I do not think there will be many people, who will reply to this publicly and honestly. I can only tell you, be smart, keep your eyes open and use your brain.
If somebody is having several litters every year, how they can have enough time to pay enough attention to all the puppies? If somebody has ten or more wolfdogs at home, how can he pay proper attention to all of them and also to the puppies? Not to mention, you can hardly have indoor ten adult wolfdogs ..
Look for breeders, that have at home reasonable number of wolfdogs and their dogs appear on different events (dog shows, trainings, meetings). That means these people pay attention to their dogs, they do something with them and it´s more likely they will raise well also the pups.
Proper socialisation of the puppy, starting at the breeder´s home, is very important. But also important are the parents of the puppy! Don´t buy puppy from parents, who were not x-rayed for hip dysplasia or with bad HDD results. You can´t imagine, how many troubles it is, to have dog with severe hip dysplasia, both for you and the dog.
Don´t buy puppy, who´s parents did not pass the bonitation, the bonitation is made to make sure, non-standard, shy and aggressive dogs won´t breed. Would you like to have shy or aggressive dog? I guess not.
Don´t buy puppy, who´s parents and their relatives are closely related, means where inbreeding appears in the pedigree. Appearance and character of the dog might be tricky, too.
There is many things you should think about, before you buy a wolfdog. Are you sure you want this kind of dog? When you never saw it, never met it? What do you know about them?
I do understand you hardly can just get airplane ticket and go see the dogs and the breeders, before you get the puppy. But certainly you should go and and pick up your puppy yourself, see where it grew up, see the mother and speak with the breeder.
There is nothing like a list of reputable breeders. There is no such a guarantee. But if you study the results of dog shows, pedigrees of the dogs, x-rays, bonitation codes and photos of the parents of each announced litter, you might find some answers..
Note: I am not having any pups at the moment. Just for those who might ever think this was something like an advertisement of my kennel.
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