100% correct. I met my boy’s parents and they are awesome dogs! My girl I rehomed from a breeder who didn’t want to show her anymore- her teeth came in slightly crooked. *rollseyes*. Didn’t meet her parents. Wish I could have. She was so soft, skittish and submissive when I got her at age 11 months. No confidence whatsoever. Now, she’s a completely different dog- athletic, food and toy driven, and lots and lots of prey drive. She learned how to be a Belgian! And she definitely has the ‘bitchy’ chick attitude of a herding dog!
I got my male Mal in the exact same way! His two lower front teeth didn’t erupt as high as the breeder thought they should, so she decided not to use him in her breeding, and let me have him for a nominal price.
He was a beautiful dog in every other way, but it did take us about a year to get him over being the bottom dog in her kennel. He turned into a wonderful dog, once he had his forever home, with our love, happy training, and being allowed to live in the house with us!
I took him, because I knew his breeding, and knew he would come around with better treatment. Mals are not good “kennel” dogs! I lost a lot of respect for that particular breeder!