I have no problem buying from a smaller breeder. In fact, the one and only time I bought from a big name breeder, I got screwed over. It drives me crazy when I see people paying twice what an animal is worth from a big breeder just because of the name attached to it. It is no different than people who pay big bucks for a sweater just because it has some guy's name on it when you can get the same quality sweater at Wal-Mart for a fraction of the price.