He is a well known and respected competitor. Also has great horses ~ Andalusians..

Just took a quick look - it is a 1 hr long video....within the first 5 minutes - he mentions breeders not knowing background - and pups with ortho issues - but !!!!!!!!!!

Many breeders DO NOT CARE!!! If the dog is a world level or high profile national level dog - they breed to it....it is KNOWN that certain dogs produce tons of bad backs....a certain kennel is known for this - in Germany, and here....but the dogs are winning / scoring high....too many just breed to sell - as he says first thing!!! But people buy those pups with the lines that have crippling genetics!!!! In one year a few years ago - 3 of the WUSV team had crippling back injuries and 2 were retired, the 3rd had surgery and competed...... all 3 have had tons of litters.

So.....sorry - but this is known and well known breeders use these lines anyway because they sell!!!


Lee

 

I envy your obvious practical knowledge, Lee. That's what I found so alarming about the video, as well as his own dog being put down at 7yrs. But, I really like his candor. At one point he talks about a litter he produced where all the pups had issues, and he refunded all the pups' owners their money, and allowed them to keep their dogs. Really makes navigating a future pup buy that much harder.