I ve been scammed- what should I do?

You really haven't been scammed - you paid for a dog, and received a dog, and did not look at the papers it came with. Nothing illegal was done here. It may have not been a moral thing, but we cannot legislate proper morals. Hopefully you've learned a lesson here. If you got a dog from a shelter or rescue, or a respectable and reputable breeder you wouldn't be posting this. The dog came from a puppy mill and either won't breed or has some sort of health issue that you cannot see. You now need to put effort into properly training and socializing the dog. With a lot of work and effort on your part, she may slowly come around. But it WILL take work, time, and patience.

Unfortunately the seller did not do anything illegal

This is why you don't buy dogs from random people. You either adopt from a shelter that has done health checks on the dogs, or you buy from a breeder listed on the national breed club or AKC website

Also spend time with the dog before you buy or adopt it. See how the dog reacts to you. If it's an older dog, put it on a leash and see if it's been leashed trained and how it interacts with other dogs. Most shelters will tell you if a dog is leashed trained or has behavioral problems or not as they don't want the dog coming back if you are not happy. If the dog has issues they will want to make sure you have experience training difficult or older dogs or they will not allow you to adopt it

Puppy mills auction off dogs and puppies when they are shut down. They also sell off dogs that won't breed or are bad mothers or other things that would make them useless for a puppy miller to own. Anyone can buy a dog or puppy there. Apparently the seller you bought from did buy this dog from a puppy mill auction and then found out it wouldn't breed or whatever and so looked for a pet home for it. There are support groups to help people who have bought puppy mill puppies or dogs. You may be able to find them online. They can help you very much. I think the dog was bought as a breeder but it didn't work out so thet person who sold the dog to you didn't want to keep it.

It's just as much your fault as it is the person you got the dog from.

Should have done your research before getting it. It's people like yourself who keep people like this in business, supply/demand.

You can't change the past nor genetics. Buyer beware, just like buying a used car "as is".

No dog, comes trained and/or socialized, that is your responsibility. Any dog can be trained and socialized by someone who has the experience and/or they should seek professional help for themselves on how to train a dog properly, there is no shame in seeking help if needed.

She did nothing wrong. You should have paid attention to all the red flags she was putting out there. There is no law against buying dogs and reselling them for profit- pet stores do it all the time. This is definitely a case of you being ignorant and uneducated.

''This owner was allegedly the owner of my dogs parents and she breeds them.''

If you are in the UK contact Trading Standards. the dog is not as described and not fit for purpose. Good luck.

Well, suck it up, you were scammed. Take care of this dog, it is now up to you to make it up to her.

First and foremost cancel the check then see what falls outa the woodwork with the seller

Sorry, i know it is kind of a puppy mill). by lying to us, buying a dog and reselling it for profit....

While not really moral, flipping dogs isnt illegal.