Irish Jacks/Violet Meadow Farm review: Dogs' Temperament/Unethical Owner

I'm posting this in order to warn other folks who may want to buy an Irish Jack from Violet Meadow Farms. I have two of these dogs from Susan purchased 9 and 10 years ago. Both are spayed females. The second dog had active Parvo virus which manifested itself on our drive home with the puppy from New Jersey to our home in Michigan. I managed to keep her alive with a syringe and some Pedia-Lite untile we could get her to a vet. She did survive but the vet bill was $2300.00. Susan only refunded the price of the dog--$1700.

Though we took both dogs through puppy training and socialization, they have grown to be so "dog aggressive" that they can not both be out of their crates at the same time for fear of vicious fights between them. This appeared in their second year with us. Susan had no advice to give except to say we shouldn't have bought two females [though she did not advise this when I bought the second female].The behaviorist we consulted [another several hundred dollars] had advised us they can't be trained out of this, it is so severe and advised us to either put one of them down or continue our having to always have one in her crate. This behaviorist also suspects the dogs were in a puppy mill environment in Ireland where they were bred and this may have lead to the dog-aggression.

So, think twice before getting a dog of this breed especially from this importer!