I was told to never buy from someone that had the puppy on the ground because if they were good dogs they would be sold before they were born.
I am going to apologize to JC2 and deviate from his question a bit to address this thought of yours.
THATS is not always the case and for VERY GOOD reasons, not all breeders produce puppies to sell, I know breeders who produce dogs for themselves and their kennels FIRST and then sell the rest which means that not only do they have litters on the grnd but also have older dogs since the older the pup the more its shows you and you are able to see in him/her his/her qualities--- one CANNOT judge folks for that and or throw blanket statements without knowing details or knowing the motivation of the particular breeder.
I may have one litter a year BUT ---ALL the puppies are MINE and NOT for sale until I select MY puppies FIRST then I cull or sell the rest, I may have a few interested folks but I am not looking for “costumers” AND there is NO price on the selection---selection/pick of the litter is MINE.
A “ breeders list” is not my motivation to have a litter or two or two hundred. This train of thinking is what keeps a lot of GOOD people from breeding their GOOD DOGS--- which in my personal opinion is as bad OR WORSE for the/any breed as those folks who are breeding their culls.
You have a GOOD ANIMAL??? Breed it and see if he/she is as good in the box as she/he is in the woods.
