I agree that a pedigree is important even to the pet buyer for health reasons. You do have to make sure that the breeder actually understands the pedigree and can tell you about the ancestry of the pet. In this county anyone can obtain a pedigree for a fee from the registry. Any experienced and reputable breeder should be able to tell you about the lines that those dogs came from.
Knowing and understanding the health guarantee would be another important factor. Of course, feeling comfortable with the over all knowledge of the breeder and their desire to breed healthy pups is a given.
A breeder with no pedigree has no idea what kind of genetic difficulties that they may have produced. |