********* Breeder of Golden Retrievers

We once again have to advise the public to AVOID THIS BREEDER AT ALL COSTS. We have now had over 10 people being "****med" by this breeder. The same "modus operandi" happens with all people and we have been trying our utmost to warn the public NOT TO PAY FOR A PUPPY until you have either visited the puppy or upon collection. What this breeder does: Upon enquiry of the puppy, the first thing you have to do is pay a deposit (R5000 +) before she even talks to you. Then you get sent an invoice and "random" pics of some litter of puppies. The day the pups are born you are asked to pay the full price (anything from R15 000 to R18 000). You are then promised photos and updates - which sometimes follows "as she is apparently too busy" and then "random" pics of puppies follows. When you try to get hold of her she almost never answers messages and IF you are lucky enough to get a response its again of "random" pups - and sometimes the same photos are shared to multiple people. IF you are one of the (many) unlucky ones, you will be told your puppy died of either a snake bite or the latest excuse is parvo. (Please know that when you get parvo on your property as a breeder you can't have any litters for at least 12 - 24 months as parvo is very difficult to eradicate from anything even with vet strength disinfectants). You are then told that you will be moved to the "next" litter which can be anything from 1 month to 12 months and longer (we have had people waiting for over 12 months and moved from litter to litter). She refuses to share any documentation of the health checks of the parents. She apparently regularly travels overseas, or regularly in hospital (reasons for not being able to answer messages or send photos) - which is very strange because how does a breeder have multiple litters on the ground, yet they are not at home to look after the litter? She refuses to pay any money back and if you go the legal route, you will be slapped with a "defamation" letter from her attorney and told you will be refunded within 30 days (by the way as per the CPA anyone must pay a deposit back, even IF they say deposits are non-refundable). Then you wait 30 days for a refund that never comes.....you phone, ask, beg, plead and she just ignores you. By this time, we have been contacted to ask for help - and then if we post anything regarding what happened, we are all slapped with defamation letters from her attorney. She then claims she does not have money, etc. etc. and its an ongoing battle - so much so that some people just "accept" they will never get their money back and try to find puppies from other breeders. This is how this breeder makes money - then she goes on overseas trips, uses the money for her children to go overseas for competitions, imports dogs, goes to shows and clearly pays people to look after her puppies - which in its own is shocking because any reputable breeder will raise their puppies inside their home with 24/7 supervision, love and care. We thought that by exposing this breeder for her ********* breeding practices she will try to improve, stop taking money for puppies not even born yet - but instead she is just churning out litter after litter and could care less about the prospective puppy owners or her own dogs. This breeder has over 25 dogs that she breeds with - this is commercial puppy farming at its worst. She claims we are all "jealous" of her achievements and that is why we are constantly posting on social media about her. Please know that there is absolutely nothing to be "jealous" of and we have no interest in trying to "compete" with this breeder for anything. She is a disgrace to the breed, a disgrace to "breeding" and she causes the experience of getting a lifelong family companion for a family to be a horrible, heartbreaking and devastating experience - when it should be the "best experience ever". Note: All of our claims/statements/comments can be substantiated with evidence. We do not post on "rumors" or "hearsay". Message from yet another victim: "As i write this mail i am devastated. Earlier this year we were referred by someone to Clarasado Goldens with regards to adding a puppy to our family. They had over the years bought 2 retrievers from them, so we didn’t even flinch when it came to check up on them. We’ve literally just been taken by Dorette for 15K and another R2500 “flight travel fee”, we have had the worst experience and was told yesterday our so-called puppy died of parvo and the person looking after them forgot to tell her, very convenient. My boyfriend even flew to Cape Town to go choose our pup. I can't believe we were so stupid and trusted her because other people we knew received theirs and was happy. She sent us 1 photo when they were born with voice notes on how beautiful they are then we had to ask over and over for an update and kept saying she was busy she would send later and we literally begged and begged for info and got every excuse under the sun, First she was away, then out the country, then in JHB and it just went on and on. The alarm went off properly when we asked for the flight details last week and she just did not respond, The woman never answers her phone. When we went on FB and started searching we were horrified in what we saw." We have tried to work with this breeder, asked her to stop her ********* breeding practices, but she refuses to take any advice or guidance. The only way to protect the public is to post warning messages to avoid breeders who ask for money upfront. We have unconfirmed reports that this breeder is planning to leave the country - which does set of further alarm bells. BREEDER STATS: 32 Breeding females from 2014 to 2023 89 Litters from 2014 to 2023 674 Puppies registered to date (this excludes litters born after Feb 23) as she only registers litters 6 - 12 months after birth on average. CLARASADO E.PEBBLES = 10 litters CLARASADO E.SANDY = 9 litters Other females - 5 litters (registered) due to KUSA dispensations that was implemented from 2018.