Giant Schnauzer Backyard Breeders, Scammers and More

02/08/2025

Valour Giants

Jessica Alex Olefir

Sedalia Missouri

Listed on Gooddog (goes to show bad breeders can be on that site as well)

-Does not do full health testing
-sent puppy home with extensive scarring from misuse of a prong collar
-sent puppy home with fleas
-put in Contract owner could not disclose the poor condition of the dogs

-Tries to sell dogs in doodle groups clearly has no care in the world where her dogs end up

Buyer beware

28/07/2025

Molly still was not tested and is the same bitch who last time he said would be tested shame on Harold young for breeding with no testing on the bitch!

21/07/2025

How do I (Buyer) verify that a breeder is health testing?

Easy! All you need from the breeder is the registered name of the sire and dam

1: Go to OFA.org

2: Go to the search bar and type the dog’s registered name and hit search

3: this should pull the dog up unless the dog is not health tested, in that case it is recommended to avoid that breeder.

Both the Sire and Dam should be health tested.

Any breeder who claims to have a closed case with OFA is lying 🤥, OFA is a PUBLIC database meaning anyone can veiw the health test result and guess what it is FREE to do!

* Some breeder choose not to list genetic
Health testing results on OFA - they should still be able to provide documentation that the dog has been tested*

The OFA website and databases provide the tools needed to promote the health and welfare of companion animals through a reduction in the incidence of genetic disease.

21/07/2025

Lazy B Giants-

It appears that the Dam of this breeders kennel Opal has very minimal health testing

The sire only has embark testing.

If you are gonna try to be an ethical breeder do everything and don’t take short cuts

Both the sire and Dam should have the following testing done

Hips
Elbows
Thyroid (yearly)
Heart
Eye (yearly)
Genetic testing

It’s unfortunate people take shortcuts with breeding

Please do your research as well and make sure that you look up the health testing results of the sire and dam.

21/06/2025

Sorry we have been absent for a bit we do have a few new post to add to our page.

Lots of bad BYB.

Stay tuned

01/06/2025

Warning to Everyone looking to buy a giant schnauzer puppy steer Clear of:

CV Kennel
AKA Lulu and Jake’s page
Breeder: Harold Young
Location: Ohio

This puppy shown below (safe with a rescue) has a grade 5 heart murmur and will require a very expensive surgery (10k+) to be able to survive.

Harold knowingly bred the bitch:

SKANSENS GOOD GOLLY MS MOLLY- with no health testing to a Gently Born male also no health testing.

He has again bred this bitch to his stud Jake recently and will be attempting to sell puppies again.

Jake is also very Human aggressive.

This is a BACKYARD BREEDER who does not care about the breed only about the profit.

Buyer beware


-TT

29/05/2025

Puppy Scammers are on the rise!

Here’s what to look for:

Price: to good to be true, most scams will have puppies priced significantly lower than reputable breeders do.

Giant Schnauzers for example: reputable breeders are charging anywhere from 3,000-4500+ (higher cost due to cost of raising a large breed litter, docking tails, shots etc)

Some of these scammers have giants listed as low as 500$

Shipping: some will offer to ship and have you pay a fake shipping company for a puppy you will not receive

If a puppy is shipping via an airline the breeder will set that up and coordinate all necessary information to puppy buyer

Beware that up to 80 percent of websites advertising dogs for sale online are actually nothing more than puppy scams. Here's how to spot them.

26/05/2025

Temperaments in Giant schnauzers are super important, another follower sent us information on a breeder in OHIO whos dog was recently dismissed from an AKC show for attempting to bite at a judge:

CV Kennel AKA Lulu and Jake’s page

*Nothing is redacted since this is on a public page*

Jake- has shown signs of aggression to the point of having to be muzzled at training classes.

Lulu- had three back to back litters with Jake before being spayed.

Brutus- this is a 6 month old puppy (not related to Jake or Lulu) who had attempted to bite at a judge on more than one occasion.

The breeder has admitted in a post that brutus “once again tried to bite the judge”

Giants should not be attempting to bite someone or something that is not a threat- this is a temperament issue.

Although this kennel does very minimal health testing, i would use caution in getting a puppy from here

Apparently it gets worse:

Lulu is affected for PRA

He bought a Skansen Bitch
“SKANSENS GOOD GOLLY MS MOLLY” knowing she was not health tested and was bred prior to going to him so he could sell another litter

24/05/2025

Another story on IDA Morrow:

I’m reaching out about my experience with Ida Morrow. On March 30th, 2025 I bought a giant schnauzer from her. I was not allowed to pick my puppy, nor the gender. I was given a lower price in agreement of not having papers. She had me meet her at a high school in Saint Joe Arkansas. When I met her, my puppy was no bigger than the size of my shoe. She ensured me he was 8 weeks old and ready for a home. One day after taking him home, I received a call from her telling me “not to worry about the parvo shot”. This raised concerns, so I watched his behavior and sure enough, an hour after that call, my puppy started pooping blood and vommiting. I took him to the vet and he was treated with supportive care and the CPMA shot. Luckily he survived and is seemingly doing a lot better. However, the vet bills were not cheap, the interaction with Ida after finding parvo in my puppy was also not pleasant. I was told because she gave him to me discounted it wasn’t her issue. Currently my puppy is healthy and doing a lot better, but he is still anemic. When I brought this to Ida’s attention, she once again made it not her problem, and recommended me to tractor supply. I don’t believe my puppy was even 5 weeks when he came home to me due to my vets opinion and evaluation. I don’t want anyone to ever go through not only the trauma I have from this experience, but most importantly, I don’t want any dog to ever have to fight as hard as my Banks did, simply to live.

15/01/2025

Misty Jackson

Texas, USA

Breeding a dog she rescued back in September.

Bitch is under two years old (September 6 she made a post she was 18 months old meaning she is about 22 months now)

No health testing or titles on either sire or dam

Very clear their puppies are in a garage or basement with nothing on the floor for them to stand properly on.

Just because a breeder post cute pictures doesn’t mean they are reputable

This is why we push for people to let rescue handle rehoming a dog because “Greeders” like this exist. At least with rescue the dogs get spayed/neutered before being placed and homes are vetted

Misty regardless of one spelling mistake doesn’t dispute the fact you are indeed a BYB lol

15/01/2025

Chris Conley Kentucky

No health testing or titles
Color cross breeding

Only wants to make “his money back”

🤯🤯🤯🤯