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Thanks all. Yes the hips were done. This is the dam's first litter. She is 2 correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it the optimal age for dam to be bread?

I know very well what I am looking in my GSD that’s why I spend last 6 months looking for the combination that I had in mind. I am aware of the risk's that I am taking by betting on that litter, but then every time you buy a pup you running into similar risk no matter how good you will do your homework. Like some of you said in the past, puppy are a crap shoot sometimes you get lucky the other time you don't.

I asked about the pedigree only in case anyone would see a dogs in it that in the past produce something that I might not be happy with. Like I said the pedigree check was just a precaution for me.

Once again I appreciate your input, especially yours hoodie, sometimes when making a decision like that is good by starting with a cold shower. :) Thanks.

snaiper.....better a "cold shower" now, than having heartburn later because one made a mistake.

I have read some of your posts and you seem young and/or inexperienced. That is not a slam and if you are not, then I am sorry. But, if you do it right now, you will be better off in the long haul. As I said, you have been around here long enough to almost daily see someone complaining that they got screwed. If you truly are young and inexperienced, then ask and ask and ask questions. But ask with knowledge about what your ultimate goal is in getting this dog.

And no, breeding females young is NOT considered optimal. For one thing, breeding young may create pups, for example, from a dog that begins to show it has EPI at 3 and one then can predict that some of the pups may end up with pancreatic issues as well if the sire carries the wrong genes. And we have not even started talking about temperament which, for many people, is sorely misunderstood. If you have someone in your area who can guide you, it might be a reasonable way to learn before you leap.

I look for many things in a dog, and probably, if the truth be known, I look LAST of all at the bloodlines. Unless one has a specific breeding goal in mind, who cares? Dogs are part a gene crap shoot, but they are also at least as much an environmental crap shoot. One can control the latter, not always the genetics to be expressed.

Good luck.

my 2 cents would say if you have someone that can help you evaluate the parents see if they will go with you.  it is always helpfull to have a "fresh" set of eyes.   someone  who has no "horse in the race" so to speak.

john

Snaiper:  You say the hips were done?   what do you mean by that?

How do you get an xray back from OFA with a passing  rule, when she just turned 2 barely 4 weeks ago?

The question being,,,,how did anyone know whether she had good or bad hips....gambling by the breeder and did she have a health stat done?  How do you know all this  ..Have you put your eyes on the papers that state her hips are ofa or Sv certified or is someone just saying they were done...Done by who?

I got lied to three times before I came on this site and read before I joined...Serious business the hip and health testing..