Reviews
If you don’t want to go the rescue route, which I struggled with but decided I wanted what I wanted, I highly recommend them!
I researched and researched and narrowed down to 2 breeds I was interested in. I visited many homes where parents were available and found the puppies just weren’t the quality I was hoping for.
Saw a little guy on this site that I thought I had to have and we arranged to go meet him. While there I also asked to see any of the two breeds they had. They readily brought out several active health looking puppies of each breed.
After interacting with them, I fell in love with a little girl named Hannah who was what I thought would be my 2nd breed choice.
Bottom line is I recommend visiting and getting to see the personality of them. It makes a big difference, given the opportunity to do so.
I like another reviewer commented also had to use the bathroom and found the back was extremely clean and organized. Unlike some of the homes I visited that reeked of urine. I actually commented to my mom who accompanied me about it, I was impressed.
And yes, I would have to say my mom and I were probably a challenging pair. Went over contract with a fine tooth comb and insisted things be added, which they did.
We did follow their directions and got our puppy to a vet and followed all recommendations for vaccinations. She was not trained but this we did not expect. However, she is healthy and smart and training her has been pretty easy compared to others we have had.
We are not residents of Naples, rather a rural area of Fort Myers. So of course we trashed her up a bit, her new name is Kiki. We love her!!!
5
7 years ago (23-04-2018)
Purchased our dog back in Jan, she is so much fun and I highly recommend FPO. They even made an after hours appointment for us to take a look at our little bundle of fluff. We followed what the owner informed us to do and our doggie is doing great, they gave us a starter pack of food, shots up to date , even micro-chipped our pup. Look, this place buys and sells puppies so don't expect to see the parents, go in with a open mind and you will be impressed. To the reviewer that was complaining about the training...lol these are puppies?!? do you expect everyone to do something for you?!? train your own dog.
5
7 years ago (20-03-2018)
Bought my new best friend there. He's great and very healthy. 3 stars because they don't provide any training and the dog is badly behaved
3
7 years ago (15-02-2018)
Do not buy from Little Puppies Online, they get their puppies from a puppy mill! Unfortunately I was not informed and really thought they were a legit breeder. I was inexperienced and this was the first dog I ever bought, now that I did my research I would never buy from any pet store ever again.
When we got to Florida Puppies Online in Naples our precious little puppy whose name was Vinnie at the time was waiting for us. The vibe was a little awkward from the employees when we asked to use their restroom and they went in the back to get things ready. We drove an hour and a half to go to this place so all of us needed to use it by the time we went there. We thought it was weird how they went in the back and then came back out to let us use it. I couldn't really see the Puppies and they had them hidden except one who was waiting for someone to see them in a cage.
After I came back out of the restroom we asked questions about the parents of our puppy and the owner really couldn't answer or seem to know much about them. At the time I didn't realize that was a red flag but I did my research and saw that all breeders should have parents on sight and you should be able to see them. I was unaware of this. We ended up getting the puppy and he made us sign an agreement on how we cannot have any refund unless there is a serious genetic disease. I also found this was not something a reputable breeder will do, but I did not know this at the time. Also we were informed that our puppy at 12 weeks had tons of vaccines and shots, he had a rabies shot the same day we got him. We of course thought this was a good thing until we went to Vets and talked to people about him being vaccinated and they all looked at us in shock. Florida Law states that Puppies should not be vaccinated until 16 weeks and that's because they didn't develop their full antibodies yet so it doesn't even work. Usually they do this if they are from another state for travel purposes (merchant info is Little Puppies Online in Mount Vernon, Ohio) , or if they are from a puppy mill.
When we took our puppy home and he barely knew how to run in the grass, which we thought was a little strange but cute. Now we realize he was probably kept in horrible conditions to not even know what grass is. Fast forward to that night and he would cough the whole night. As if he was hacking or choking on something. This would keep happening at night so we took him to a Vet. They told us that he had kennel cough and gave him antibiotics, they say dogs usually get this in close contact with other dogs. We contacted the owner because he promised a happy and healthy dog in his contract and in the first week we had health issues. I will give him that he paid for his expenses, however when we told him our concerns about our puppy having future health problems and he asked us what we would like to do. We told him we would think about it and see if he would continue to keep coughing, which he did.
In the refund invoice for his antibiotics that the owner paid for, I saw merchant info that stood out to me. It said Little Puppies Online in Mount Vernon, Ohio. It took me aback how it was a different location than Naples, Florida. I typed in the merchant info and found that they are indeed a puppy mill and are listed in the Horrible Hundred Puppy Mills, and had dogs in cramped, undersized cages. They also had purchased from unliscened breeders so who knows what my puppy is even mixed with and what conditions the parents are in that will be passed on to my poor puppy. My heart broke when I read this because I don't know how any person can keep dogs in these conditions willingly and sleep at night. I've tried to contact the owner and I told him what we found about them and he has done nothing but ignore my family. Since you won't respond to us, I will make it known the true colors of how these people truly are.
1
8 years ago (04-08-2017)
We bought our newest puppy here. Amazing experience and our pup is so much fun!!!
5
8 years ago (23-07-2017)