I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with their practice.
But of all the crock "old fashion" GSD breeders out there,
is really the last one that should be picked on.
Now, do I, personally, think they are doing any big favors for the breed?
It depends. Not from a breeding standpoint, certainly not. A "goliath" dog the GSD is NOT, and was never meant to be.
But from from a
PR standpoint? Everything I've ever heard about these dogs makes them out to be MONDO socially stable, wonderful for families, and just an all-around GOOD pet. There are plenty of "correctly" breed dogs that are like this too... but what's so wrong about tipping the odds further in our favor?
I would never own one. Not even remotly my kind of dog. But I'd rather a person who JUST wants a cool family pet go to someone like Royalair, rather than wind up with something that they aren't prepared to handle. It is, after all, the later that make a bad reputation for our breed.