Should I Be Worried?

[FD26]

I'm glad you got it sorted, but didn't you say the 1st pic she sent was a pup of a different colour?

Yes. She was black/brindle & doesn't have any white on her. Hard to see any differences with them all together inside though lol.

[FD26]

I'm not under the impression that all breeders keep a pup from every litter they have? Am I mistaken to think you could become over run with dogs if this were the case? I know she already has three..

Ethical breeders of a grossly overbred & exploited breed such as Staffords will rarely breed a litter without the intention of keeping a puppy or without, at the very least, someone else in the show/performance world wanting the pick - which is quite different criteria to the pick a pet buyer such as yourself would choose.

Sometimes mother nature has a good laugh and none of the pups are suitable for whatever arena the litter was bred for, but the intention is there, and not many I know will make this decision when the pups are so young, even when the sexes don't line up with what the breeder was actually looking for.

Hi Sandra,

I get what you're saying. The thing is I don't know what she did with the pups before I came along - when I say I got the pick I didn't actually see the whole litter when making a decision. She sent through the pictures of 4 pups she thought may be suitable and we discussed it. I'm quite happy with this breeder and I'm also fairly sure she is a responsible one.

Edited February 2, 2010 by FD26