Canine Corral Reviews

At 12 30 am on the fourth night we were contacted by our vet. Our dog had gone into siezures, her back legs were going out from under her and she had lost a considerable amount of wieght. Later that night she had to be put down at a little over a year old, and three days before christmas. Buyer Beware: this man runs a puppy mill, and should be shut down permanently.

A day before we picked up the dog we were told, I need to be straight forward with you, the dog has kennel cough.? We figured it was not a debilitating disease so we decided to take the dog to our own vet. Upon bringing the dog to the vet we were advised to bring the dog back due to a serious respiratory infection as well as a vision deficiency. When the dog was brought back to Canine Corral it seemed as if they were aware of the dogs problems, and had no remorse for deceiving a customer. From our understanding the dog has and will receive no medical attention and will soon be euthanized.

The conditions inside Canine Corral can only be described as appalling. Dogs are stuffed in endless rows of crates. The cages are far from sanitary and disease can spread rapidly. Dogs with kennel cough are relegated back to there crates where they spread there infections to other animals. I dont know when the last time Canine Corral was inspected, but we believe the business is due for an unscheduled inspection. From our understanding dogs that are returned do to health issues that cannot be inexpensively resolved are euthanized. It becomes a self perpetuating condition were sick dogs make other dogs sick. God only knows where Ira sources some of these puppies, but I doubt they are coming from registered breeders.

As a pet lover, and as a community we need to stop such activities such as the above mentioned. The Canine Corral is doing a disservice to the dog community in our area. Included is a list of other reported instances of deception and poor treatment to animals.

I picked him up Monday morning and they said to take him to a VET because he needs further testing to be done. I left him at my local vet he Dr. Jeffrey he tells me the dog has a heart murmur on the left side and a deformation with his mouth called (Parrots Mouth) where the upper snout his longer then the bottom and they do not connect giving the dog trouble eating giving him the HYPOGLISEMIA witch I was not aware that the dog had this deformation at the time of purchase.

When I go back to the store to speak with the Supervisor Jeanine Kooner? telling her I want a refund on the VET bills she said its not there problem and no longer there responsibility when clearly on the contract it says they would cover all vet services? she claims because what the dog has is not an ILLNESS when clearly it is.

Basically, once I researched with the better business bureau they have other claims against them for selling sick dogs to people and not following threw with there written contract.

They took the dog back but will not give me a refund on the Vet Bills a total of $825 nor on the $256 in supplies and vitamins because I opened them!!!

The pup would up getting seizures because of it's small size. Dogs that tiny suffer from low blood sugar...he still should have been with his mother and litter.

The result....this dog had to spend a month at the the vet while they got him back to decent health. Since he was taken from the litter so soon he has not developed the behaviors and socialization that normal puppies are supposed to have. This establishment threatens the quality of life of its puppies and the poor uneducated customer who must learn the hard way. This place should be shut down. Stop buying from pet stores that obviously don't care about the dogs...stop supporting puppy mills...it's an abusive industry.

Consequently, it would not eliminate outside or on a leash and had no aversion whatsoever to stepping in and lying in it's own excrement. I called them several times and they were no help but kept saying I should follow the written instructions they give out for all dogs. They would not admit that the instructions did not apply to this dog because of his long time spent in a cage or that it would impossible tio housebreak him.

I had him for 5 weeks and he never once eliminated on a leash. I am 55 yrs old and partly disabled with back problems. I could no longer tolerate the back pain from bending down to change papers in his crate 20 times every day! He would sometimes eliminate 3 times in 15 -30 min. indoors but could hold it 2-3 hours outside. I was physically unable to keep him out long enough until he had to go.When he was out of his crate indoors he would eliminate anywhere in the house whenever he was out of my sight for even a few seconds. I finally had to give up up and bring him to Bide-a-wee for adoption. I am heartbroken at having to give him up and left the shelter in tears after saying goodbye to my dog for the last time.