Wilson & Piper are both "Craigslist dogs".
Wilson is amazing, couldn't ask for a better temperament and health wise *knock on wood* he's never had any issues. He came from an "oops" litter (apparently the neighbors American Bulldog dug under her fence). The girl who had the pups was actually pretty decent and made sure they went on spay/neuter contracts. All vaccines were UTD for their age, pups were clean & well taken care of, etc. I saw this:
and couldn't resist going to see them (Wilson's on the far left). Mind you, this was back in '09 before I really knew a whole lot about BYB's and such. She did have mom spayed right after this, and I've kept in touch with a few of the other puppy owners. So all in all, a great outcome.
Now Piper.. whole different ball game. Lady who bred her told me she rescued a litter, so I was assuming it was a foster situation, something like that. It was clear when I got there that it wasn't. There were roaches crawling up walls, pups peeing all over the place and no one cleaning anything, it was disgusting. Found out that they decided to breed the female because she was blue. And pretty. Ugh. Long story short, I gave them $50 just to get Piper out of there.
Piper is my train wreck dog. I'm over $6k in vet bills just in the past year & a half with both of her TTA's and rehab for them. As a pup she had demodex as well as other various skin issues. Stomach issues were also a problem for a year or so when she was younger. She seems to have grown out of the skin & stomach issues, thankfully. Now we just have to manage her arthritis that comes along with the TTA's. She's also "lumpy" and has already had 2 fatty tumors removed.. has another 2 or 3 growing currently. We call her our "Money Pit" for a reason.
In the future, no, I will not seek out a dog from CL. I plan on having Amstaffs (and maybe a Frenchie or another breed) here on out and those will all be from reputable breeders. No more BYB, unknown history/lineage dogs.