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I have to totaly agree with the socializing part at least,as ive seen and judged quite a few of these over here in Ireland.But the thing is,that a pup is usualy with its new owner at the age of 10 weeks or so.And there should be time to sort that out before it becomes a problem.If the pup is so bad when it arrives at its new home,then it should be returned.The problem seems to be that most of his pups are bought over the phone and not vewed on the farm with mum or dad.And one of the problems you then have,is not knowing what or who the parents are.Cause if he sells a couple out of so n so,and they turn out good,which is doubtfull,then all of a sudden he has pups out of that dog n bitch ready to go.(Funny that).Now in saying all that.In the last show that i judged,there was a beutiful pair of 3/4 breds in the ring,They had caught my eye even before the show had started.Not so much the dog.But the bitch looked everything that i for one would want in a lurcher.A real looker,the perfect all rounder.When she came in the ring and i had the chance to run my eye's and hands over her ,i still felt the same way.The lad who had her,to my knowledge told me no lies about her ,cause i made it my buisness to find out a bit about her ,before the final,from people in the know.At the end of the day i still feel that i made the right decision when giving her suppreme champion.I might add that i tried to buy her,but she wasnt for sale.This was just one in a few hundred that this man churns out,year after year.The very odd one make's good,and this is what keeps him going.But to be honest,you'd be better off trying to breed the next Dearby winner.The chances of a good one would be much better anyway.I have often wondered,if id been told that the bitch was Hancock bred,and hadnt found out a bit about her,would i still have put her up?
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