Very informative list and very useful, especially if you don’t have confidence in your breeder. I have another way of choosing a pet; I find a breeder and get to know her. I learn why she is breeding and what she hopes to accomplish with her breeding program, and when I have confidence in her and her program, I would go for a home visit, but not until then. I then let the puppy choose me.
I'm really not looking for the perfect specimen as a pet, but I do want a healthy dog and my second objective is to support a breeder who I believe is doing right by the breed. It might be good to discuss some of these things with the breeder. Joey’s breeder talked about some of this stuff, but I’ve got to say, it didn’t matter at the time, I was love sick. I would hope every would-be breeder would at least do this. By the way, about the teeth, I thought that didn’t really matter unless you were breeding?