SwisshavenReviews of swisshaven.org

My experience was very similar to those on here. 500 gbp deposit taken but no puppy. Lots of excuses and no response when I asked for the return of my deposits. I recommend avoiding and certainly DO NOT part with any money to go on the waiting list

Please ignore all of the 5 star reviews against Swisshaven. These are fake profiles that have been set up by the owner (Kim). I have dealt personally with Kim who took a £500 deposit, which was never returned and no puppy either. This is a dangerous lady with severe mental issues. (And no I am not a breeder and therefore not in competition with her). Just a very disappointed client who had a terrible experience (like many others!).

When you see a good review for Swisshaven, take a look at the poster and check they are a bonafida person and not just a fake profile. You can clearly see the last two posts are fictitious and are actually Ms Barton herself in one of her many false profiles.

Anyone who has been affected by this puppy farmer wretched woman please join our group on Facebook [VICTIMS OF KIMBERLY BARTON, HER LIES AND ABUSE (Swisshaven and Samala)], you are not alone. There is an ongoing case where we all contribute and help to having her shut down, and to save those dogs she is starving and abused. Please don’t buy a puppy from her ever!

We were continually asked to give more money. Later we found out that this lady is a puppy farmer and has over 10 dogs in her tiny tiny home and the conditions they live in after seeing it first hand is disgusting please don’t buy a dog from this woman you’re literally encouraging puppy farming, she will woo you by telling you everything working with other breeders but please please please don’t let it fool you. We were stung so bandleader by it and had to go to court. The dog warden has been trying to take her down for years as she doesn’t have a license. Genuinely call the dog warden ask if she has a license you’ll thank me.

Swisshaven and Kimberley Barton/Herring/MacDonald are fraudsters. They take £500 deposit to secure a puppy that is not even born. Some are lucky, or unlucky, enough to get a puppy but many never end up with a puppy or their deposit returned. Ms Barton has 8-10 large breed dogs in a small estate house with a very small garden. They get very little if any exercise or socialising. Mos have temperament and health issues. She says she does all the health testing but this is a lie. She no longer does any eye testing. She claims to send her x rays for hips, elbows and shoulders to USA for scoring but I believe this to be a lie as well. None of her dogs are temperament assessed before breeding. Many of her breeding dogs have hip scores of C or more. She is breeding hips scores of C to C. She does high inbreeding. She lies about all the other UK breeders. She is unhinged.

Horrible nasty breeder who should be stopped. Breeding far too many puppies in such a small home. You won't be allowed into the house to meet the bithces and puppies. All curtains closed and what is she hiding. Her dogs are not socialised and are fearful. I would NEVER recommend. NO STARS

We bought a puppy from Kimberley Barton (MacDonald) in 2016. We were completely naive about pedigrees and had always had pound puppies. As there are so few "breeders" in the UK, I started to make enquiries, which she jumped on. Basically, she told me that she was the best, stay away from other breeders (don't even talk to them) as hers were the only pure pedigrees. Others had bred epilepsy into the breed, lameness, etc, etc, etc. Funnily enough, our puppy had had the deposit paid but they'd never turned up for her. I got the day wrong for collecting her and she wouldn't let us in, with the excuse that someone else was coming. Whilst we adore our girl, she has had multiple health issues - bad skin, prone to lameness, potentially hypothyroidism and gets really aggressive over food. We also bought another puppy a few months later - again she had had the deposit paid but they had never come to collect her. Something that constantly occurs on the Swisshaven page. It's so sad seeing dog after dog being handed back to her, with pathetic excuses such as the owners are moving away, they've had a new baby, etc. Our second pup, we don't think is 100% Swissy, is developing cataracts and is very reactive and anxious. She also wanted our first pup to have 2 litters which I could whelp. And she would have the pick of the litter and sell the rest (whilst we did all the work) and we could keep one! We have since found out that as our dog, the puppies would belong to us and could not be shown as Swisshaven pups. We "co-owned" both dogs (something I would NEVER do again) and this appeared to give her the right to order us around and even ring to shout at our vet! I really do think this women has psychiatric problems and believes a lot of her own lies.