Review: Puppy Palace

[this seems genuine]

i have a little insight into this store and will leave it at that
ariel, first of all, you might need a geography lesson cuz their havent been dogs from lancaster county since god knows when (convient how you hide behind a computer screen)
the owner has tried to work repeatedly with shelters, rescue groups and to buy locally
all you animal activists need to get a grip and get in there and offer your companies services
this is a prime location to do some good in the world but everyone wants to bitch n complain n not step up to the plate
i personally witnessed him giving a free dog to a deaf family, you want there number
i know first hand, if they take a dog to their vet and it gets treated there, they adopt it out thru banfield, free of charge
this store does not make money but it does spread occasional goodwill
yes the owner has other business interests and he doesnt have to run it as a business, he runs it as someone who likes dogs
if you want a FREE dog, ask and if he doesnt have one (he'll give older ones away free too) he will give you the phone number of a rescue group
yes pups get sick and thats unfortunate
the owner made a decision to put them in bins rather than cages and disease spreads much quicker, probably not the smartest business move but it showed a sacrifice of profit over care
SO I CHALLENGE ALL YOU PEOPLE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? BITCH AND COMPLAIN OR BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION

https://post.craigslist.org/manage/1406064999...
this is not a misprint
all you have to do is pay the bills while the store is open
owner has the store listed for sale but do to other business demands, can not give it the 100% attention that it needs
any potential person interested, must only show an adequate credit score so owner knows the bills will be paid and the store will be taken care of until sale or the lease expires
if you are a pet lover or an animal welfare group/shelter looking for an immediate place to house unwanted pets, this is the opportunity for you

serious inquires only

[Boston Mom]

Garfila wrote:

I have a 3-4mth old Boston Terrier from PPalace that I had to pay $2K to bring back from the brink of death! She had Kennel cough that either went untreated for a long time or wasn't treated aggressively enough, & it turned into pneumonia. Kennel cough (Bordetella)is a highly contagious air born respiratory infection. Your other dogs (any dogs) could come in contact with the virus (through breathing it in directly or on your clothes) & not show symptoms for up to 3 weeks! So if one pup in this place has it, they’re all gonna get it. And puppies have a 50/50 chance of surviving it. Bordetella (Kennel Cough) is very treatable with antibiotics for about 2 weeks, but left untreated it can be fatal.
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Hi, I think I may have your puppy's litter mate from Puppy Palace. Same thing... kennel cough, pneumonia, 3 days in an animal hospital on oxygen, a month of antibiotics.$3000 in vet bills, but I was reimbursed 2 times the price of the puppy (half of the vet bills). He was born on 6/16. He is doing great now!

[Garfila]

Boston Mom wrote:

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Hi, I think I may have your puppy's litter mate from Puppy Palace. Same thing... kennel cough, pneumonia, 3 days in an animal hospital on oxygen, a month of antibiotics.$3000 in vet bills, but I was reimbursed 2 times the price of the puppy (half of the vet bills). He was born on 6/16. He is doing great now!

I'm glad to hear your puppy's doing great, so is mine. I was never told her B-Date & didn't get any $ towards the $2K vet bill since I didn't purchase here. I took her off the hands of the Banfield vet that P.Palace hires that wasn't properly treating her. I was told P.Palace wouldn't put out the $ for him to treat her, so he just did the minimal & she was getting worse & was being fostered. I took her when I saw the condition she was in, including blue skin from lack of Oxygen. 4 other dogs(2 of mine)caught Kennel cough from my pup. Our pups may have some scar tissue in their lungs now that may affect them somewhere down the road if they were to get another respiratory infection.

Unfortunately you're gonna run into theses problems with All Puppy Stores- Poorly bred & poorly taken care of animals from Puppy Mills. Just take a look at the standard breed of a dog you're interested in & compare it to a Puppy store/Puppy mill dog and you'll almost always see a big difference. There are plenty of breeders all over the US & with a little research, you should be able to find a reputable one. But there's plenty of local breeders that are no better then theses puppy mills, just on a smaller scale.

Good luck to Everyone with their Puppies!

[kim]

this place is horrible. i bought my american bulldog from there, best dog in the world but he came with parasites, then we find out he has a problem with his testicles so now he can not be bred and has to have his testicles removed from his stomach which is really expensive. Since this is a genetic problem the shop is suposed to compensate for all the bills. We call everyday and constantly go to the store, where the owner is never there and never returns our calls. the only people that work there are girls who do not know anything about the dogs or the finacial end of it.Not only that, but they charged me twice for the payments which took me forever to get refunded. HORRIBLE. never go here for a dog.i feel sorry for the puppies there.

[tinas coming home]

store is for sale, he offered it to a rescue shelter, i know because i work there) thought that was a nice gesture but we cant afford our facility, let alone another one) I CAN TELL U YOUR BEST OPTION IS BUYING FROM AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY. pet stores usually treat for parasites, like we do but the problem is, they are poop eaters so things pass from one to another..n im sorry to say, shelters are the worse, i love my job because i know in my heart i am doing good by them, but the emotional and physical baggage they come in with, is to much to bear..our percentage of returns is off the chart

[Garfila]

kim wrote:

this place is horrible. i bought my american bulldog from there, best dog in the world but he came with parasites, then we find out he has a problem with his testicles so now he can not be bred and has to have his testicles removed from his stomach which is really expensive. Since this is a genetic problem the shop is suposed to compensate for all the bills. We call everyday and constantly go to the store, where the owner is never there and never returns our calls. the only people that work there are girls who do not know anything about the dogs or the finacial end of it.Not only that, but they charged me twice for the payments which took me forever to get refunded. HORRIBLE. never go here for a dog.i feel sorry for the puppies there.

Sorry to hear you're pup has those issues. At least both the parasites & cryptorchidism (testicals that havn't desended) can be treated with few complications. The cryptorchid surgery is done like a Spay Sx which is more invasive & of course costs more than a rutine neuter Sx. The problem with parasites is reinfecting them selves (can depend on the type of parasite exp.Hookworms are absorbed through the skin/pads of the feet & all can be ingested by eating the poop) and/or passing it onto other pets who walk in the area that your pup poops in.

If you havn't already, do some research on the Pet Lemon Law in NJ & Checkout some of the links I left in one of the previous comments above.
I started to raise $ for my pup's vet bill through the sales of my eBay store! GarfilaESalesNJ

Good Luck with your Pup & I hope everything works out ok for the both of you!

[puppy palace customer]

There are some puppy stores that do sell healthy puppies, that come from the right places and do things the right way. Puppy Palace is NOT one of them. The owner has his dogs delievered in a big van that pulls around back and unloads like 50 puppies from small dirty cages. No reputable breeder that actually cares about their puppies would ever let there puppies be put in that kind of situation and conditions. They have so many sick dogs and unhappy customers that the spca website actually has them on there opening page warning people about them. There employees are not friendly there is always poop in the bins and there food and water is always covered in woodchips and they do nothing about it. This puppy store is LAST place to go and buy a puppy from.