if i was to get a pup then atleast prover working parents and if i was to get a dog already working then aslong as its doing its job 100% is good enuf for me and as for recognised bloodlines, IMHO its a load of shit a name is a name and 99% of the time the original dog or dogs that started the bloodline name have been bred out over genarations of litters, as you say to many keyboard hunters ( bigging up ) names/breeds/types, IMO,