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Originally Posted by elly   ...Humprey is a great dog, as well as working as in the house situation, so is Blade, Hajo I never saw in trials, for myself when I choose a dog or kennel, I want to see the dogs on the working field, not only titeld. |
Great points Elly and exactly why we relied on Marjan and others there in person who have seen these dogs work before considering a puppy from them.
It is Emily who is in love with purely the working lines and consequently, we have some of those. But Jennifer wanted something that she could show as well, which is what brought us to looking at some of the show lines. Though SchH and temperament were always our priority.
In fact, when we ask for a pup, we let them know we're not breeders, our priority is the sport, so consequently, we prefer males. At the same time, we tell them that sex and color is secondary to temperament and structure, with temperament being our #1 criteria every time. That is why we chose a Humphrey litter (our Zeke) over a Hajo Gino litter for Jennifer. And why we are now waiting on a Blade puppy as well.