Business ProfileforThe Puppy Store

To whom it may concern: My husband I purchased a dachshund puppy from the Puppy Store in Vineyard, Utah on February 4, 2023 for $2000.00. And we experienced a puppy that has severe separation anxiety. Very horrible anxiety to the point where we have to re-home him to the Rocky Mountain Dachshund Rescue in Salt Lake City, Utah because we don’t have the resources to help him overcome this and we tried everything to help it work for us. But when looking at the paperwork for the puppy, The Puppy Store didn’t disclose who the breeder was but did provide a USDA number. USDA NUMBER: ********* which goes back to a Landon H******* of H******* Farm in Missouri. We found out he has a major puppy mill operation obtaining 119 dogs and 62 puppies and many of which come from several different breeds. We are distraught that our puppy had to go through such horrible conditions. Missouri is also the number one state for puppy mill breeders. And we are also distraught that The Puppy Store claims (on their website) to have ethical breeders, but when in fact, their dogs come from puppy mills in really bad condition whether it’s health wise or behavior wise. They also state on their website that the dog comes dewormed, but we had to get our dog dewormed at the vet. I’d like to report this because this is animal cruelty and it’s seriously just awful. I have attached a few documents where I found this information. One is a pdf form of USDA breeders. I filtered it out to his USDA number. The online flipping book site, I searched “Landon H*******” and found that he breeds multiple breeds such as mini dachshund, mini Pinscher, Bichon Frise, Poodle, corgi, etc the list goes on. And the last website is from someone that has done research into the puppy stores in Utah and found where they come from. I have also attached a letter from the dachshund rescue stating that we surrender the dog due to his anxiety issues. We would like our money back for a dog that one we couldn't keep and two that came with severe separation anxiety and had to get re-homed. Best, ******** ****  Links and Docs: 1. ********************************************************** 2. Use the search bar and search "Landon H*******" *************************************************** 3. List of Active Licensees and Registrants search for the USDA number and you'll find Landon H******* 4. Image of a screenshot taken from the website 5. Image of the deworming I had to pay for at the vet 6. A letter from the rescue 7. Image of receipt of purchase