re: Advice on buying a golden retriever.

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Health Clearances... just make sure you can see lineage far enough back that line breeding or in breeding is not present. AKC nor UKC no care if line or in bred..

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I do agree with you on health clearances, but I have to take the opposite stance on line breeding. Top end breeders usually make an effort to line breed the best stock back to each other in subsequent generations. Furthermore, it's actually sought out by buyers in the know more than it is avoided.