I don't think its the fact that 'all purebreds are crap' it's more the fact that there aren't many 'pure' dogs that have been bred from and worked over the last 30 years or so, they're very few and far between if there are any. You can keep banging on about rambo if you like, he did produce some workers.. Would be good to see the types that you have or have had..
you can get good liver coats as well as some real poor examples,, I'm not even going down that road, been done to death in the past, yogi tango, rusty and most of the others i've seen had good liver coats..
no i think yo