I may be wrong but i will give my input on it. I think a truly GOOD breeder undestands the as you would say the game aspect of it. How will any breeders TURELY know what good traits his dogs have and witch one has it if he has not tested them to see for his self. Sure he can take dog a and breed to dog b and have a cute piece of paper. Now that's fine if that your thing but why guess what you have when you can KNOW. say they get luck and produce a champ. Ok that's one what happens when your champ dies or is unable to reproduce now what. So you have put blood sweat into breeding and finally produce IF your lucky then what. How could you go collect a bunch of guns or cars and not know witch one is the fastest or witch gun shoots better. Not only that are you gonna just collect them? A good breeder again jmo understands the sporting aspect of the business so for any breeder to not like that you are doing exactly what he breeds for is strange and i am young. But i think you need to think business when it comes down to business and care and intelligence when it comes down to breeding. Hope it makes since but what i am trying to get at is a competitor and breeder combined the only conflict you should face combining the two mind frames is not wanting to let the wrong one get one of your pups and that dog later is the one that standing across the line from you. JMO