So far, it doesn't appear that Jackie is going to a large size dog breeder unless she changes her mind on her next selection. I hope a dog from the kennel she choses will have old fashioned characteristics. I imagine that it will! I don't mind that my dogs grew above the standard and below it sometimes. It happens, but who the dog is is most important. I looked for working temperament because really that is very near and dear to the origin of the breed and is the basis from which all this pet suitability comes from.
Size is not the first thing I look at and I wonder why people mention it at a selling point in some kennels as it certainly isn't the defining characteristic of the breed. I don't say give me a big giant dog or give me a little bitty one... but I have had both! I know agility folks who have looked for a smaller dog for speed on the course. I can see that, I guess. If you were a real tall person, due to center of gravity a larger dog might stabilize better... a shorter person would be out dogged. These are individual needs and the variety in the breed naturally will provide without kennels for big tall people and kennels for smaller stature people.
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