No not at all there is good and bad in all lines . But it's pot luck buying pups/ dogs from a line of dogs that has never worked for decades and how do you know they are going to hold up with all the wear and tear from a working life.i get what your saying. But a dog that's worked will pick injuries up regardless, some dogs end up lucky some don't. That's my opinion on it. I don't know of one dog that's not had a good few injuries , feet, cuts, tears, ligaments etc. just part in parcel of working a dog I think. I don't own a Hancock btw, but know one fella who's had over ten, and few others th