Basically, it was the "perfect storm" - I'm the cobreeder of the litter so I felt brave enough to ask for a puppy. Breeder needed to keep a bitch out of this litter but realistically needed the bitch to live elsewhere. NRA desperately wanted another show dog but couldn't own another dog outright. I couldn't own another dog outright. Pick bitch was offered to us on a very nice co-ownership agreement. It was an offer we couldn't refuse.