The reference below is unique in that it comes with a sad true story that happens all to often attached with it.

Dear Zoe,

Our family had wanted to have a dog for many years and when we finally made the decision, we purchased a dog through the Internet and a breeder in the U.S. It was an entire day of driving several hundred miles to pick up our new dog. This experience was a very difficult and painful one for our family and after much time and effort it became clear that our dog could never be what we had hoped for.

After numerous emails and correspondence with a woman from Eastern Washington, we were repeatedly reassured that she was a legitimate breeder and in looking back, we should have done more research. We trusted that what she was telling us was the truth. From the time we brought him home, we had serious behaviour issues with our dog. We immediately contacted her and she was surprised to hear of this type of behavior.  After several trips to the vet, it was apparent that our dog had some obvious issues that a breeder would/should have known about.  Two separate vets with over thirty years of experience had not seen this type of aggression from a puppy before and consequently told us to give him up because of his aggressive nature.  We realized that it wasn’t going to work out given our situation with our children.

The breeder then refused to take the dog back, which we found very odd, as most of the breeders we spoke to were genuinely concerned about the well being of their animals. We had to take our dog to a  rescue and cover all of the expenses. Overall, a very negative experience for our entire family and our children were devastated that it didn’t work out.

When we met Zoe things were different right from the start. We were encouraged to come and see her dogs and spend an afternoon with them. We picked the one we wanted and it was clear that Zoe was genuinely concerned about these animals. When we brought our dog home, it was a complete opposite experience. Since we met Zoe and purchased a dog from her, she has been in contact with us checking up on our dog to see how she is doing.

Our dog Lily has been a blessing to us. She provides our children with much joy and is a positive addition to our family. Everyone who meets her comments about her sweet and gentle nature. Zoe, through her love for her dogs and her attention to detail, helped to create for us a wonderful experience after we thought we weren’t going to ever have a dog. We thank Zoe for everything that she has done for us and would highly recommend her to any friend of ours who is looking for a puppy.

Sandy and Paul  Lilly