Pup owner sick after learning pet came from breeder with history of animal cruelty [View all]

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http://www.kctv5.com/story/29537352/pup-owner-scammed-by-dog-breeder-with-cruelty-history

"One Overland Park woman found her dream dog online but says the puppy's DNA proves he is not what she paid thousands for.

Amy Stehli wanted a mini bull dog and fell in love with a pup named Oliver advertised on an Overland Park Petland's website.

"We saw him online first. I had been looking at breeders to buy from directly and I feel in love with him. I went up there, his temperament. I was sold," Stehli said.

Stehli paid $2,500 and Oliver became the newest addition to her family.

As time passed, Oliver was growing fast, too fast for the bull dog-pug mix Stehli was told that she had purchased.

"He's gone from 16 pounds to 40 pounds in a matter of weeks and this was getting close to full grown," she said.

Stehli maintains that the pet store pulled a bait and switch on her. She hadn't received the paperwork on Oliver's lineage, documents Petland promised to send her, so she started making calls.
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