San Diego Puppy

This guy David is such a joke. Give it up man, half the animals you SELL are no longer with us or just down right sick. Try and pick another career because you clearly suck at this one. Google this clown, and he’s not known for a good reason either.

I got a Yorkshire terrier from this place back in May, at the time the service was really good, everyone was super accommodating. While we were going through the paperwork I noticed there were no medical records from the original breeders. I brought it up and they said they would have it mailed immediately. I probably shouldn’t have taken the puppy without his records but I took him to the vet the next day and he was perfectly healthy.
About a month later I contacted them to see what was happening with the medical records, and the lady (can’t remember her name) said she would look into it and call me back. I never got a call back. So I called again and they said they had the records and all I had to do was pick them up. When I went to the store to go pick up the records no one had any clue what I was talking about. They had no sense of communication between each other. I wasted my time just to be told that they would call the breeders and contact me when they got them. Sure enough I hadn’t heard anything, so 3 days later I called to see what was going on, finally they said they ordered the records and they would be in on Monday. I was a little mad since I was leaving out of town 2 days later so I just said thank you and hung up. It is now a week from when they were supposed to get the records and I still have not heard anything back. I am very displeased and will never work with them again.

In March, 2015, we purchased a Shiba Inu puppy ($ 2100). We had him one night before he become violently ill. He would not stop vomiting. We rushed him to the North Park Pet Hospital.
After several visit to various vets, he was diagnosed with GIARDIA && PARVO!!! The vet informed us our beloved puppy only had a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ chance of survival. Fortunately, our puppy pulled through and continues to thrive.
In the mean time, I contacted the store and was told by the owner, Veronica Salinas, DAVID SALINA’S WIFE, that they would help pay for vet bills and a «check was in the mail.» Apparently, that was a lie. I have not received any compensation or reimbursement. Now Salinas is refusing to communicate with me.
In addition to be traumatized, I’m still in debt. Hopefully, this establishment will never have the opportunity to do this to anyone else. Educating the public is the only way this can be prevented. I will never purchase a puppy from a pet store again. At the time, I didn’t know any better.

I bought a Maltese puppy here a couple months ago and we are beyond happy with him. The young lady that helped my was very informative and the facilities seemed clean and the puppies were taken out with to play and be cleaned throughout the time we were there. Our puppy came with AKC documentation, a microchip, and a medical record of shots. Nothing about this place gave me the impression that the puppies were abused or not well taken care of– they had large enough enclosures and were taken out to run around while we picked one out and processed our transaction. I don’t tolerate puppy mills but I have not seen any proof that these animals come from them. One thing I can say that I was unhappy with was that they are overpriced but my husband wanted him so much for our kids that he couldn’t help but pull out his credit card lol. I’m very happy and totally in love with my puppy so I can only say good things about San Diego Puppy

Great service and friendly staff and good selection in puppies is the reason I give this place 5 stars. I always get treated nicely when I come here and although I am undecisive on what breed to adopt, the staff has been very helpful in assisting me in this process.
Thank you.

I bought my Baby English Bulldog here over a year ago. They were amazing, and helped me out with all of my questions and even helped with the price. Bulldogs are expensive so she was a pretty penny, but its def. they are what you pay for.
She is amazing and beyond everything i could ever want. She had Cherry eye in both eyes and they actually picked up the cost. (cherry eye is almost 89% going to happen in this breed). I would buy her sister here one day!!!

I bought a french bulldog a year and 4 months ago and it was the greatest decision I made. I do agree the fees add up but they were necessary. David worked with us and did everything he could to make us happy with the price and purchase our best friend. I have had no heath issue and thats extremely rare with this breed. I dont know about all this media poison that is floating around but this is based off my personal experience and would go there, actually looking into getting another frenchie and its my right as an american to purchuse a dog from where I want and I choose san diego puppy and NO-​ONE is going to change my mind unless I see hard evidence and facts or experience it otherwise.

