I contacted Kathy Chasteen about purchasing one of her German Shepherd puppies and after a couple of emails back and forth, she asked for a deposit of $50 to hold a spot for my pick of the litter. I asked her before agreeing to mail the deposit if the puppies had any health clearances and she quickly responded like she did with every single one of her emails, within ten minutes, that they had a two year health and temperament guarantee from her. While that didn't sound very comforting, I trusted her word as she reassured me she'd been doing this a long time and set up a time to pick up the puppy the following week.

I sent the deposit and gave her a quick email letting her know that it would be in her mailbox tomorrow and she promised to send a picture of the puppy I choose (the only girl in the litter) and was looking forward to seeing me next week.

A day goes by - no photo. Two more days - no photo. I email her, asking where the photo was and if the meeting time was still okay and receive no response. Even now I have yet to heard anything from this woman who made off with my $50 deposit. I would discourage anyone from attempting to purchase a pup from this woman.

Here is the link to her blog where she posts picture of the litters.
http://germanshepherdsatsdikennels.blogspot.com/