Bill Fleischer is a crook and (www.fleischerheim.com) runs a puppy mill with a paint job (nice website). His dogs live their entire lives in small runs with no love, play, or social time. Just used to produce produce produce. He breeds anything and everything, most with terrible temperaments. A dog with a bad temperament should never be bred as it is passed on in the genes.
His puppies are not socialized at all and many never even see the outside of a run or barn until they go to the buyer. THis often leads to a puppy afraid of it's own shadow and most of his dogs turn out to be dog aggressive as he breeds dogs with bad genes. His prices are absolutely CRAZY. No one should ever pay more than $2500 for a puppy. That price will get the best of the best. He is just ripping people off. His low end $2500 puppies are the runts or the one's with ears torn off or sick ones.
Case #1 - I bought a $2500 puppy from him that turned out to be crazy. I ended up giving her away.
Case #2 - a friend of mine paid a ridiculous $4500 for a puppy that was afraid of everything, everyone, and very dog aggressive (fearful). She was spayed and given away.
Case #3 - his warranty is a joke. I know someone that tried to call him on warrently and Fleischer said he would replace the puppy with an additional $2500.
Case #4 - I called about a puppy (before I bought the crazy one)and asked about it and he said he would discount it. Upon tracking down the people that had the litter, they told me the puppy was sick (medical condition for life) and no it wasn't for sale. They would give it to anyone willing to provide for it. They were not happy that he was trying to sell it.
Case #5 - Beware of the bait and switch. Often the pictures you see online are not of the 'real' dog. I know of someone that was interested in buying an adult dog posted on his site. When he saw the dog in person it was not the same dog. Fleishcher tried to claim it was a mistake but the picture was never changed.
Case #6 - When these dogs get too old and no longer make him money (which by the way not only does he breed them too often but far to long in age), he decides to retire them. Not find them lovely homes because they deserve it, but he tries to sell them for thousands of dollars. These are dogs that are 10 yrs plus so only have a few years left.
This man is a total shister, would rip off his own mother. Do not trust them man at all or believe anything he says. There are much nicer dogs that reputable breeders produce. Stay away from this man and his associates.
He is in cohoots with Nobleheimgermans.com and hausmerkel.com.
Buyer beware and do your homework!
I believe if you went to any boarding kennel/Veterinary Clinic unannounced in the morning before feeding and cleaning was finished you would also be disappointed in that facility due to odor and amount of dogs in their facilities. I've been there myself to look at dogs, however, I made an appointment as I didn't want to interrupt the dogs routine and felt that it would have been rude of me to just barge in! I saw that puppies do have their own large area to exercise in and there is someone who works with all the dogs everyday. All the puppies that were brought out for me were happy, healthy and loved to play with the tug, you could tell that they had had plenty of attention. This is a unfair evaluation of a top breeder and importer for almost 50 years. He spares no cost on food, vet expenses and importing the very best dogs from Germany. America is very lucky to have someone of this caliber breeding and importing these top quality dogs for them.
I saw this quote one day and it is so true:
I trust a breeder over my veterinarian like I would a pimp over my OB/GYN
This is a puppy mill, believe what you want people