| Agree edward. there are many contributing factors. But in my experience there are breakers that care and are informative and breakers that don't appear to. Example: Some breakers will call if a dog gets injured, or is sore, and tell you what is happening. Others don't even call. I recently had an experience with a dog that went to a breaker. It was 2 month behind three others I had from the same litter. All of which chased, all reared the same, all chasing a drag before going to the breakers all bullring experienced. Not only has the breaker still not called me for an update which I was told he would, I got a third hand update which was basically "dog no good, won't chase". I thought gee that's odd. So I managed to find a chap to take the dog. 3kgs under weight, 4 significant injuries that he feels would prevent any dog from chasing and still no phone call from the breaker. On the other hand a breaker I love sending dogs to rings me if a dog is sore and says, Andrew this bitch is sore. I had her checked and don;t think we should run her. If OK I would like to continue box work only for two weeks and keep her education up. etc etc. So Edward, yes what you do before matters. But IMO there are breakers I trust and recommend and breakers I don't bad mouth but just won't use again. Whatever I thought is based on the experience they control and choose to provide. In this case we are talking about a pup that cost $5,000 and has had $3,500 spent on rearing. It's bloody expensive if you aren't working with professionals that don't consider the investment we make and the impact they have nor their role in the process and how it affects the decisions we make and the animals themselves which deserve better. And no I don't expect every dog to be city class or a group dog. I will report to you in four months and let you know how this pup goes. Were they right or wrong.
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