In this episode you will hear from Jay, a young woman who’s family purchased a puppy through a broker convicted of cruelty to animals back in 2013 in Listowel Ontario. Robert Penner was sentenced two years of probation after being found guilty of cruelty to animals after 73 dogs were removed from his property. He had also been ordered not to be involved with breeding or selling animals and paid nearly $8,500 in restitution to the Ontario SPCA.

Robert Penner is still peddling puppies on kijiji and Jay and her young family recently became one of his many victims. In a matter of weeks from purchasing their puppy from Robert they were faced with the tragedy of having to euthanize their new family member who they named Alaska.