Sick puppy woman under investigation

From the archive, first published Tuesday 3rd Apr 2007.

A WOMAN convicted of selling sick and dying puppies three years ago is facing another Trading Standards investigation.

Loretta Bastin, who owns Hot Dog Kennels at Dobe Farm, Wickford, is being investigated after a family claimed she sold them a dog with a heart defect.

Emma Berham, 22, who lives with her three year-old son and parents, paid £365 in January for a pedigree Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. But the dog, which they named Jessica, died just six weeks later from a heart defect.

The family has complained to Trading Standards, saying the puppy must have been sick when they bought it and it should never have been sold in the first place.

Miss Berham said: "We took Jessica to the vet the morning before she died and he told us buying her was like buying a car without an engine.

"He basically said she had a serious heart condition and should never have been sold.

"The whole family is absolutely devastated. We saved up a long time to buy a puppy."

Mrs Bastin was prosecuted by Essex County Council in 2004 after Trading Standards received a series of complaints about puppies who were ill or died shortly after they were bought.

She signed a court order, following a prosecution, obliging her to ensure the puppies she sold were in good health.

Mrs Bastin told the Echo: "Cavaliers are notorious for having heart murmurs. I wouldn't dream of selling a puppy to anyone unless I thought it would be in good health.

But she added: "I am not a vet - I wouldn't know if they had heart defects or not."

Mrs Berham, from Chingford, London, claims Jessica developed "kennel cough" shortly after she was bought and quickly developed breathing problems.

She said she had been offered a replacement puppy by Mrs Bastin's daughter, but had instead received a full refund.

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Be aware the trading name of Loretta Bastin is Holly's Hounds, Dobe Farm, Meadow Lane, Wickford, Essex

 

When will Essex Trading Standards close this pet shop licence holder down and stop the sale of sick and faulty puppies?

I now know that loretta toye is trading under Hot Dogs, still in the same place at wickford.

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I am in the process of taking this "lady" to court for selling my mother a sick puppy which had to be put to sleep within ten days of his purchase. I would be interested from anyone who has suffered a similar fate at the hands of this "lady". Please contact me via e-mail reece.harris@btinternet.com

Maybe we should stick Loretta Bastin in a cage - see how she likes it

hot dogs is a poor company,thankfully my mother in law saved her dog as it became seriously ill and had been given hours to live. I wouldnt go to this place again and maybe everyone should take loretta to the vets and be put down.If humans get prosecuted for child cruelty she should never be allowed out of jail.

myself and my wife purchased a cocker spaniel puppy for my mother. we had driven a long way to find, what we felt was a very helpful seller, but what we didn't relise is that she had sold use a very sick little puppy indeed. We did contact her to see what she would do about it and all we got was abuse from the her. we have now spent over 700 pound to save our little sick girl and she is now doing well no thanks to this lady, she might not be a vet but anyone with a sense of human nature and morals can see selling sick puppies is wrong and cruel. I hope that essex trading standards remove this seller and inform the RSPCA as to the standards in which they live? This is not a kennels, but just another puppy farm, which values profit over animal care. My advice to anyone looking to buy a puppy is to give this PUPPY FARM a wide berth and try someone who cares about the animals rather than profit. Please don;t fall in to our trap of a vets bill for over 700 pounds so far!!! This lady needs to be treated the way she treats her animals lets see if she would stand for the same conditions? I would not advise anyone to buy from this lady and seek advise as she trades under many names. If unsure take your puppy to your local vet and get them to check them over.

THIS LADY IS CRUEL AND RUNS A PUPPY FARM BEAWARE

She still sell sick puppy. I lost my pomerian, bought monday 1 december, I take him to the clinic vet, In 2 days i spent more the 150 pounds, but he died yesterday morning. I'm very depress, also because my english is not very good, this not help me to do something about this lady. She sell sick puppy online in many web, they are from a farm near Dublin. Please can you do something to stop her?
Please!!! Thankyou, if you need more information this is my phone 07733150595, RITA:-(

im sorry to say this but i found trading standards rubbish and the rspca i bought a yorkie from that evil woman over a year ago and my puppy was hours from death if it wasnt for the fact i been bought up with dogs she would be dead now she had phnomina and collapsed wind pipe 3 days after buying her from that evil woman my vet bill came to over 500.00 and my vets were brilliant when i phoned her she was rude.IT IS A FACT SHE WILL GET AWAY WITH THIS AS NO ONE LISTENED TO ME AND LOADS OF OTHER PEOPLE THE RSPCA WERE USELESS I LOST MY FAITH IN THEM AND TRADING STANDARDS WELL THEY TOLD ME THEY WENT TO VISIT HER AND WERE HAPPY WITH HER ITS A JOKE SHE ALWAYS GETS AWAY WITH IT :(

