10/07/09

pupcicles

by deandoe

Someone mentioned that she had frozen dogs in her freezer that she jokingly called "pupcicles", these were probably breeding dogs that she had killed because they were no longer able to reproduce and didn't want to feed anymore since she could not sell them. She figured there is no profit in feeding a useless animal. So these animals that brought her thousands of dollars she probably strangled and just tossed into the freezer for later disposal. She could have taken them to an animal rescue but why bother. The mind of a typical sociopath.

• Pros: Non whatsoever
• Cons: It's obvious

06/06/09

Wags N Wiggles

by jenn22L

three years ago i was going to look for a dog. i was seventeen and should have known more before i went to look. one of the places was Wags n Wiggles off of Dubuque road in Snohomish. it was fairly close so i called and she told me to come on over! she was sitting there with her mom smoking a cigarette outside. she didn't answer many of my questions...she acted as if she didn't hear me. when i told her i was looking to purchase a dog that day she started to help. i told her i wanted a yorkie or something small like one,but she "didnt have any". she had this weird little fenced off part connected in front of her house...with a dog door that went inside. Renee told me she was going to let out all her small dogs.

five minutes later she opens the dog door, and out flies about twenty small different mixed dogs. All dirty and matted. one of the dogs jumped up on the fence with loving eyes and wouldn't leave me alone. i picked it up,and asked what the breeds mixed were. i could tell it definitely it had yorkie colorings.Renee told me it was a Yorkie/Pom. And i asked how much it was...she told me 500. Also, when i asked how big it will get she said only 3 times its size (mind you this dog was only like 3 pounds at the time). And who else wouldn't believe her, shes supposedly this good "dog breeder".

So i went to my car and thought about it. And decided to get the dog. he looked like he needed a good home. so i told renee i would purchase this dog. she told me to come inside and wait on the stairs while she got stuff ready. i waited for about 10 minutes. signed this paper and then she asked for the money. and she said it would be "569.00 dollars" and i said... well you told me it was 500,where is the extra money coming from?...and renee told me there was TAX!! how stupid i was to believe that a dog being sold would have tax. and i didnt even get papers!!!!! but after that i was like whatever, i have a new puppy to love!

well now its been three years....i still have my dog. he is about 20-25 pounds...and still has yorkie coloring...but NO pom in him AT ALL. I can't even tell what he is,and neither can the vets. after about a week of having him he started to show his true self. He got all shy and scared of EVERYTHING...literally,i can't even hold a toothpick to him without him crying and running and cowering down. and also he has something wrong with his back legs/hips. he walks with a limp, that is so bad...half the time he doesnt really walk. I love my Little mixture of a dog, Romeo, he is the sweetest dog and will give you plenty of kisses if you let him. but its so sad looking at him,when he's always in pain.

i heard about all the puppy mills in january, and started to wonder. and finally i looked up the address of wags n wiggles,just out of curiosity to get my mind away with it. and i found RENEE ROSKE'S ADDRESS!!!!! this is crazy and i see i'm DEFINITELY not the only one!!! This is a horrible thing,and is not fair to these innocent puppies. and she hasn't even gotten in trouble yet!!

i wouldn't have rated this AT ALL if i had the choice.

• Pros: i love my dog.
• Cons: unhealthy dog.

05/20/09

Cooper & Cadie

by kelseyr

i worked at Cooper and Cadie for almost 2 years. When I first started working there they had stopped selling puppies and said it was too much work for the employees on top of the retail and kennel. After a few months of working there, they brought in puppies. I was told along with the other employees that we only use one breeder and they would stud males out and get pick of litter and that we were the only pet store that sold any of her puppies. The puppies that were brought in to the store on the first day were of different breeds. I was curious how this lady could have so many puppies to be available to us at any given time. I fell in love with a female chihuahua who barely weighed a pound at the time. When I brought her home she had a seizure and had massive flem in her stool. I took her to the vet, but it took months for her to get better. She has had food allergies ever since. Over the next year, we had on average over 50 different breeds including different mixes of any kind. I had suspicions on the puppies but I didn't know how to reach out to them because both of my managers were very defensive about the puppies, the breeder, where we got them, their papers, etc. The cheapest dog we sold was on average 600 to 800 dollars for a mixed breed. Customers were never happy with the puppies and always seemed to have reoccuring problems. Now Cooper and Cadie is out of business. I feel horrible for all of the customers who purchased puppies from the store. I wish there was something I could do to help the dogs still in need. I hope Renee goes to jail for this.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Puppy Mill

03/25/09

Also burned this puppy mill

by vbmerrill

This last Christman my boyfriend drove me all the way from Auburn to N. Snohomish to Renee Roske's to look at a litter of pups she had. I noticed a couple of the puppies were extrememly shy, to the point that they were cowering in the corner of the pen they were in. I wound up bringing home this adorable little 5 month old female Merle Chihuahua. Shortly after I brought her home she became ill, she was pooping lots of bloody mucous. I had her fecal tested to find out that she had Giardia. After learning about this puppy mill my heart is broken. Three months later I am struggling to rid my poor little dog of this nasty parasite. I've tried traditional vet meds and holisitic remedies and nothing is getting rid of it. I am so glad that this horrible woman got busted, and she should never EVER get her business license back.

