I've met Hancock a few times, he's a nice guy will talk a glass eye to sleep about his dogs and never once tried pushing a sale, if your interested in one of his dogs and ask about the linage he will start again with a 2 hour talk, including picture's - He said he never takes dogs back thou but will give as much advice as needed, so as he said "spend as long as you want picking the right dog as it will be with you for possibly the next 12 years" first visit I was there 4 hours going from kennel to kennel, book to book, picture after picture and back to his office for a talk and his advice was