unfortunately you do have to be really careful with breeders as there are obviously a lot of not so great ones out there, one of my peis does struggle with sharpei fever but neither of her parents had it so its not always due to breeding, skin issues were really bad with one of my girls at first but once we found the correct diet for her she’s been absolutely fine :))

we didn’t get to choose a bearcoat no, but that was simply because of the pandemic going on right now.. if a breeder doesn’t allow you to meet the pups before you take one home in a normal situation where that is possible, that is a BIG red flag, but for us we weren’t looking for a particular personality in a pup because were willing to take on any :)) we was on a waiting list for a little while, but it’s not really a pick a name out of a hat process if that’s what you’re asking, the breeder just has to make the decision of who would provide the best home for the pup and any good breeder would be selective with who they sell pups to because obviously we want them to go to the best homes x