"So, if someone has sold what they feel is their quality animals and have only "left overs"...... Someone could still feel that some or all of those left overs are quality animals."

This statement puts it in a way that the breeder considers quality to be based solely upon looks, and the buyer may go by some of the better indicators that you stated. Which, I agree with most except for the size of the baby indicating the size of the adults. I have had my smallest females drop some of the largest babies. What this usually meant was that the female was a quality animal that produced good quality(and by that I mean healthy/lively babies) just in smaller numbers. Then, by contrast you can get much smaller babies in much larger numbers. In this case the size vs. numbers would indicate a large female. So, size can be misleading. I think looks are something to consider when buying a baby, don't misunderstand what I'm trying to point out here. My only point is that, if quality becomes synonymous with awesome looks only, where does that leave the 30" baby that feeds it's first time at 4 days old and takes FT right off the bat, but has the ugliest pattern/color you've ever seen? I really need to put up some sibling motley pics. At one end you have a killer motley and at the other a motley that looks almost normal. Same parents, same care....an outcome that was beyond my control, or the control of any breeder. Take care

Paul

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