If it had beardie in it, I can well understand not getting another. Taffy, beardie/border x grey, was the sire to one of my old dogs, caught me loads of deer and hare, probably my best catch dog. But the c**t did my head in, and almost every dog I've seen with beardie in from there has been the same, from his original beardies and the ones he's got now. The border crosses have been far more responsive and amenable, and are just as tough and as good at working as the dogs with beardie in.
I'd never have another dog with beardie in. Life's too short