Crane Hollow Goldens in Bethlehem, CT

Reviews about Crane Hollow Goldens

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  January 28, 2019, by Jaimie Bennett
  If I could give this place no stars I would. I called Crane Hollow Golden Retrievers seeking an adult dog for my boss and his wife. At fist the owner Dominique said he did not have an adult but right after he offered me a dog named Tara. I made an appointment to meet Tara who Dominique claimed to be two years old and very skiddish. He promised nothing bad had happened to her but he did tell me she was not house broken. He also claimed through conversation and on their website she had just given birth to a litter on Oct 29th. The next week we drove to Meet Tara. She was very afraid. He had to practically drag her up the hill and upon meeting us she was cowering. She would not come and was not responsive to being petted. She was absolutely stunning. We asked Dominique what he wanted for her and he claimed he wanted $2500 !!!! We knew the price was high but did not know he was completely ripping us off! We gave him a check and he promised that he would send the papers in the mail. It is now three weeks later and I have no papers. He claimed he put the papers in the mail and they were probably "lost". The dog totally freaked out. She had never seen the inside of a home. Had no clue what a dog treat was and cowares everyone someone walks in the room. If you get to close she paces and looks for the nearest exit. She shows no emotion what so ever. I'm not sure what happened to this dog but we have spoken to Dominique on several occasions and told him we believe she was being neglected. He has denied any such treatment. We also told him we believed he over charged us and he offered for us to bring Tara back and swap her for a puppy. He gave us a piece of paper with her birth date on it and it said Aug of 2016 making her 18 months old. He bread this dog and she was less than two years old then took her away from her puppies at around 3 weeks and sold her to us for $2500!!!! I am beside myself! I do not recommend Crane Hollow to any one !! We will be taking the proper steps in making sure this guy is not running a puppy mill in his barn in the back of his house. He totally took advantage of us and I do not believe that this guy should even own dogs if this is what he is producing.