Royal Blood Bullies review: unethical behaviour and lack of professional conduct 1

On September 24rd, 2019 I saw a posting for a rehoming a Rottweiler on Kijiji for $500.

I contacted the number listed on the ad. They informed me that the dog was available, that he was a good dog that was not high strung. At the time, the person who I was talking to identified themselves as Stacey and that her husband Eddie/Edwin was a dog behaviouralist.

Immediately, they requested to call me. I explained that I was not able to take a call. I requested to meet the dog the next day, Wednesday, September 25th. We agreed to meet at 7:00 PM and they provided me with their address.

On Wednesday, September 25th at 5:51 PM, they messaged me informing me that they would not be home because of work. They said he would not be home. Immediately, the husband called me and explained that he was at work and not able to make it, and then explained some of the work he did rehoming dogs, working with dog behaviors, and provided me with the dog's backstory. He kept emphasizing the importance of a dog's routine.

This number was the same number that his wife had been texting me on. I thought it was odd that the husband was calling me on the same phone number as the wife, especially if he wasn't at home because he was at work.

We agreed that I would meet the dog that night.

I arrived with my friend to the address they provided. However, the address given to me was off by one number. I spent 15 minutes searching for the correct house and was only able to find it because of a neighbor who had come out and told me which ones they lived in. The neighbor indicated that they were a bit odd.

I met the dog, who was very sweet, and cute. The dog seemed healthy and happy, but the other two dogs in the house were kenneled. I met Stacey, who seemed fine, but had curt answers. I assumed this was because her husband mostly dealt with the dogs.

I left and indicated that I was interested in the dog.

Shortly after, less than 30 minutes later, I received a message from Edwin/Eddie (using the same number his wife texted me on before and had called me) asking if I liked the dog. He said that if I did, he could hold my spot for a deposit of $150. He said that other people were interested in the dog. He said I could send it to his email, and pay the other $350 for the dog in person.

He then told me, less than 30 minutes after I left, that another person had offered $650 for the dog and to send the deposit as soon as possible if I wanted the dog.

This struck me as odd since he had emphasized the importance of the dog going to a good home, and yet was entertaining the idea of letting someone else take the dog for $650 without having seen the dog. I had left not even 3o minutes ago at 8 PM. There was absolutely no way that anyone had seen the dog after me.

He asked about my living conditions which I explained.

He also emphasized that he didn't want the dog to go to a shelter and that if I didn't want the dog to return it to him instead. I informed him that if I had issues, I would contact him first before a shelter.

He then went on the weirdest tirade about following a routine and instructions (which he had NEVER told me what they were, despite me asking), lecturing about "understanding" dogs and the breed (which was odd because I had indicated many times that I knew the breed very well as I had previously owned Rottweilers).

He also told me to follow his instagram which I did. Oddly enough, for a company/business, it was private. He also mentioned his dad's organic farm for some reason beyond my comprehension.

He sent me a message the next morning, this time with a different email, asking for me to send the deposit.

I asked for the vet records and he for some reason could not send them to my email. So he instead texted them to me.

He had said that when he took the dog in he had taken it to vet and everything. The dog's records had a different person listed as the owner (the previous owner, I presume, which matched the dog's backstory) but clearly showed some health issues with the dog from blood tests. When I called the vet, they told me that the owner had not consented to access to the records which was by all means a common procedure for people selling their pets. In addition, the dog was not fixed at 5 years old, which had not been mentioned to me at all. The vet records suggested getting the dog fixed multiple times for health reasons.

Given that his health was not what was promised and he had been unclear on terms, I drafted a contract with clauses about his return and refunds. He assured me that he would not "leave [me] hanging with a dog if he doesn't work out, ".

I informed him that I would draft the contract and sent it his way at 12:51 PM.

At 3:37 PM, he messaged me, pressuring for the deposit. He said that he had already turned 2 people away.

I sent the contract, with clear terms about the return of the dog at any time within its lifetime, payment made by PayPal, cheque or cash, refund amounts and deposit terms including a refund if a return was made within 3 months.

I sent the contract, and he immediately responded that he wouldn't take the dog back after 1 month, despite mentioning to me multiple times that he would take the dog back, and that he didn't accept PayPal or cheque. He insisted "three months is more than enough time for you to know if he works out or not", and given the fact that getting fixed later in life can impact a dog's personality greatly, it did not seem wholly unreasonable to me.

After deliberating, I decided against getting the dog from him. I politely informed Eddie that I would not be getting the dog due to the health issues and hoped that he could find the dog a good home.

He responded, immediately, "thanks for wasting our time, ".

This man has misrepresented himself on multiple fronts to me. It became clear that he did not care about the dog at all. I have also seen absolutely no evidence that he is an actual dog "behaviorist" or knows any knowledge about dog training at all. Despite asking multiple times about what the dog's "routine" that he said was so important, he did not tell me what it was. I had to ask every question about the dog's personality, lifestyle, and activity level.

DO NOT BUY A DOG FROM THIS MAN. DO NOT SEND YOUR DOG TO HIS "BEHAVIOUR" TRAINING.

Edwin/Eddie Garcia and his wife Stacey, do not care about dogs. They just want to make a quick buck. They were okay with me returning the dog in a month just so that they could make another $500 off him instead of a shelter finding an actual good home for him. They also used shady pressure tactics to force me into putting down a deposit -- which thankfully I never did. They also are definitely using this "dog behavorist" front to add credibility to their "business" of misrepresentation.

I had seen a post on here, complaining about his dog breeding business, and this immediately sent off red flags about his conduct. It's not only his breeding that's bad, but all of him. He has zero regard for dogs.