My impression was a good breeder will only sell on full registration to either co-own, or place with a proper contract (see if he can use in his own lines later on) or to another breeder or new kennel (basically someone they know will breed correctly so their name continues to be associated with good lines). I would think someone would want to show a good potential stud dog and that he would be finished and continue his champion lines. My understanding was also that any dog placed in a pet home would be sold on a non-breeding contract and on a limited registration.
Not me.
I sell to what I believe is the right home for the pup.
That has always been my first prioritory.
Anything else such as joint ownership or show /breeding rights, is a bonus.
Guess that puts me in the not too good breeder list?
My point was more to the effect that if this dog had "potential" I don't know why the breeder would have placed him in a pet home.
Almost all well bred pups will have some "potential" but unfortunately one cannot really tell till the dog is maturing , just how it will really turn out.
In fact quite often the very best dog is sold as a pet only because as a pup it didnt appear to have any potential . :(
Unless a breeder keeps all the "potential" pups and runs them onto adult hood they cant really tell who is going to cut it at such a young age, if the litter is well bred and consistant at say 8 weeks.
So once again its back to my original reply.
Best home for the pup.
A championship title in front of a dogs name, or the lack there of, doesn't always mean anything. Showing isn't for everyone and just because a dog wasn't shown, doesn't mean they can't help to improve the breed
I agree 100%.
The very best dogs I have seen and used at stud were NOT champions and most of them reside on their families couch.
Here in NZ I wouldnt give many champions a second glance.
They are NOT made up on their true to standard merits, but more to their true to owner status!
It might be a bit different in America but plenty of show people from there, tell me frequently how dogs are made up by such and such who is a top well known handler and was paid a pretty penny to get the dog titled!
So in my opinion, every dog should be evaluated on its own merits by someone who is impartial and qualified to do so.
The only time a pedigree is of any real use is to check on the ancestors state of health, temperament, longelivety and structual conformation.
Of course this isnt on most pedigrees, so actually seeing these dogs is even more imperative!
If a really gorgeous, healthy dog is also a champion and it was shown by a "no body" then well done!
) Skie may be "good sized," but I'd be surprised if he was much over 80 lbs. (if that!) in his showing days. 100 lbs. is way outside of the standard. Definitely contact Jackson's breeder. There is probably a reason he was placed in a non-show home. You say he has 42 Champions in his pedigree, and 26 are on Skie's side, so there are only 16 out of 31 ancestors on his dam's side. Whoever you got the pedigree from did not list producers, though (the AKC wouldn't, as it's an ABC title) - there are 20 SOM/DOM on Skie's side including several Legion of Merit producers. 