Gap View Ranch & Kennel 13445 Cooley Spring Lane, Broadway, VA 22815

"This is really an awful place. The dogs are clearly not treated well and is obviously a puppy mill. The conditions are terrible - there are so many dogs in one condensed space, they don’t receive any attention/don’t have toys or anything. I felt like it was one of those ASPCA commercials. They need to stop breeding so many dogs because they don’t sell many, and then the dogs just live their whole life in a cage until they die. Do not support this place. These dogs deserve better."

"If I could leave no stars I would I initially visited in the ending of 2022 after speaking with the owner who smelt very strongly of alcohol who cut me short of a visit because he was heading somewhere he’s getting behind the wheel, said he would call someone to come in after I made a appointment to visit there and spoke to him about a specific time. As I entered this place not to mention the poor farm animals that looked diseased I observed my first country puppy mill. After the owner just up and left and left us there with a male who was working hard but barely spoke English the sheriffs came in shortly after from a call reported. They walked up and asked us did we work there as the sheriff said there’s always someone new as their always there the one sheriff said it made him sick to come there but there was only so much they could do. That was it for us we ended up leaving. This year I was in high hopes it would be ran by someone else. I went to the website and saw all dogs were on sale I set up a appointment hoping to save a puppy when arriving it was even worse than before I ended up choosing 2 puppies the owner once again seemed worse than smelling like alcohol couldn’t make up his mind how much he would sell them for and had one girl looking for ways to set up how to take a payment and told her to just get it sent to her for her work. I immediately seen red flags! I ended up once again leaving and I’ll never return I wish we could have saved those babies but I was so scared of how it was ran. I pray to god a rescue steps up or animal control. I don’t see how they’ve gone this long in business. The worst part is he couldn’t remember the girls name who worked with him but wanted me to send her money for dogs. This screams fraud!"

"Just scanning reviews, my son is considering a Golden…. My first Golden from Gap View was over 20 years ago and now I currently have 2 from them with ZERO health issues, just awesome dogs! My daughter got a Golden from them little over a year ago and same deal…. Just awesome! Some of these reviews are a bit far fetched…. Kennels dirty, always looked good to me? Yes, they breed many Goldens….. doesn’t make them a puppy mill. We will buy again from Gap View!"

"the puppies were adorable but they were very attention deprived and there was poop everywhere… the dogs hair was all matted and they we’re itching all over their bodies. the adult dogs are separated and kept far away from the puppies in a dark office. could be considered a PUPPY MILL"

"My family has two adorable, healthy Golden Retrievers from Gap View, Ruta (2 years old) and Luna (10 weeks old)! With both dogs, I saw nothing but the utmost care and love with how Gap View operates its business. Tresa and Jamie were extremely helpful to me, loving of the dogs, and knowledgeable. They made sure I left with any medicine I needed for Luna to hold me over until I could find her a regular Veterinarian. I have even used Gap View’s kennel services when I went on vacation, because Luna was too small to be accepted at most kennels. They took great care of my fur baby while I was away for a week! Tresa sent me updates when I texted her. Gap View has many furry puppies right now looking for a loving home! Please don’t be dissuaded from adopting a dog in need of some love by some of these negative reviews on this business. It is not my experience (with two dogs in two years)."