Like I previously stated, it has been brought to my attention that an unhappy buyer has choosen to slander my kennel name instead of contacting me about his complaints. In eight years of breeding I have never had to deal with such an issue. I am completely in shock over this matter and am posting this entire page regarding this matter. I have reason to believe that he is contacting potential buyers and feeding them full of lies, so here is my side of it. Below is his accusations that he has posted on many sites as well as made his own site up. Please take the time to read through all of it. I know that there is a lot, but if you are even considering what he is saying, please read my side. Thank you in advance!
"I paid Sabria Lowery aka simply irresistible mastiffs in anderson indiana $1000.00+ for a mastiff and she never called me back for over a week after getting my money and I left her dozens of messages, finally I called her from a local number to her and she answered. She said she has been busy and was shipping my dog. I waited another week and still nothing. She was avoiding me again. Finally We drove 7 hours to her house (where I mailed a check) and she was there. I got my dog after driving there and scaring her in to giving me the puppy. The dog was filthy and was kept in a flea infested barn in horrible conditions with dozens of other animals.
I drove the dog home 7 hours teh next day and when I got there we noticed teh dog had 100's of fleas so we gave the pup a bath and treated with flea killer. The dog seemed little tired and lazy so we watched him closely. He pooped and we noticed he has Tape Worms!
We took him to the vet to be treated for tape worms and during the visit the vet said to watch him clsely for any other issue because he seemed to be in pain. 2 das later the puppys neck was real big and swollen. The vet said it has an infection in it's body from something.. Maybe an object from a wound days ago? or something?
The puppy had to stay at the vet on iv's for days (still there) whiel fighting this infection. The pups white blood count was offthe charts and he has not eaten well.
Sabrina Lowery says she breeds for health - LIE. Sabrina Lowery says she kept (raised) dogs in the house with her - LIE. Sabrina Lowery said she got a health pass from vet to ship dog - LIE. Sabrina Lowery says she is a Vet Tech in Anderson Indiana. LIE.
Sabrina Lowery has turned off the phone of hers and we can not reach her - TRUE. Sabrina Lowery sold me a very sick puppy - TRUE Sabrina Lowery Tried to rip me off - TRUE Sabrina Lowery Raises puppies in a flea infested barn - TRUE Sabrina Lowery will pay for this - TRUE
Do not buy any animals from sabrina lowery she is a con artist. "
MY RESPONSE:
I was totally shell shocked when I read this report! I have been breeding for over 8 years and have had hundreds of happy customers to this one unhappy one. Several things in this report are false.
First off, the puppy was ready to ship and I had every intention of doing so. There was not weeks of contact (or claimed lack there of). The puppy could not be shipped right away due to temperatures being too hot. I had previously explained this to the new owner. After about a week, I received a call from the new owner wanting to know if he could just pick the puppy up. Of course I agreed as I always prefer my puppies be picked up rather than being shipped. I was told that one of the new owners employees was located just a hour from my house on business and would come by and pick the puppy up that day. This employee did pick the puppy up (well after 10pm at night), NOT the new owner. I was in contact with the new owner on the phone the whole day. The employee even called the new owner from my house when he picked the puppy up to make sure he had everything.
This is only one false statement in the new owners report. The man that picked the puppy up was very out of sorts, got lost several times on the way to my house as well as on the 10 mile trip from my house back to the hotel which only included 2 turns. Even lost the back off of his phone and had to call me around 11pm or later to see if it was at my house.
I must stress that this puppy was picked up at my house. If the puppy was so bad off, who in their right mind would pay $1000 for the puppy. The full purchase price for the puppy was $1400 which included a discounted shipping rate of $400 which WAS refunded when the puppy was picked up. The puppy left my house with a bag of food so that he would have food for the trip home and a bit for transition to his new food, as well as a collar and a leash that is not normally included, but was not brought with who ever was picking him up. I included these items to make sure that he would make it home alright. I even made sure that the collar was snug to ensure that he would not slip out of it in the middle of no where and get hurt.
I admit that the puppy did have some fleas. I live on an 8 acre farm. The puppies ARE raised in my home until they are just too big to keep in the house. Until they are 4 weeks old, they are in a breeding box right beside my bed in my bed room to make sure that I can keep a good eye on them during this crucial time in their lives. They are weaned around the age of 5 weeks, and around the age of 8 weeks or so, who ever is still at home is usually moved outside. They are kept in a very large secure pen, that is inside my very nice, very large pole barn, when I am away or asleep to ensure that they are safe. When I am home, they are let out of their pen with the other dogs to play in an area that is completely fenced in and around an acre in size. They have access to a very nice 55x70 pole barn that they are free to go in and out of as they like.
The puppies are not kept with dozens of other animals as reported. They are kept with 3 adult english mastiffs and a cane corso mastiff which all live outside. Inside my house I have another 2 adult english mastiffs and a small dog of my sons. This is the total of my animals which does no way amount to dozens of animals.
