Most breeders of these Beautiful Creatures blindly continue breeding bad traits back into lineage and gene pool whereas Myopia( Eye Droop and Cherry Eye),Hip Dysplasia and Elbow Dysplasia, bad weight to frame ratios, lifespans short as 6 years, narrow heads, slender shoulders, cocked hind feet, and poor markings, really long ears have left alot of the dogs missing what makes them so great, so beautiful and even live in a painful short life.
Note: We take this responsibility in our family to ensure that only the finest quality dogs go into breeding.
Just because a dog gathers points at shows to get it's Champion status does not mean that the dog's hips or elbows are not dysplastic.
And they could have the bad gene somewhere in the up line. And unfortunately once a breeder has invested so much time and money they end up breeding the dog to recover the investment which only continues to spread the bad genetics.
I encourage everybody to shop around. We shopped for years and drove thousands of miles,made hours of phone conversations and researched pedigrees,dna,health reports and O.F.A numbers (some breeders forge numbers from other dogs so look and call to be sure).
We intend to eventually not only have dogs in formal dog shows but to get them in pulling contests, Boar hunting Catch Dogs, and even military and police K-9 work.
These Massive canines are in the "Working Group" class of dogs and should be used in purposeful work other than just the novelty exotic and extremely large yet lovable couch potatoe.