Hi, i've just been reading all the comments on here about that evil nasty women lorretta, me and my partner brought a bassett hound from her last feb and he was ill within a week of having him we ended up paying about £900 in vet bills, lucky we was both on the ball as i don't think without the treatment he would of made it, my partner to tried speaking to her and she was rude and hung up on him, we both got in contact with the rspca and trading standards and found they was rubbish they never did anything, i still see now that she advertises on breeders on-line and shes not even a breeder, really annoys me and my partner as other people out there will buy from her and probably go threw what we all did, i did write to breeders on-line but i probably won't hear anything as nobody cares it just seems to me nobody wants to do anything about it, the things i have seen about this women on-line and yet years later shes still getting away with it!!!!

Bought my puppy too from the same lady and same day became ill. Took it to the vets and was told had parvus. cost me nearly £1.300 to keep the puppy alive. Trading standards got involved but done upsolutly nothing. waist of time. They even sent one of their vet to examine the puppy to my vets and i was told that they had enough evidence to close her and get my money back. If i ever go to space i could see that happenning. Feel well let down even from people they promise they will help to close her and still selling ill puppies. :(

it is disappointing to know that nobody wants to help, we tried for so long to get help and just kept getting told something will be done but never was, she is just a nasty women and deserves horrible things to happen to her, it wasn't until we actually took our dog to the vets that we found out everything about her and was told to look her up online i felt sick, i'm just thankful we still have our dog after everything the poor thing went threw in the first 4-5 months of his life only thing is now when he gets ill i think its all coming back again after the endless nights of taking him to the vets and sitting up with him making sure he is going to be ok just a worried parent i think!!! but always got told he was a little fighter and he sure as hell is!! i feel sad for the people that wasn't so lucky i just wish something would happen to that women she's just nasty and very rude.

on the night my dog became ill i had it all organized to go and break in to dobe farm and steal or as i would say save all the dogs put them in my kitchen and ring rspca when i phoned rspca to tell them what i was going to do they said i would be in big trouble if i done that and they would sort it well yeah they have done nothing then i get a phone call from rspca to say would i give them a donation every month to help them (like they helped me not i told them i thought they where very poor to ask me for money when they have not even sorted out evil dobe farm lady :(:(

this place is now called hot dog kennels and still selling sick puppies

she call's that place she sell's the puppies all different names and still gets away with it i just don't think anything will stop her she is just pure evil

this woman has to be stopped now!
I have phoned the RSPCA,Essex Trading Standards it seems like a lot of people say they do not want to get involved.
I cannot believe this kind of cruelty is still going on in this day and age!!!
unfortunately it is too late for me to say do not buy from this evil woman because this site is sadly dedicated to all the poor people who have been duped by her.
All I can say is keep writing to your local MP's, RSPCA'S, Even Downing Street they will get so fed up and have to take notice.
their is a petition on the 10 downing street website to stop puppy farms!!!

ANYONE THAT READS THIS THAT EVIL WOMAN IS ON BBC INSIDE OUT TOMORROW AT 7.30PM I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING ON THERE SITE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE JUST BEEN READING I PUT IN GOOGLE BBC INSIDE OUT SICK PUPPIES AND ITS THE THIRD ONE DOWN!!! DO READ!!! HOPE SHE GETS SENT DOWN!!!!

The way to stop her is for all animal lovers in the UK to write to Essex Trading Standards and a good animal campaign organisation like Animal Aid, ask them to follow this up and alert their supporters and you will see if there is a very public legal protest that this woman will be stopped via legal means from trading in the misery of selling sick animals, it's actually animal cruelty what she is doing and she probably has a long line of contacts aiding and abetting her vile business that also need to be investigated.

Please do NOT buy from backyard breeders! The shelters are full of wonderful vet checked dogs and puppies that desperately need loving homes, there is nothing wrong with these dogs, they are simply homeless! Do not line the pockets of people like this cruel woman, people who buy puppies from adverts and continuous breeders are contributing to this suffering. Animals are being euthanised each day in animal shelters because the shelters are full up, dogs only get so much time on the waiting list and then they end up on death row because yet more of dogs needs space in the shelter. It's not the shelter's fault, it's the fault of those who buy into the puppy trade. Please do not shop, adopt! You will be glad you did and you will probably have a lifetime of happiness and loyalty, not to mention fun, with your newly rescued shelter dog. Stop the market, don't buy into it.

