Guide dog training
Derrick Chestnut. guide dog training Havanese dogs. This is not the only person this guy has cheated. I am constantly hearing about him. It amazes me that his probation is not revoked. guide dog training Solution-to-dog-barking. Maybe because he does it outside his city and no one hears. Well, with web sites like this the word is going to get out. ---------------------------The following is an article from a New Jersy newspaper concerning Chestnuts arrest on theft charges. guide dog training St bernard dogs. Paterson dog breeder (Derrick Chestnut) charged in theftsWednesday, May 17, 2000By JENNIFER V. HUGHESStaff WriterA Paterson dog breeder and trainer, already on probation for theft, was indicted Tuesday for allegedly billing customers nationwide out of more than $91,000 -- promising purebred and highly trained dogs, but instead delivering commonplace canines with health problems. Derrick V. Chestnut, 34, sometimes took his customers' money -- up to $8,500 per animal -- but never delivered the dogs, said Eileen Kane, the Passaic County senior assistant prosecutor handling the case. Those allegedly scammed include an Illinois woman who gave Chestnut $3,250 for a dog that was never sent, and a California woman who paid $13,500 for two dogs -- one had severe physical disabilities when delivered, and the other never arrived. "Most of the people were dog lovers so they kept the dogs anyway," Kane said. "As one victim said, 'I just bought myself one very expensive house pet. ' The point was that they were buying them for a special purpose; they weren't buying them for house pets. "Neither Chestnut nor his attorney could be reached for comment. Chestnut Dog Command, his former Haledon business, no longer is listed in Passaic County. Chestnut, on probation for a 1997 theft, has two other arrests on theft charges. In both cases, in 1989 and 1995, he was sentenced to probation, according to court records. He also has been repeatedly named a defendant in civil lawsuits filed in Passaic County and was fined $500 in Totowa Municipal Court in 1994 for neglecting one of his dogs. Details on those civil and criminal cases could not be obtained Tuesday. Kane said that from April 1994 to July 1999 Chestnut victimized people in Totowa, Wayne, and Paterson, but also scammed people in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and California. All told, nine people lost $91,400, according to the 20-count indictment handed up Tuesday by a grand jury in Passaic County. Kane said Chestnut often found people through advertisements in Dog World magazine. He allegedly claimed his dogs were purebred and trained in the Schutzhund method -- a German regimen that teaches dogs obedience, protection, and tracking. And people were willing to pay, Kane said. In August 1996, a Paterson couple, Darryl and Gathlyn Smoot, paid Chestnut $4,000 for one of the specially trained dogs for home protection. Soon after, they received a German shepherd, but it wasn't what they expected. "They said that a contractor came over to their home one day and was working on the gutters and the dog was just lying in the kennel," Kane said. "Eventually, the guy just came up and gave the dog a sandwich. "Kane said the investigation into Chestnut started early in 1998 after some victims contacted her office. Other alleged victims came forward after word spread through the dog breeding community, and still more heard about Chestnut through the Internet after alleged victims posted Web sites. An Internet search revealed anonymous Web pages that mention Chestnut.
Guide dog training
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