Walked and instantly loved the atmosphere very clean. All the puppies are well kept and staff was very friendly. Let me and my girlfriend look at 3 dogs and were patient and attentive the entire time despite coming late on a Saturday evening. Got all our questions answered and left happy with a beautiful American Eskimo

What’s adorable is the fact the owner really took the time to try and counter argue everyone’s posts. I feel like I know David Salinas personally, lolololol.
I made the selfish mistake of purchasing a puppy from a pet store. Aaaaand, I shit you not, 2 hours after bringing him home he had green mucus pouring out of his nose. Next day took him to the vet: has kennel cough. Hmm… so then like a month later his cough never subsided and it turns out his BABY PUPPY LUNGS are black. It was equivalent to a smoker of ~10 years! Yeah I was super stoked hearing I might have to pay $ 1k to ‘wash’ his lungs out. Luckily antibiotics did wonders. Anyway, we still find weird things wrong with him 2 years later. Don’t call me an animal activist, or that I don’t support small business enterprise because you don’t have anything better to post.
(^~^) have a wonderful day!
–oh and please refrain from posting a link because it will go unread. Your website is formatted poorly for my iPhone 5 and my MacBook Pro and any other device I have purchased due to my small business ownership– :)

Bought a beautiful Australian shepherd puppy.
I don’t know much about the puppy mill reviews or anything of that nature. My only issue with this place is how they run the business.
I was given a quote for the puppy. I had to move some money around so I could get him. After my transaction was rung up is when all the extra fees started rolling through. Beware of the deposit if you do the finance option. It will be deducted 3 days after your original purchase date. They also require that you sign up with a certain food program which would be deducted from you on a monthly bases.
Lastly, they give you a list of suggested vet hospitals with a few free exams. (We tried the one in north park and it was horrible). READ ALL THE PAPER WORK. If you do not choose any of those vets your insurance/​lifetime contract with them is voided.
I wouldn’t have had a problem with any of these things if they were brought up before they started taking my money.
Other than that, it’s been 4 days with our new pup and we love him!

David Salinas you are a liar and you know it! You use Sue Shold as one of your breeders!
We have traced 8 of your puppies so far and they all have come from horrible Puppy Mills!
Jesus don’t like liars!

I’m not a huge Unilocaler, and I hate to bring my awful experience to others but here goes. I decided to write this to shed light to other pup owners that love and adore their pups!
In October 2011 I bought the most amazing lovable pug name Bugsy he was my everything. Three weeks after I brought Bugsy home he had to have emergency cornea surgery costing well over 4,500.
There was a fellow pug parent there and he was a breeder, he ask if my pug was ill and I said there is something wrong with his eye, he said no I’m inquiring about his size pugs are not that small (Bugsy was the size of a spoon at 3 months old). He flat out said that the breeding was done incorrectly, which made me so upset but after all that I have been thru with my lil man I look back and realize that he guy was correct.
Well by this time Bugsy has been in and out of the hospital ever since then I had him 6 months ago when things started to calm down he just fainted on me for no apparent reason, vet said most likely just a small episode. Now 6 weeks ago he started to have seizures, which ended up being PDE (Pug Dog Encephalitis) and unfortunately took his life. I have spent well over 10K in the vet and treatment for the last 19 months, and honestly I would spend another 10K if I could bring my baby boy back healthy. I am doing research on PDE because little is known about this disease one thing that is apparent is that PDE happens when people breed this incorrectly.
I sent an email to SD Puppy and they sent me a very quick and nice response, I asked them to tell the breeder because this was not normal and if my lil man had it then most likely all the pups in the litter had PDE (which is a fatal disease, there is no cure). They said they would and then offered me another puppy for 50% off with proper docs, and of course I will never buy a puppy from them again. I didn’t even know they had a Unilocal and I stumbled on it actually and I decided to post this review because I noticed that I was not the only one that bought a pup from them and ended up having an illness, which they died from. This screams puppy mill to me. I love my Bugsy and I’m grateful that he was in my life and I was so lucky to be his mom, but please please do not invest in SD Puppies, I know their pups are so adorable but this isn’t right and people that use puppies to get ahead isn’t the right thing. Maybe I’m wrong and all the other pup parents that purchased a pup from them were all consciences, but highly unlikely.
PLEASE do your research before buying a pup, and be very leery when you have so many pup parents who can testify that they have lost pups from an illness from one particular location.
SD Puppies, even though I lost my lil man I do thank you because my heart grew more than ever on the same token it hurts so bad knowing that Bugsy died because of mal-​breeding. Please have a heart and do not use people that abuse animals so that you can make ends meat, have good morals at the end of the day that is all we can die with! To all that have lost a pup, my heart goes out to you, I never thought this would be this hard and painful hang in there and stay positive. Use this tragedy for something good!
RIP: Bugsy Valentin 8÷5÷2011−5÷27÷2013.
You left my arms but you will never leave my heart, Irreplaceable you are to me!