Now back to the fleas. Yes this puppy most likely had some fleas. I am not happy about this myself, but am doing everything possible to treat them. I have receipts for hundreds of dollars spent on advantage flea medicine. As I said, these puppies are raised in the country. There are going to be some fleas, and yes even some flys. I do what I can to control them. I use advantage flea medicine and I spray the puppies for flys as much as possible. It is a very fine line of what I can put on the puppies at this young age. I do not want to do to much and over dose them. I also have receipts from buying tape worm medicine for the pups. Tape worms come from fleas, even if they are tape wormed, it is entirely possible for them to get them right back from fleas. This is just one of the facts of living in the country. In my opinion, it is far better for these dogs to be raised in an acre field and a huge barn than to be raised in concrete kennels that just promote bone and joint problems.
In response to the sore on the dogs neck, the puppy had no bites, sores, or lacerations of any kind when he left my property. I have not seen a vet report, nor have I heard anything from the new owner so I cannot say for sure what happened. It is very possible that anything could have happened. This pup could have been stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction or any number of other things. I can only say that if it was like that when he was on my property it would have been noticed. By either me or the new owner AS SOON as he got home or by the man picking him up. This showed up DAYS later and I'm very confident that it did not come from my property. I feel very sorry for the puppy having to go through the infection. I love my dogs and puppies like my children and do not like seeing any animal in pain. If this would have happened on my property, it would have been treated!
I DO breed my dogs for health. I have had many dogs live very, very long healthy lives. All my dogs on my property are healthy and taken care of.
I DO raise the pups inside my house UNTIL they are just too large and too much for the house. I live in a small house with my son as well as the 2 adult mastiffs and the small dog. When you have a litter of 9-12 english mastiff puppies it is very difficult to keep them all in the house after a certain age. They ARE moved outside to very nice living arrangements. They ARE kept inside my house when it is most important. These dogs have it great! Much much better than most dogs. I am by far not a puppy mill. I only breed 1-2 litters a year. The dogs are NOT kept in small kennels. They are NOT sold to pet stores. They are NOT sold to just anybody. I screen all new owners to make sure that my babies are going to good homes. I HAVE turned people down to own one of my puppies because I did not feel as if it would be a good home for them. If I was a puppy mill or just in it for the money, I wouldn't care where they were going.
I never said I was a vet tech in Anderson. I DID say that I had been a vet tech before. Sure it was in a different near by city. Sure I am not currently a vet tech. I felt that it was too hard on me to work in a vet office and see those poor sick animals come in day after day. I got very tired of seeing owners come in with sick animals due to neglect and then take them home with antibiotics only to not treat the animal at home and they come back far worse off.
I did NOT turn my phone off to avoid any body. If it must be known, the economy has came down on me very hard just as it has everyone else. My phone was shut off. I spend every dime I get on taking care of my son and my animals. They come first! They are taken care of before anything!
The last time I heard from these people was the day the puppy got home. The day after he was picked up from my house. Josh stated that the puppy had fleas, which I had already told him that he might. But other than that, he was satisfied with his puppy. He said he was very nice looking and looked like he was going to be a beautiful boy. I never heard anything else from him. No phone calls (my phone was turned on then), no emails, nothing. If I would have been contacted about these supposed issues I would have done everything in my power to correct it.
I am NOT a con artist. I have been breeding for over 8 years and have many many happy satisfied customers. Many happy reviews and feedback. I am on the AKC preferred breeders list. Go ahead and google me. You may find many reports from this buyer and how he is not happy, but that will be it. I have sold tons of puppies over the years, and if I get one or two unhappy people, then I figure I'm doing pretty good. You can't make everyone in this world happy, but hundreds are happy with my puppies! Please feel free to view my website at www.simplymastiffs.freeservers.com. Take a look at the pictures on there. Yes there are some pictures of dogs in a barn. And yes there may be a piece of trash or two in the picture. Anyone that has ever lived with a dog should understand that if there is one piece of trash to be found, a dog will find and and drag it out. There might even be a fly or two in the picture. Show me a person that has never had a fly land on them. Does that mean that they are not clean? You will also find pictures of my babies. Very happy and content in their home. Pictures of my babies laying on the couch while I'm sitting on the floor. Pictures of my babies playing in THEIR swimming pool that I provide them so they can cool off and have some fun. Pictures of my babies playing with my son. Pictures of my dogs having plenty of room to move around. NO pictures of my dogs locked in kennels nor on chains. I assure you that my dogs are EXTREMELY well taken care of. Ask anyone who really knows me. I have never had a problem with animal control, other buyers or anyone for that matter. Just many years of good business. Healthy dogs, healthy puppies that turn in to exceptional mastiffs and hundreds of happy buyers! So that's my side. Choose to believe Josh if you'd like. But please use common sense and realize that if I was really this bad off, I would not have made it for 8 years and I'm sure there would be far more complaints on me. And realistically i f I was as bad as he's saying, animal control would have shut me down by now! Again, please use some common sense and at least hear both sides before you react. Take the time to talk to me. My phone number, email and address is well known. Feel free to call, email or even come by to visit. You'll see that it is nothing like he is saying! Thank you for taking the time to read this whole thing!
To all the happy customers who have stuck by me and believe in me, my practices, and my dogs, thank you so much! Keep in touch, and take care of those wonderful babies as I know you will. Keep the updates and pictures coming! I love seeing them!!!
