I agree about getting anything direct and why would you I expect there pups would be in big demand and kept amongst them .as for yapping I have seen it many times normally out of frustration or over matched .but that said I have seen dogs that open up still kill some amount of gear .years ago it was a serious fault but I don't think its thought of as bad theses days but a good dog is a good dog and I haven't seen a dog some couldn't pick fault with .