feck me, thats positive.not sure if it's sarcasm now.take a trip to his kennels and you will see some fit,strong and smart looking deerhound and there x's.the only problem is he talks forever.i met a bloke through work who wouldn't entertain deerhound x's.he told me all the usual crap you hear about them.took my big boy over to show him work and guess what,6 months later he had one.so take a trip and have a look.