I would not say I am mad about kids who breed.. cause age makes no difference to me...

however, I will say, there is a particular breeder of St. Bernards in Indiana, whom I purchased a lovely St. from as a pup.... the breeder swore to me her dogs were pen hip certified, etc... yes, I saw the paperwork even. So I figured I was getting a St. that would be free of hip dysplasia...... yeah right not the case. By the time Goliath was 4 months old, I noticed an issue with his hips, but figured I was being paranoid..by the time he was 6 months, he had full blown hip dysplasia which meant he needed hip replacements and was already in terrible pain, and even more surgery if there were complications, ending result could have been a dog with fused hips, etc... the initial surgery was $5000.00 for both hips.... an amount I could not afford, muchless should not have had to think about spending to save this dog.... after contacting the breeder, even though she gauranteed his hips... her grand idea was exactly this word for word..."put him to sleep and I will replace him from my newest coming litter from the same parents". She did not care that he was part of our family, and we loved him, he was just a commodity to be replaced to her. Sadly, after reading her guest book on her site, before it was taken down, I contacted those who signed her guest book online that got pups from the same litter as mine came from... out of 13 pups, all but 4 had hip dyplasia by the age of 6 months to different severities. I also found out, her dogs were pen hip certified, however, it was done too young so it was inaccurate on her dogs, as pen hip certs are done around or after 18 months of age, and even older depending on some breeders. And it is reccommended to do so on a dog one intends to breed well before to make the person aware of hip issues before hand. It has been over 4 years now, Goliath was euthanized after he rejected his hip implants, and his hips had to be fused. I did not feel that anyway for any animal to live, esp. at under 1 year old... his life would have been long, painful and sad otherwise. Cost of dog= #500.00 + hip replacements=$5000.00 + hip fusing surgery=another $1500.00... plus another $2000.00 in meds and aftercare stuff + a final $75 to euthanize him = $9075.00 st. who now lives across rainbow bridge.... no I do not regret putting all that cash into Goliath, the love and companionship he gave me in the time he was with me was well worth that and then some.... but I do regret the breeder cared so little to breed two parent dogs to create pups doomed for hip dysplasia and a potential lifetime of suffering.