Did you happen to ask the breeder her future plans with this dog? If not, you have no reason to criticize. A very close friend had a bitch she was showing, the bitch was pointed. It came time to do the health tests and she didn't pass her OFA hips. After much heartache on the part of my friend, she decided to go ahead and finish this bitch and then spay her. She was never bred, but she finished with the owner knowing full well that she hadn't passed her hip exams. She never hid it from anyone, and when people would approach her at shows to comment and ask about puppies she told them exactly why she wasn't breeding this bitch.
You can't judge a book by its cover, and I'm not saying this lady was in the right, but if you don't have the full story, you shouldn't comment.
I know lots of people are down on conformation breeders. When you breed for ONE thing, then yeah other things fall by the wayside. I have seen plenty of people breeding working dogs with no health testing because "They work good, there must be nothin' wrong." Crock of crap there too. If you don't test you don't know. Period. The working breeder who neglects testing is just as bad as the conformation breeder who neglects function.
You can't judge a book by its cover, and I'm not saying this lady was in the right, but if you don't have the full story, you shouldn't comment.
I know lots of people are down on conformation breeders. When you breed for ONE thing, then yeah other things fall by the wayside. I have seen plenty of people breeding working dogs with no health testing because "They work good, there must be nothin' wrong." Crock of crap there too. If you don't test you don't know. Period. The working breeder who neglects testing is just as bad as the conformation breeder who neglects function.