Please look into health history, OFA etc. I got a AKC black lab several years ago. At 8 months she was a hunting machine. By 18 months, the best hunting dog I have ever had. At 2.5 years old her hip went out due to Dysplasia. First vet suggested putting her down. That wasn’t an option. Found one of the 2 best orthopedic vets in the state and had the surgery. She was able to hunt some for a few years. But will do everything I can to not put my dog or family through that again. Our last 4 came from Professional {they don’t have a day job} breeders. They have 6 to 8 generations of OFA certified breeding. Our last breeder just retired. They spent pretty much all day socializing the puppies. At 8 weeks our last dog was basically house trained when we got him. Unless we screwed up. $1400 sounds like a lot. But that surgery was $3k, 25 years ago. That was a distant second to the heart ache.