We had arranged to buy a puppy from MAK Boston's although there websites looked great and were in formtive - thety were hard to get ahold of and respond to emails.
Once I picked up my puppy she had red weepy eys and a hernia, they dropped her off and gave me all her papers then left in a hurry. The puppy was never healthy right from the start, had problems with throwing up and gaining weight then at 6 months she developed a serious congenital condition with her neck/back and spine, lost most of her mobility in her hind legs and falls over regularily - can't walk up or down stairs. $2200 for an MRI to diagnose a condition that cant be treated. When i contacted the breaders to let them know and wondered if any of the litter mates had similar problems, I got no response, after the 3rd email to them I finally had the response -"thats so sad, let us know how it goes."
No offer to help. I told them it was definatly a birth defect issue and my vet said that neither the mother(pixie) or father (smokie) should be bred, they said the mom was retired. We were so dissapointed with their level of care or interest for their dogs, never asked any questions. Our vet has said that a reputable breader would have noticed immdeidatly that something was not right with our Boston and never should have sold a sickly dog. Reputable breaders would have held on to her for at least a year to make sure no problems arose with her development.
Our dog is only 1.5 but can not go for walks, can not climb up or down stairs, and has developed cateracks in both eyes. Her hind legs have atriphied, and she is very wobbley on them.
MAK Boston Reviews
We had arranged to buy a puppy from MAK Boston's although there websites looked great and were in formtive - thety were hard to get ahold of and respond to emails.
Once I picked up my puppy she had red weepy eys and a hernia, they dropped her off and gave me all her papers then left in a hurry. The puppy was never healthy right from the start, had problems with throwing up and gaining weight then at 6 months she developed a serious congenital condition with her neck/back and spine, lost most of her mobility in her hind legs and falls over regularily - can't walk up or down stairs. $2200 for an MRI to diagnose a condition that cant be treated. When i contacted the breaders to let them know and wondered if any of the litter mates had similar problems, I got no response, after the 3rd email to them I finally had the response -"thats so sad, let us know how it goes."
No offer to help. I told them it was definatly a birth defect issue and my vet said that neither the mother(pixie) or father (smokie) should be bred, they said the mom was retired. We were so dissapointed with their level of care or interest for their dogs, never asked any questions. Our vet has said that a reputable breader would have noticed immdeidatly that something was not right with our Boston and never should have sold a sickly dog. Reputable breaders would have held on to her for at least a year to make sure no problems arose with her development.
Our dog is only 1.5 but can not go for walks, can not climb up or down stairs, and has developed cateracks in both eyes. Her hind legs have atriphied, and she is very wobbley on them.