My thoughts on it are this.
If Rudi sources a dog (out of kindness and wanting to see the breeds doing well here, as he never charged me a penny in profit and only for his expenses in doing so) it will be one that he can vouch for based on his not inconsiderable experience and from a breeder who has a similar mindset to his, in other words not cash driven.
What happens once these dogs enter the UK is outwith his control and was based on trust in what the potential buyer told him at the time.
The breeding of these dogs by some has become money driven because they are rare and in demand, often for all the wrong reasons. I mean how often are they bred and the owner keeps a pup????? So why breed?????
The breeding programmes within the German Societies are unbelievably restrictive (that is a good thing) to ensure the future generations of that breed in their health and ability.
Please someone point out to me where a breeder in the UK has taken the time to source and determine the right dogs to mate to ensure this with UK dogs?
In other words, because of what many have done with other popular working breeds some of our scenthounds have health issues and are bred whether good at their job or not. Because there is a very small pool to choose good parents from is this problem going to get better? Nope, it is not. Think about it, we go on about dodgy guides on here, chancers and back stabbers. What if one of them has such a dog and knows a pup is worth a grand? That's 10,000 pounds per annum for one litter of pups!!!!! Of course they will bloody breed from them!
My dog was sourced in Hungary, a country known for its big game hunting and need for these dogs. She came from parents who are worked and owned by a vet. Rudi in fact tried to buy the sire some years ago as he rated him so highly. Not for sale though. I trusted Rudi to look through what was available and he came up with Whisky. Vouched for after 25 years experience and from a personal friend of his (the vet). Her paperwork is genuine FCI and many of the older generations on it have been tested for ability, shown on the pedigree.
She is not from a VH line. She may however, after scrutiny be acceptable to join one of the German societies and sit tests with them but she will never become a bitch to be bred from within that society. They don't need to breed from her as they only do that to replace lost or for dogs for new members.
So bottom line is, I have what I think is a fantastic dog in the making, sourced through a very knowledgable and trustworthy friend, from a reliable source from a country who's hunters and trackers know what makes a good dog. Plus the paperwork to prove her parentage.
I think that is a big step up from many dogs that are available in the UK...
Please do not think I am saying a UK bred dog cannot work and has health problems, I am not. But what has been done in their breeding in this country to ensure that?
