All ads in Albany All ads in Quad CitiesLacey Trail Labs added 7 new photos.Puppies Got Introduced to Softened Food Tonight as they are 4 weeks old Tomorrow! Lacey Trail Labs added 5 new photos.Worming Rd#1 GirlsLacey Trail Labs added 12 new photos.Worming Rd #1 BoysLacey Trail LabsAll Male Pups in the Simba/Marley litter are sold. 1 Chocolate Female and 2 Yellow Females Available. $250 deposit to hold!!!Lacey Trail Labs shared a photo.AVERYtoLacey Trail LabsAvery trying out her new vest for duck season! Still needs to grow into it, but the next size down was too small! I wish I could get a perfect picture of her, s...potless, with nothing in her fur. Although she is the most gorgeous dog, that's just not her style ;) We love our little Avery Jo. She is so smart, obedient, loyal, fun, and loving. She has been nothing but a blessing, and we love her!! As always, thank you Lacey Trail Labs ! Bryan Norris Lacey Trail Labs added 2 new photos.6 days Old and Growing!!!Lacey Trail Labs shared a photo.toLacey Trail LabsMiss Millie Mae is tuckered out after a morning of swimming and retrieving on the Mississippi!

Lacey Trail LabsAll snuggled together after their first visit to the vet to get their dew claws removed!!Lacey Trail Labs shared a photo.toLacey Trail Labs11weeks old and growing! We love our Fergus! Thank you Lacey Trail Labs!Lacey Trail Labs shared Rachel Kromminga's photo.AdorableRachel KrommingatoLacey Trail LabsLady has been a great addition to our family!!! She has made our husky young again they play all the time!!!Lacey Trail LabsAll of Marley and Simba's puppies that were born yesterday!!Lacey Trail Labs shared Ashleigh Edlin's photo.Look at this Big GuyAshleigh EdlintoLacey Trail LabsWrangler is a little over 5 months old! He loves being social and playing outside! He is the calmest and sweetest pup! He is still growing and currently is a little under 60 pounds! Calvin Mathews and I love him to death! We wouldn't trade him for the world!WranglertoLacey Trail LabsWrangler (black) a little over a year old. So easy to train. We can't thank you guys enoughLacey Trail Labs shared a photo.toLacey Trail LabsHere is Lina at 10 weeks.

Chewing everything that doesn't move.Lacey Trail Labs shared a photo.toLacey Trail LabsWrigley will be 5 months old on August 20th. At his last vet appointment he was just shy of 40 lbs, but I'm sure he's surpassed that. He's still a chewer, so w...e're careful not to leave stuff laying around! Wrigley is now big enough to look out our living room window so he likes to watch the bunnies in the yard! He enjoys going to the lake, and is getting better at going for walks. We love our Wrigley!!! Lacey Trail LabsIf Anyone has any updated Pup Pictures Videos or Stories Please Share with our Page!!! We'd love to hear from you!!!Lacey Trail Labs added 2 new photos.5 chocolate males 2 chocolate females 2 yellow females and 1 yellow maleLacey Trail Labs shared a photo.Such a Great Looking Pup!toLacey Trail LabsWest Branch, IAMoose has been such a wonderful addition. His favorite things to do are play with his favorite stuffed toy and take his brother Sheldon (Beagle) for walks!Elena Nauman wanted a Dalmatian.

She has owned the spotted dogs at various times in her life and was keen to adopt another.Red Australian Shepherd Puppies For Sale In TexasNauman, 59, and her husband tried going through various rescue organizations but with no luck. Devon Outdoor Furniture PartsSo when they saw an online listing for "beautiful Dalmatian pups" on Christmas Day, they decided to go for it.Inground Hot Tub Kit The San Clemente couple now are $500 poorer and considerably wiser."I was so excited, I didn't question anything," Nauman told me. "I wonder how many other people have fallen for this scam." More than a few, it seems."It's not uncommon for us to hear horror stories from people who try to buy dogs online," said Melanie Kahn, senior director of the Humane Society's efforts to crack down on so-called puppy mills.

"It's very important that people do their homework."The puppy scam that duped the Naumans is a variation of a relatively common racket involving money transfers or prepaid cards. The basic idea is that the scammer gets his hands on your cash and you get nothing.The puppy scam can be especially effective because it preys on people's emotions and clouds their judgment with promises of furry bundles of love."I should have seen red flags from the beginning," Nauman said. said a breeder in Long Beach had a litter of 10-week-old Dalmatians available for $500 each. Each pup came with a bed, toys, food and a month's worth of insurance.Someone identifying himself as James Clarkson responded to the Naumans' email with a rambling, ungrammatical message stating that the puppies "are very playful and loves much attention and to be pampered.""Money is not the issue price can be negotiable," he wrote. "How much can you offer?"Nauman wrote back to say how excited she was and asked whether she could visit Clarkson in Long Beach to see the puppies.

Clarkson's next email said he was in Mt. Shasta, not Long Beach, but offered no explanation for the discrepancy. He said Nauman would be required to make a down payment of $200 and pay the remainder once the puppy arrived at her home via a courier service.She said she'd take two puppies and agreed to a down payment of $500, followed by a second $500 payment after their arrival.Clarkson instructed her to buy a $500 Reloadit prepaid card at a supermarket and email him the card's code number. With that number, Clarkson would be able to transfer the money online to his own account.Not long after Nauman provided the number, she received a call from a David Hanson at Uship Petcargos. He said he had received the puppies from Clarkson but that the shipping case was too small."He said the dogs would die unless we sent another $500 for a larger case," Nauman recalled.She finally suspected that she was being had. Nauman called the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction over the Mt. Shasta address provided by Clarkson.A spokeswoman for the department told me that no one named Clarkson lives at that address.

She also said a cellphone number Clarkson had given Nauman was registered in Central California, not Mt. Shasta.No one answered when I called the number. Clarkson didn't respond when I emailed him via his Gmail account. Hanson of Uship Petcargos didn't respond to an email sent to his Hotmail account.I couldn't find a Uship Petcargos. But there is a Texas company called UShip, which really does ship pets. Dean Jutilla, a UShip spokesman, said this isn't the first time his company has been linked to an apparent scam."It's something we've seen for quite a while," he said. "Somebody's trading on our good name."I don't know whether Clarkson and Hanson are the same person. But I'm pretty confident that no Dalmatians actually were for sale, no puppies were left to perish in a shipping case, and somebody, somewhere, is $500 richer thanks to Nauman being suckered."Responsible breeders do not sell their dogs online to people they haven't met," said Kahn at the Humane Society. "They'll insist on meeting them in person."

There are plenty of other tips available for making sure a dog breeder is on the up and up. The Humane Society has a good checklist on its website.My advice is to skip the breeder and go with a rescue. There are lots of awesome dogs and cats out there looking for a home.If you're set on a particular breed, try a search on Petfinder or the Shelter Pet Project. Both sites are plugged in to animal shelters nationwide and can show you whether a specific type of dog or cat is available in your area.Better yet, just drop by your local shelter and see what's around."You never know what kind of dog you'll bond with," Kahn said. "We all think there's a dog we particularly want, but you never know until you actually meet them."That was the case with our dog, Teddy, who joined our family about nine months ago from the South Los Angeles shelter. I always figured he was a big, goofy Labrador/pit bull mix. It cost her $600.She readily acknowledges that this ended up being one pricey pooch.David Lazarus' column runs Tuesdays and Fridays.