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Over the last year I have purchased two wonderful dogs from Donna at Echo Hills Ranch. Truthfully it was the best adoption experiences I have ever had. Both dogs were perfectly healthy with great temperaments and great personalities.
Both of these dogs are a great addition to our family, they are happy, friendly, extremely intelligent, healthy and have great physical features and colors for the Pomsky and German Spitz breeds. Even my Vet commented on how healthy our dogs are and were impressed with their temperaments. You can tell that Donna breeds high quality dogs and puts a lot of love and work into her puppies and parents.
I can say I sure felt like I was making a great decision in adopting forn Donna because of how open, upfront, and friendly she was. Honestly when I know people are looking for a new puppy, I will recommend Donna and her puppies without question or hesitation.
Donna, thank you for our wonderful furry canine companions !!!
Just another POS BYB profiting off the selling of puppies! They breed at least 6 breeds including several varieties of doodles.
Echo Hills Ranch aka Donna Gates is a puppy mill plain and simple!
She is currently threatening to euthanize her personal dog, Blue, who is a HEALTHY 4 yr old “cockapoo” born with a genetic disease called megaesophagus which Donna Gates states “we will have to euthanize him which he is healthy and doesn’t deserve that so I’m reaching out to find a rescue that be willing to, take him in his special needs”
I have her Craigslist ad, Facebook post, and emails.
Donna Gates is a prolific puppymill, morally bankrupt, unethical breeder who does ZERO genetic or health testing.
She has had several calls for welfare checks for her dogs health and welfare and has been visited by the Stevens County Sheriff’s office.
Stevens county is a paradise for POS breeders like her because they don’t have a dedicated animal control enforcement agency and they don’t have county codes that limit the number of animals people are allowed so it defaults to the Washington State RCW of no more that 25 breeding pairs of adult dogs so 50 adult dogs and puppies under the age of 6 months do not contribute to that 50.
She is breeding for profit with zero regard for life or genetics. She breeds dogs until they can’t anymore and then she “retires” them by dumping them at shelters, rescues or she euthanizes the .
She bred Blue, which means that he likely is part of her breeding program or was at some point. Megaesophagus is a GENETIC disease.
Adult dogs who are carriers of the megaesophagus gene can be symptomatic or non symptomatic.
When they are bred and produce ONE megaesophagus puppy every single one of the puppies that they have ever produced individually or together are ALL carriers of the megaesophagus disease gene.
If any of the adults or puppies are ever allowed to breed they will have puppies who present with megaesophagus and all of the puppies from any litter they have ever had are ALL carriers of the megaesophagus gene.
It will happen over and over and over again. We will not and cannot enable the irresponsibility of any person who chooses to breed and sell dogs to produce puppies with major genetic diseases.
Echo Hills Ranch aka Donna Gates is BYB breeder who charges $2000 per puppy and continually breeds five different breeds and various doodle mixes on top of those solely for greed; and is threatening to murder their own dog because she doesn’t want to deal with the megaesophagus disease her unethical breeding practices created for him to be born with and she is now threatening to murder Blue who in her own words is a HEALTHY dog with a well managed genetic condition that she bred because of her greed and apathy.
DO NOT BUY A PUPPY FROM THIS PUPPYMILL.