03/07/09

Do not support puppy mills

by MrsEddy

Renee and her ring of puppy mill friends disgust me. As a dog trainer who has spent hours volunteering to take care of some of the 600 dogs recently rescued from Snohomish and Skagit County, I am horrified by the condition of these animals. Renee may put on a good front, but the environment these animals are raised in is unacceptable. They have been forced to live in tiny, filthy cages stacked one on top of the other, with out proper medical care or adequate food and water. If you buy from pet stores, the internet, paper ads or Craigs List, you are probably supporting these types of breeding practices!! Good breeders qualify buyers, garantee there puppies and generally have a contract. They take great care in choosing whaich dogs to breed with the goal of improving the breed. Puppy Mills like Renee's treat the dogs like manufacturing equipment with the goal of making money!! Help stop puppy mills by e-mailing your district legislators and asking them to support SB5651 & HB1936. You can find out what district your in and who your legislators are by going to http:/apps.leg.gov and press the "find your legislator" tab. You can click the link to e-mail them to let them know to support the bills, and check a box so it goes to all three at once. Make sure they know you live in their district. These breeding practices must stop!!!! It is filling are shelters with people who get rid of there dogs as impulsively as they bought them.. Stay away from pet stores, internet sites for finding dogs, Craigs list and paper ads. Do your research, find a quality breeder. You'll get better quality, heathier puppies and often guarantees for about the same price. In the long run, you will save money on health care and enjoy a longer life with your new loved one.

• Pros: none, zero, zipola
• Cons: Dogs are treated like manufacturing equipment

03/05/09

yes she was envolved

by CSMobileUser2

yes 3 places were raided including Renee Roske's puppy mill. This is a huge puppy mill ring that is ending! These people have been stopped

03/05/09

is this the news story?

by CSMobileUser

bought a puppy, love him, but it all makes sense now. He has had some medical problems. The house I bought him in seemed very nice, I had answered an adbon the paper fprvone liter of puppies... When I got there I felt like I needed to rescue him... When I think about it he even seemed sedated...months ago I tried reporting this place to the humane society and anyone else I could

03/03/09

Blatant disregard for life.

by chilover425

Why do you think Renee Roske has been in business so many years? Handing out bribe/hush money? But this time its too big of a media circus for anyone to accept her handouts. A friend of mine used to look up to Renee, what a mistake that was once she found out how horribly she treated her dogs. Sold her a few dogs with major medical conditions and didnt tell her. I hope the IRS gets wind of this and does their own investigation. Please, if you havent already, if youve done business with her contact the appropriate county sheriffs office and voice yourself.

• Pros: nothing.
• Cons: death of dogs, living in filth, medical conditions, neglect.

03/01/09

I was lied to

by Cherie1919

I purchased my yorkie back in August of 2006. I trusted Renee because I had bought a yorkie from someone else in July of 2006 and it died within 3 days. I felt that she was really knowledgable. I was tricked. The day we went and looked at our puppy her mom was at the house and Renee was in the hospital. We immediately fell in love with our dog. We were told he was purebreed and he was $1000. without papers and more with. We just wanted him as a family dog so we purchased him without papers. She said he would be about 5 lbs. Well he is double that! He is 10 lbs! Also he was very sick about 4 months after we got him and almost died. I called Renee to ask her about what he had and she said she had never heard of it. She also was supposed to send me his shot records and birth records and never did. Everytime I talked to her she would say she would and never did. I left her several messages too. I feel like I was totally ripped off! My friend at work purchased a yorkie and got papers with it for $600. I often wonder if my yorkie is entirely purebreed. No matter what he is the best dog. Shame on Renee for running such a shady business.

02/28/09

First Impression

by karenmonroe

I meet Renee because I bought my first dog from Cooper and Caddie. Cooper and Caddie got their dogs from Renee, that is what they told me.

They are now out of business. I wonder if it is because of this. Anyway, they had dogs from Renee and they made me sign papers for each dog I bought stating that I would not breed the dog in order to get the papers. I don't know if Renee started off as a puppy mill, I think she started off with good intentions and then probably got carried away.

I had good experiences with the first three dogs. The fourth dog I think is a little off and did have kennel cough but to be fair it was bought from Cooper and Caddie. The second dog was bought from her home. My girl friend in the last year of so bought two Chihuahuas and they were healthy. Yes it did smell like, urine but the impression I got was she was a dog nut and let her pet dogs run around the house. Her whole house had tile even on the stairs. She was very nice to me and right after that she got very sick and almost died.

Who knows why people do things. Maybe she was afraid that she was dying and wanted to leave something for her kids. I really don't know. Her mother had told me her husband left her because she had too many dogs. At the time her mom did not have her own dogs.

You know money does weird things to people but haven't you ever screwed up. It is hard to believe that she intentionally wanted to harm dogs. She gave up her spouse for her pets.

Also she always stood behind her dogs and my present vet at the time said she was a good breeder because he did not see a lot of sick dogs from her. This is what happens when you get too big and lose control of your business bad stuff happens.

So you guys need to remember those without sin can cast the first stone.

I don't know Renee as a personal friend. This is only my first impressions of her.

• Pros: Cute dogs
• Cons: House smelled