My husband, son, and I went to a regularly-repeating local show recently. One of the dealers had a BP who appeared to be in the middle of a bad shed - big patch of old skin still left on the midbody. I looked at her in her show enclosure, and a little later brought my husband over to see (pretending to admire her color). The guy at the table said nothing.

To me that seemed like a red flag. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around bringing an animal that doesn't appear to be in good condition *and* not saying anything about it. I suppose it could have been the owner/seller's friend who didn't really know much watching the table, but even then you say "Bob will be back in a few minutes if you have any questions" if somebody comes back to look at something a second time and points it out to their friend.

Was I being Mrs. Cranky-Pants, or would you avoid that dealer?