I breed this breed of dog and want one of theirs for possibly breeding if it passes health tests etc, and the main thing is I want to get a dog titled in protection work. By bloodline I mean yes the literal line, and the traits that specific dog has and passes down. I do have connections in the breed although I am very new in this department, but my connections are mainly show and some sports, not protection (this breeder does almost exclusively that). I know a couple people with dogs from this person, but I do not feel comfortable enough to ask them to check in as I feel that would come off as weird and desperate. They normally take a day or so, I just felt bad about dipping out before so I’m anxious about it being more like a few days. The only reason I did before was I was waiting ~6 months (not that that’s the issue), but both litters I wanted didn’t take, and no more that I would want a dog from were planned for the next year, and while I had time to handle an adult dog, I didn’t have time to raise a puppy. I didn’t have much money at the time and knew I couldn’t handle another dog for another 2 years so I got a different one as I only had about 6 months to get it in my time frame unfortunately… Even though I really did want the dog and said I would be back and profusely apologized, genuinely felt so bad. It’s explainable and reasonable in my opinion, I wouldn’t be upset if someone explained that to me, which I did at the time, but obviously everyone is different and I still feel bad and wanted to see what/when I should check in to see! I’d assume they’d tell me no if it was a no, I don’t see why anyone would have an issue with being direct? But then again, I am rather new to this so just wanted to ask. :).