I am appauled that the RSPCA and Trading Standards have not been more helpful with this. It is unbelivable that she still has a license. I hope that the fact it has been highlighted on BBC helps matters and she will get her license removed immediatly.

I am so disgusted with essex council,
I do not understand how they can still let this go on.
They say that they make frequent visits to her, well it's quite obvious she is aware they are coming.
I just hope trading standards takes note from last nights programme and removes her licence immediately.
Unfortunately she is one of many so people must be made aware of the suffering these poor puppies endure.
I think if people set up sites on every breed with a warning against her this may make people take note before they buy!!
I'm going to start it off!!!!
I could wring this womans neck

Please do not buy from this woman!!!!!
We purchased a dog from her in 97 she is an evil individual.
I couldn't believe watching the programme last night she is still open what the bloody hell is going on!!!
get your bloody finger out trading standards and stop this now.
Set an example and stop all the other puppy farms from trading!!!:-(

I thought the programme on tv last night showed the evil cow for what she really is!!!!
a money making cow!!!
My wife bought a pom puppy from her a year ago and the poor little fella didn;t last a night...
He had ear mites, fleas, and respitary problems...Vet said he was younger than he really was..
They must listen now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We purchased a puppy from this place 8 months ago.
The vet bill came to £500 and the puppy lasted 4 days.
I had to explain to my two little kids that the puppy that had now been invited into the family was not coming home...
I phoned Loretta and all I got was a mouthful of abuse.
Even the papers were fake so how can she still be going.
I have been onto trading standards and they say she isn't doing anything wrong.
what a load of old codswallop this site proves she is!!!!:(

We bought a puppy from hot dogs on the 20th Dec 2008 he became ill the next day, when i contacted loretta she just said go and buy childrens cough medicine!and if your child had a cough you wouldnt take them to hostital!I wasnt happy so i took him to the vet that day, and he had kennel cough, which cost me £50 for medicine. He has now started to pass blood in his stools and is going to the vet again 2morrow! hope he is going to be ok!! couldnt bear to loose him now.I will phone trading standards on monday to complain like the rest about this liar of a woman!!!!!!!!!!!!

tracy trading standards won't help you nor will the rspca we have all got in contact with them and been told the same things there rubbish and just don't want to help!!! i hope your dog is ok!!

My name is samuel, I got your e-mail address from an email surfing marketing company with US chamber of commerce. My late Grandma was a puppy
breeder, she died about 6 month ago and she left 2 Female English Bulldog and1 Male Yorkshire Terrier before she pass a way. One of the female Bulldog
Puppy recently give birth to 2 litters puppies, they are so adorable....but due to my work as a Nurse, my job does not permit me to take proper care of
these little puppies, I love to take care of them myself but due to the nature of my job i does hardly have time for my self, So i decide to look for
someone, who is caring and lovingly parent who will take good care of them and will to adopt them from me, If you are interested in having one of them,
Please contact me as soon as possible (and be specified with the puppy you want English Bullgod or Yorkie) and I will email you with the full details on
how to go about adopting them Looking forward to your prompt e-mail again. Thanks. samuel

Please anyone do not reply to Samuel this looks suspect and he is playing on people who have lost a pet.
there are too many scams like this going around.
If you are genuine then Samuel I apologise but please people be aware!!!!!!!:-(

We bought a Shih Tzu from there 2 years ago. Thank god he's healthy but am not sure if he is pure Shih Tzu, not that I'm bothered, after reading so many sad stories, I'm just glad he's healthy.

we visited this puppy farm and dispite knowing we probably should not have bought a puppy from we went against all our instincts and bought from this lady, needless to say she was very sick when we got her home, and the vet was very concerned with the state of the pup, she had champilor bactor which was passed on to myself, however she is fine now and a very lively pup. after reading all the messages on here i just feel so lucky.

we bought our puppy from this evil woman too!! She showed us a lot of labradors and when my husband said he did not like the look of them she showed us another one from the back. We fell in love with her and against our instincts brought her home - she had severe diarroeha but we took her to the vet immediately, she cost us £1500 before the insurance kicked in - luckily she is fine now and is nearly 2yrs - we were really lucky - she needs to be stopped as she sold us a puppy with out kids present knowing that it could have died.

we bought a dog from this lady as well she bought the dog from the back old english sheep dog when i got her home i rang her cos the vet bills were going to hundreds of pounds she did say if we took her back we get our money back we could not let the dog go back and we are still battling with her health we bought her feb 09 we informed the council they said they use to run it but pulled out we then informed the rspca they to this day now in april have not been there they are ment to stop this? or do they turn a blind eye make u wonder my dog is still sick and the paper work is fake please dont buy a dog from them and someone has got to stop them