Quote Originally Posted by bolero View Post
its not about being checked hard it is about being looked at period. if someone continually breeds dog that have never shown there skills then you will eventually not have working dogs ne more.
Very true. Skills are what need to be evaluated mostly (all without ever making a bad move), because if a person is not evaluating their dog's skills ... it will show up in their win record (or lack of win record) ... even if they're "testing hard."

Just because people buy cheap dogs from people, and those cheap pups happen to turn out, doesn't mean cheap pups are "more likely" to turn out.
It pretty much means they got lucky ... or they knew the guy.
And just because people pay high $$ for pups, that don't turn out, doesn't mean "all" high $ pups don't turn out.
It either means they got unlucky or it means they can't tell the difference from a quality pedigree and a 'pretty' (but empty) pedigree.

The bottom line is, MOST people who are smart enough to have/breed good dogs, that are significantly more likely to turn out, are also smart enough to know that their dogs are therefore worth more than what's being put out there by the average guy.

Jack