DO NOT BUY A PUPPY FROM SAN DIEGO PUPPY!!!
The Unilocal review left under this one, by «Allie C» is clearly fake, First, how did does she know «The puppies sold here are not from puppy mills»??? Did she pick them out herself? What could lead her to call this a valid statement? IT IS A REVIEW LEFT BY SAN DIEGO PUPPY, I’M SURE OF IT. They are desperate to redeem themselves because of all the negative repercussions of their sales of puppies that DIE and SUFFER from illnesses. This person, «Allie C» has only ever left one review on Unilocal,and only for San Diego Puppy, and left a super long one, defending what all the other legitimate commentators have said.
Furthermore, getting AKC papers is EASY, and means nothing. This is proven on this website:
Everything said by San Diego Puppy, or «Allie» is false, and a deceitful attempt to get people to continue supporting their disgusting mistreatment of animals and attempts to take down shelters.
Yes, SAN DIEGO PUPPY IS AGAINST ANIMAL SHELTERS. They recently posted a vulgar photo of a dog snarling on their facebook and said «Think twice about adopting from the Humane Society especially if you have small children — Dog attacks do happen!» wtf? San Diego Puppy will stop no where to get your money! I can’t believe that they would actually claim that just because you adopt a dog for $ 45 instead of $ 2,500 that it will attack. What a load of crap.
TO SUPPORT SAN DIEGO PUPPY MEANS YOU WILL BE AGAINST ANIMAL ADOPTION.
don’t do it.
I wish I had known all of this before I purchased a very expensive Golden Retriever, Pumpkin, from them. She had several seizures her short life before she died at the young age of 1. She was also «AKC» registered, which clearly meant nothing when she was seizing.
If you want a healthy, happy dog, don’t buy one here. Go to your local home breeder, or adopt. These people are suck and only interested in your money, at whatever cost to you, or your fluffy loved ones.
Edit:
Whoever is in charge of responding to facebook and Unilocal comments from people is the most idiotic moron i’ve ever seen do business in my life. Look at his responses, not only to my review, but that of others. If my opinions and experiences alone don’t keep you from supporting San Diego Puppy, let his own comments keep you from doing business with somebody so stupid and rude. Do I really want to have to do more business with these people in order to get my money back? Not sure it’s worth it. First, it’s really weird to get your money back for the death of a family member. Second, having to deal with these people any more than necessary, is not worth $ 2000.
I sincerely hope San Diego Puppy gets shut down, and with their business tactics, it’s only a matter of time.

First let me say that I am not an activist nor do I intend to try to convince you not to buy a dog from San Diego Puppy. I just want to share my experience so you can make an informed choice.
I bought my «maltipoo» from here about a year ago when I was hysterical from suddenly losing my Lhasa apso to a brain tumor. I didn’t do any research on the place and just fell in love with the puppy pictures online. My husband and I went to the store and instantly loved the cute white ball of fluff they brought out to us. (I read other reviews that they don’t let you see the other dogs, which I also noted was weird.) The little guy was about 3lbs and we were told he was 10 weeks old. They said his mother was a Maltese and his father was mini poodle, but we never saw any pictures. I’m not sure why we took their word for it, but we did. They said he would grow to a maximum 10lbs, which was good because our condo has a size limit of 25lbs. Anyway, he seemed perfect so we bought him.
Over the next several months, we watched this little guy grow and grow and grow. At 4 months he was 12lbs so we were a little alarmed. He also had TERRIBLE separation anxiety from the moment we brought him home. He would cry every time I left the room. It was so bad he would jump in the shower with me as to not be alone. Luckily I own my own business so I just brought him with me every day, but he seriously couldn’t be alone for 5 minutes without going into complete hysterics.
At a year old, he was 27lbs and still could not handle ever being alone. I talked to my vet and she told me the obvious fact that there was no way this 27lb dog was the product of a Maltese mother (who would be max 10lbs) and a mini poodle (who would be max 15lbs). I didn’t do a DNA test, but he doesn’t look like he has any Maltese in him. He’s very tall with a long snout and super curly white fur. I don’t know what he is, but he is waaay too big to be a maltipoo. She also told me that his severe separation anxiety could be the result of him being separated from his mother too early. She further speculated that if he was only 3lbs when we got him, he probably wasn’t actually 10 weeks old and he could have been closer to 6 weeks.
Again, this is just speculation so I don’t want to accuse San Diego Puppy of anything terrible, but it certainly seems to me that at the very least they’re not being honest about where the dog comes from. We love our dog, but because of his size and separation anxiety we almost got evicted and had to give him to my grandparents so we could stay in our condo. He’s now almost 30lbs and is never left alone. Every vet visit to several different vets, he comes out perfectly healthy.
So in the end it worked out, but I would rather have the dog I was expecting so he would still be with us every day. If I had to do it over again, I would insist to see pictures of the parents to insure they were the correct size since this was a big requirement of our condo. I would also want details about the breeder so I could research them. I don’t know how I would have verified the puppy’s true age, but I would at least ask when it was weaned to make sure it stayed with its mom until at least 8 weeks.
If you’re thinking of buying a dog here, look past the adorable puppy faces and ask a lot of questions before you buy. If they can’t show you pictures of the parents, give you breeder info, and verify age then there could be something shady going on and you should look elsewhere. It’s very important that your dog fit your lifestyle so accurate breed info is crucial. In our case, the dog was extremely different than what we were told and had my grandparents not volunteered to take him we probably would have had to give him up, which would have been devastating to me and terrible for our poor pooch.
But he’s a great dog with the sweetest disposition and he’s 100% healthy so I don’t think San Diego Puppy is the devil, as some of these reviews seem to say. I just think they need to be very transparent about where the dogs come from so customers can make informed decisions and find the perfect companion. The last thing anyone wants is for these little sweeties to end up in shelters!

