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Originally Posted by fbkeays

I will be breeding my girl this summer. I limited my stud search by demanding that the dog have an advanced tracking title. I wanted a dog with either CT or FH. Had to have a dark eye and mouth and be conformationally correct. Advanced obedience or herding titles were on list too. Naturally health was way at the top. Just about all of my criteria were at the same level.
I really have no interest in owning a "creampuff" dog. I want a dog that is biddable and has a work ethic. I have had dogs that were not easy to train. My last two were so much easier to train. Part of that was that I was more experienced, but most of it was the dog came from a pedigree of backend titled dogs. For me a working background is critical.

I also have zero use for a couch lump, floor ornament. I want High trainability. HIGH intelligence. I don't want to have to beat my head against the wall training basic fluencies. I don't want my puppy buyers to either