About ten years ago I ran across some people who were importing German Shepherds from the former Soviet Bloc countries. They said they were generally superior genetically to the Western breeds because of the irresponsible breeding practices in the West, and they were indeed fine animals. They were selling trained attack/guard dogs for 5 grand USD at the time. I’ll bet it’s double that now.
Those aren’t unusual prices. Often now we’re paying up to $2000 for a young PUPPY from these types; as trained adults, definitely $10k +.
Actually, there is always concern about any communist lines, because their pedigrees were often FRAUDULENT. Most of what the Schutzhund people concern themselves with from commie places were the “DDR dogs” (East Germany) and Czech dogs. Many are fans, but there is the precaution that we can’t really rely on the old pedigrees.