We purchased a german shepherd puppy a few weeks ago and we couldn’t be happier! I think a lot of the reviews here are not addressing this business specifically but are mostly opinions regarding puppy mills. THE PUPPIES SOLD HERE ARE NOT FROM PUPPY MILLS!
My puppy came with his AKC papers and there is a pedigree document that states who the parents are, where they are from and who the breeders are. Someone stated in one of the reviews that anyone can register any dog with the AKC and that is absolutely false. It is a long process that requires genealogy records and veterinarian histories that are impossible to obtain for dogs who are not purebred or who are not responsibly bred.
I looked at a lot of places before deciding to come to San Diego Puppy. The price is parallel to that of local breeders except that you get to pick which breed you like and you also get a guarantee as well as other goodies that come when you take your puppy home (such as food, vitamins, probiotics, vet visits). They also do the AKC registration for you and the pet recovery registration (the microchip info), so all you have to do when you take your puppy home is enjoy the puppy kisses! I took our dog to our local vet the day after bringing him home and the vet said he is completely perfect! His weight is great, his health is phenomenal, his coat is beautiful and he had already had his first set of vaccinations. He is already potty trained, has learned to sit, stay and come when called. He is a very happy, smart and playful puppy! Those are not the characteristics of a puppy from a puppy mill.
Regarding the customer service, everyone who worked there was great! The place was amazingly clean and smelled great. They even made us clean our hands before touching any puppies. The staff was absolutely wonderful and extremely helpful. We must have called 20 times with different questions before we bought our puppy and each time they were very polite and answered every question we asked.
I am also against pet stores who get their dogs from puppy mills but not all pet stores should be vilified because of what some irresponsible pet store owners have done. If someone would prefer to adopt a pet from a shelter, then that’s great if that is what works for them. But we knew from the beginning that we wanted an AKC registered pup that would grow up with our family. I’m glad we got our puppy from here and our whole experience was great. We love our boy and we have San Diego Puppy to thank for allowing us the opportunity to make him a beloved member of our family.

I purchased my Maltipoo from you at the end of 2010. At the time of purchase she was about 3 months old. There was no «store front» because I remember purchasing her from your parents house off of Meadowbrook. I spoke with you for about a 2 – 3 months through e-​mails, facebook and phone calls because I was looking for a specific chemistry with a maltipoo before jumping to purchase one from the many batches you had. Once I found her and purchased her, I posted great comments on your facebook page, wrote great reviews for you and even went as far as posting pictures of her on your page. After a few weeks I even went as far as referring you to friends as well as bringing them personally to the house to see the other puppies.
My previous little girl passed away on 04÷01÷13 at a VERY young age of 2 years old. We found her laying on the ground in her poop and pee at 7 am in the morning. I truly wish it was an april fools joke but it wasn’t. She showed no «signs» of illness other than a rather odd limp which she had from when she was a puppy. I can’t begin to explain to you how painful it is to bond, fall in love with a pet only to have them die and feel completely helpless because there was nothing you could do to save them. My whole family has drastically been changed because of this. Not only was she our pet, she was also a VERY big part of why I overcame SO many trials over the past two years.
I am writing this review in tears because I don’t know if I believe you when you say she wasn’t a «puppymill» puppy. I guess I blame myself more than I blame you because I should have demanded to see her parents, I should have demanded that you explain why you had SO many maltipoos available. I should have investigated you more prior to purchasing her to ensure that you were truly a stand up guy… but I didn’t. I didn’t read the negative comments about you, I didn’t question why you had so many puppies coming in and out of your home. I just trusted you, which was my mistake not yours.
Even though this will mean NOTHING to you, I hope it will mean something to someone who is deciding to purchase from you. I am begging you not to sell anymore puppies if you do not truly know where they came from or if you are somehow inbreeding them. Whatever it is you are or are not doing, I hope you are aware that some of the puppies you are selling may not be as «healthy» as you say they are. Save someone the heartache my family is going through.

