WARNING TO ALL BREEDERS!!
It's been three years since Jeannette Bergman's kennel was *closed
down*, and
she was charged with MANY counts of animal abuse and neglect
in Washington
State, while she was still on probation from abuse charges in
Kootenai County,
Idaho. Seattle Purebred Rescue reeled from the impact of trying
to foster,
care for and eventually place when the court released to them
over 300 dogs
coming from this kennel...many pregnant, all undernourished,
many with severe
health problems. 16 dogs were found dead when the raid was made
on the kennel,
several more had to be put to sleep within the next few days.
She has recently begun contacting breeders again to purchase
dogs to start
breeding once again...this while on probation from TWO STATES
now for
abuse/neglect charges, AND while being told SPECIFICALLY that
she is not
allowed to breed again! I can't believe she is actually giving
her own name to
do this!
She prefers LARGE dogs, and of the *purebred-but-not-AKC-registerable*
(private registries/UKC registered) type, because of course,
AKC has cancelled
all registration priveleges for 10 yrs. In the past she has
*bred* Golden
Retreivers, Rottweilers, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Mastiffs (that
she advertised
locally in Idaho as "Hooch dogs, from the movie Turner &
Hooch"...guess she
never realized Hooch was a Dogue de Bordeaux and NOT a Mastiff!)
etc... All
over the Couer d'Alene area are Golden Retreiver owners and
Rottie owners who
spent a small fortune for this *Puppy with 54 champions in pedigree*
and then
spent THOUSANDS more on surgery & vet bills for dysplasia,
etc...
This is her way of *supporting her family*. This woman owns
at least five
parcels of land in various northern Idaho counties, in Washington
and in
Montana...all within an hour or two drive of each other.
In Idaho when she was first arrested, the conditions were deplorable!
She had
emus, rheas, ostriches, ponies, horses, miniature horses and
donkeys, pigs,
cattle, sheep, dogs of MANY different breeds, toy Bengal leopard
cats, llamas,
etc. The smell was so strong that as you were driving by on
that highway, you
could catch a whiff of it.
The Washington case has received much publicity over the internet
as well as
on television (and the archive files at courttv.com are still
there if you're
unfamiliar with this case), so there is a very slim chance of
her being able
to purchase any new *breeding stock* to start up once again.
Hopefully the breeders who were contacted will notify the officials
out there
in WA that she is attempting to start yet again...
Don't let this happen again, spread the word...
Mr. & Mrs. Swen Bergman
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