I spent a few months obsessing over the breed. We had a set price range and I would email about the cats and trying to find a good fit for our busy life and a very social cat.
(Whip been to 4 states, over 15 car meets, 2 beach trips, and amost weekly trips out. We used to have bi monthly large parties, and people over almost daily)
I got great information from Chris at cutting edge cats here in pa but in the end he had non avalible in our price range.
A few weeks later we found a picture of whip on a website and from there sent to email the breder and I called her the next day. Her site had pictures, prices, basic information on her and the cats.
Buying whip was easy, great and no complats, that is till we got there.
I paid via paypal and cash for him. She did not have his registration papers, and told us she had mailed them in. Weeks later, oh I forgot to register the so and so, I need more time. Over 90 days later I could no longer disput my paypal deposit and we had no papers and she had vanished 15 days after we had picked up Whip.
3 months later, 1 email. A sob story of loss of her job, no money for bills or to register the litter. (Huge red flag)
By this point we were looking for a 2nd cat. She still had our boys full brother. Miracle. 4 months of comunication later, her husband, well ex, I don't know, now lived in the house and was selling the cats so he replied. We set up a date with him to get the cat. He wanted all the cats gone, she had up and flaked to canada leaving the cats to fend for themselves.
Day before we plan to leave she magically pops up and starts splouting demands. We got Miracle but in the end as per the contract she wrote, but "is invallid because she didn't sign it" she owes us almost $1500 for never getting us papers for both cats. She then got mad at my posting of full emails and details on another forum and threatened me.
She then told us if we filed against her for not following her own written contracts that shed file bancrupsy, she also called a friend as I had a new number who also bought from her crying how mean I was, how her husband beat her, how she had a mental break down... Psyco!
So if you made it through the short form, breeders don't do this.
I love my boys, best things ever but even after almost a year our second, miracle who was abandoned and left still isn't the same. He's jumpy, took months to not be agressive towards food. Defently acts like my prior stray, abused, and starved cats did.