Yes, David. I am an animal rights extremist trying to take away the right to purchase a dog… which is why I purchased a puppy from you, and am looking to purchase a 2^nd. My family has a rescued pitbull and purchased a pug.
I believe in the right to a consumer being told the truth.
***EDIT***
My RESPONSE to David: I bought my puppy, Daisy from him. I can even show email correspondences between him and myself specifically discussing my purchase and my friend’s purchase. I don’t know why he would say my review was suspicious given my rating of him is much higher than others’. How am I an animal activist/​extremist if I purchased my puppy from him?! I specifically asked him why he wouldn’t show where his puppies come from. I fully support breeders who breed their animals responsibly. Any dog can come with shoddy guarantees/papers/shots/etc…what I specifically asked for was proof of where he got his dogs. Reading this rebuttal from him truly does make me more suspicious of him.
***Original post***
I purchased my puppy from David before San Diego Puppy was a relatively large business. At that time, he operated from his backyard and didn’t have a website. At the time I visited him, he only had about 3 maltipoo puppies. I am not going to make mindless speculations about his business because the fact is that I don’t have any facts about him and his business.
HOWEVER, I will say that my Maltipoo, Daisy, is now almost 3 years old and is perfectly healthy. She has been to the vet multiple times and is in perfect health. I honestly can’t complain about her. I haven’t had a DNA test done on her — I’m not about to spend $ 60+ to validate what type of breed she is. That doesn’t really matter to me, I suppose. My friend bought a puppy at the same time as me, and David said they were from the same litter. 3 years later, I can tell you that they definitely were not. They look COMPLETELY different. There is about a 6 pound difference between them while neither of them over or underweight at all (which is huge considering mine is only 9lbs). Now, I can’t speak for the quality of his puppies now that he seems to have a much larger supply at all times.
Despite my being happy with my puppy, I can say that there is or was something strange about this business. When I initially asked where David had gotten these puppies, he mumbled about them being rescue dogs and would never elaborate. But I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
David, if you are a legitimate business that sells dogs from responsible puppy breeders, why aren’t you being forthcoming in where you get your dogs from? Frankly, that’s the only reason I’m not giving you a better review solely from my experience.
The good news for everyone? There are an increasing number of cities that are banning retail puppy stores. In fact, Burbank just passed this law yesterday (January 31, 2013).

I couldn’t be happier with my experience here. Bought a corgi from David and have had ZERO problems so far… my puppy is healthy, active, energetic, eats well, and has been a perfect purchase.
I can’t speak for the experience of anyone else and it is unfortunate that there have been bad experiences, but I am a satisfied customer and love my dog!
Also, it never hurts to check out the other reviews of the people leaving the negative comments to gauge their «rating» barometer… someone that gave this company a 1 star rating also gave Albertsons a 1 star rating because they didn’t have razors. Seriously? 1 star for not having razors… give me a break.

The only reason I am giving them 1 is San Diego Puppy has cute pups and I love the one I purchased from him and wouldn’t trade her for the world.
However when I bought her I was told her price was so low because she was the last one left. She was not only very sick (He reimbursed me 50% of these bills) when I got her but she had a weird bump on her bottom eyelid. I asked the father of the owner (as the owner wasn’t there when I came) what the bump was, he said he didn’t know and maybe it was a scratch. When he called his son to ask him a couple questions I didn’t have any idea what they were saying as it was all in spanish.
700 bucks later, the bump was lashed growing on the inside of her lid which the owner should have disclosed this information to me.
When I emailed him of this he basically told me I was SOL because French Bulldogs are known to have health issues.
This I am aware of, but she had this condition when he sold her to me.

I was very skeptical of this place when I saw it. I saw a crowd of people so we thought we would check it out. People were purchasing dogs as we got there. There were a few puppies out for people to look at. I noticed right away this tiny little girl had mange. I pointed it out to one of the girls and her answer was «it’s just a rash, we just put a cream on it» Excuse me but mange is mange = dirty conditions!
We left shaking our heads and feeling very sorry for all the puppies you could hear hidden in the back room! Oh by the way tonight we saw on the news that the place was raided today over 117 puppies were confiscated. The news video of there back room full of dogs was disgusting!