Did you get a sire? What do you want to do with it. My 2C . Most of the brilliant champion dogs have great size but useless in the hills. They are breeding all the good characteristics out of them for size and appearance. Only run EP's and the youngest dog the smallest in his litter is dynamite on deer. Comes from a hunting sire. The other dog came from the SI but the bitch has been fixed unfortunately.Under a tent fly in a gorge in the weekend trout fishing. The older dog slept on my son's bag and the smaller dog on mine.