Curio Kennel

I would also recommend finding another breeder*** is very tentative while showing interest in her puppies, but does a fine job of dancing around any important questions regarding the pups health before she received payment and books the dog's flightOnce the dog's paid for/shipped and in your hands, you won't get her minute e-mail response time, but instead, you'll have a sick pup in hand with questions going unanswered for 24-hoursShe also refuses to help with any vet bill that may come with getting the sick pup she sent to you, healthyMy specific review of this breeder is because of our story that follows -
On August 16th, 2014, I had purchased a miniature shar pei puppy from Curio Kennel, and my sister and I were picking her up from the airportWhen we pulled her out of the crate she was shipped in, her eyes were caked over with mucous/dried eye boogersHer flight from Florida to Los Angeles had been delayed hours, so she spent a hours sedatedShe also had a VERY nasally sound to her breathing, but again, I thought she probably had a lot of snot/boogers from being knocked out for so long; I figured because she had such a long trip, it was probably very hard on a little pup at just weeks old
We kept a close eye on her through the night, and into the next dayThat next evening, I noticed an "eye booger" looking thing on her ***, and figured it was from our other male shar pei (who's years old) playing with herI wiped the "eye booger" off with a piece of toilet paper, and I realized it was MOVING on the toilet paperIt was very obvious it was some kind of worm, most likely tapeworm after googling itNot a huge deal, as a lot of puppies tend to get tapeworm once or twice, but we figured we'd take her to the vet to just do a complete checkup on our new puppy (even though we hadn't, and STILL HAVEN'T, received her papers from *** After her vet visit, she was diagnosed with a very severe respiratory infection, eye infections in both eyes, and an open wound/lump on her front right legObviously we had to move forward with treating our pup, who's name is now *** :), sooner than later, as a respiratory infection can easily turn into pneumonia very quickly in a puppyShe was prescribed a high dosage of antibiotics, eye "drops" (more like a vaseline), Panacur for tapeworm (which *** had stated she was on as a puppy in order to rid of any tapeworm-like viruses), a small circular pill that was to take care of her "hookworm" parasite, and they drained the lump on her front right legOur vet told my sister and I, not to get our hopes up, but we had some work to do, as her respiratory infection is very severe and will likely turn into pneumonia (often a puppy killer)Total Cost: $
After her first appointment, I contacted *** asking for her papers, per our vet's request*** stated she had mailed the papers already, and wasn't able to scan a copy to our vet's office because she doesn't keep a copy of them for herselfAt this point, I started to feel really uncomfortable dealing with this ladyShe wouldn't answer the phone, wouldn't respond to my emails but every other day, and refused to help with our cost at the vet's office JUST DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE PUPPYOur vet recommended re-vaccinating her and giving her all the necessary shots a puppy's supposed to getWe agreed and ended up covering the cost
*** ended up having follow up appointments, and had to continue antibiotic treatment for almost a monthShe has another appointment next week for a check up, but seems to be doing a lot better; I think she's going to make it:)
I normally don't like to submit poor reviews in lieu of a poor purchase/sale on any type of website, and I probably wouldn't have wrote one if our puppy hadn't made it through all of this, but *** *** and her husband are crookedI highly recommend not buying a puppy from this breeder, unless you're looking to go through a string of emotions trying to get your puppy to good health