in my opinion, i think you should not buy a dog from a breeder. millions of dogs are sitting in shelters waiting to find homes. alot of pure-bred dogs have diseases and malformations because of in-breeding and other problems. some shelter dogs are actually healthier than the breeders because most of them are mixed breeds. they do have pure-breds too! and petfinder.com is a wonderful source, i got my dog from them and i absolutely love him! help the shelter dogs!!