DENVER - She advertised high end, pure bred puppies, for "too good to be true" prices. But many of her customers say what they got was sick or dying puppies who left their families with broken hearts.
Veronica Mayor's breeding business, Verobull, was based in Florida, but her dogs were sold all across the country. Mayor shut down Verobull a few years ago and is now selling puppies in Colorado.
"It's like having a sick baby," said bulldog owner Lisa Ruskaup. She bought her puppy, Cooper, from Mayor 10-months ago for $1,800.00 and says the dog was sick since the day she brought her home.
"Like really sick, bleeding diarrhea, throwing up, couldn't eat anything," Ruskaup told us. "Cooper had a grand maul seizure. She was physically blind."
Since then, Ruskaup has spent $10,000 trying to keep Cooper alive. Her veterinarian has diagnosed the dog with one genetic disorder after another.
"Her stomach just bleeds. She has flaming, raging skin disorders. Her hair started falling out."
And Cooper may be one of the lucky ones.
You can find dozens of complaints about Veronica Mayor's bulldog breeding business online as well as past and active court cases.
Many of her customers tell heart-wrenching stories about puppies who suffer from debilitating genetic disorders and dogs that died too soon, as well as registration papers that never arrived and shots that were never given.
We caught up with Mayor selling a Neo Mastiff puppy in a parking lot in Conifer.
"This is the first time I'm breeding," she told us. She promised the Neo Mastiff pup was registered, and she would send us the papers later. However, when we confronted her about all of the complaints against her, Mayor changed her tune.
"Are you selling sick dogs?" I asked.
"I'm selling dogs. If they are sick, I'm not God," she replied. She then admitted she was once a breeder but isn't anymore.
"I am not selling anymore. I have this litter and I've sold all my females and all my males because I'm tired of people."
But Ahmia Scott has heard that story before. She says Veronica Mayor told her she was getting the last of the litter in September when she bought her Neo Mastiff puppy.
"She's done this to so many people," Scott told us.
Scott says when the papers for her dog never arrived, Mayor couldn't be reached.
"I called and called and called." When she finally did get a hold of her, "she was mean and she was nasty." Soon after, she says Mayor changed her number.
That's when Scott noticed an ad in the Denver Post selling more Mastiff pups. The number was different, but the breeder was Veronica Mayor.
"She does scam people and she is a breeder no matter what she tells you," Scott said.
Still, Mayor insists she's done nothing wrong.
"I give them money, I give them a dog."
But many say her dogs and the families that love them are living with the consequences.
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Veronica Mayor's breeding business, Verobull, was based in Florida, but her dogs were sold all across the country. Mayor shut down Verobull a few years ago and is now selling puppies in Colorado.
"It's like having a sick baby," said bulldog owner Lisa Ruskaup. She bought her puppy, Cooper, from Mayor 10-months ago for $1,800.00 and says the dog was sick since the day she brought her home.
"Like really sick, bleeding diarrhea, throwing up, couldn't eat anything," Ruskaup told us. "Cooper had a grand maul seizure. She was physically blind."
Since then, Ruskaup has spent $10,000 trying to keep Cooper alive. Her veterinarian has diagnosed the dog with one genetic disorder after another.
"Her stomach just bleeds. She has flaming, raging skin disorders. Her hair started falling out."
And Cooper may be one of the lucky ones.
You can find dozens of complaints about Veronica Mayor's bulldog breeding business online as well as past and active court cases.
Many of her customers tell heart-wrenching stories about puppies who suffer from debilitating genetic disorders and dogs that died too soon, as well as registration papers that never arrived and shots that were never given.
We caught up with Mayor selling a Neo Mastiff puppy in a parking lot in Conifer.
"This is the first time I'm breeding," she told us. She promised the Neo Mastiff pup was registered, and she would send us the papers later. However, when we confronted her about all of the complaints against her, Mayor changed her tune.
"Are you selling sick dogs?" I asked.
"I'm selling dogs. If they are sick, I'm not God," she replied. She then admitted she was once a breeder but isn't anymore.
"I am not selling anymore. I have this litter and I've sold all my females and all my males because I'm tired of people."
But Ahmia Scott has heard that story before. She says Veronica Mayor told her she was getting the last of the litter in September when she bought her Neo Mastiff puppy.
"She's done this to so many people," Scott told us.
Scott says when the papers for her dog never arrived, Mayor couldn't be reached.
"I called and called and called." When she finally did get a hold of her, "she was mean and she was nasty." Soon after, she says Mayor changed her number.
That's when Scott noticed an ad in the Denver Post selling more Mastiff pups. The number was different, but the breeder was Veronica Mayor.
"She does scam people and she is a breeder no matter what she tells you," Scott said.
Still, Mayor insists she's done nothing wrong.
"I give them money, I give them a dog."
But many say her dogs and the families that love them are living with the consequences.
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