely NOT the case. but we were charged way too much for a 4 year old dog, and we were hoodwinked with several inconsistencies. I read that she's bred and sold Chihuahuas, Lhasa Apsos, Dobermans and French Bulldogs. Perhaps she should be operating as a Business , rather than a 'hobby', with any and all associated ramifications. Note: I see that she has revised the website (rivaltkennels.wixsite.com) to now require a Password for guest entry.....most likely she didn't want my negative review to blatantly appear to any new prospects. There it is again, her dishonesty shines through. BUYER BEWARE!
