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I am still actively breeding and showing -- our family is on its third generation (human-wise) of exhibiting and breeding as well, so showing at the shows is certainly not that bad an avocation as painted here in many posts.

Since I have some hard taught lessons of observance -- if you have a pedigree I would love to see it and see if I can find the common sources of his (this decade's) epilepsy on his. It needn't even have any "known dogs" on the pedigree in the first five generations. I am doing a study on dominant carriers of this genetic defect.

I don't think we have any paperwork on him. It came from a farm family here in Western Michigan. I think the son was raising them as a hobby. Supposedly the father came from Florida. The dog only cost $150.

Other than the epilepsy, he was a great dog -taking into account he had one of the main caretakers in the family wrapped around his paw. He got anything he wanted. A spoiled Schip has gotta have some issues and he did in that way (he wasn't under control). He was absolutely fine when we had him with the familiar family, but he was a bit too hyper and uncontrollable when visitors came over.

If you could FRmail me your info, I just might look you up in the future. It may be a year or so, but I've had my eye on one for a while.

Jean