Sorry if you got offended , but Lucero did lie in order to import Italian Mastino. That is a fact. On to the rest, why would a breeder ever be honored to have thier dog go into a crossbreeding program? Say what you will but it isn't like making a cake. You don't add a little of this ands a little of that and wha-la! A superior dog. I see a ton of these Bandoggers and 90% of what I have seen I wouldn't give anyone two dollars for. As for the breeding of bad temperments, most top notch breeders breed for temperment first and foremost. For the Neo specifically the temperments have greatly imporved over the last fifteen years. I also find it ironic that you would get all bent up over me talking about what Lucero did and then you make a blanket statement " I understand the general blanket statements that the USNMC has stated, but this is to direct the many ignorant breeders, which is the majority of there membership." I suppose breeders like Garry Travers, Lisa Cinciripini, Joe Aldret, Leonardo Angeles, and Janet Hospodar are "ignorant breeders?" Funny, each one of them has a resume untouchable by anyone in the world of Bandogs. Kind of funny how that works? Take a look at this http://www.talismandogs.com/ Some of the most awful scatterbred crap I have ever seen. Granted they don't have Neo's they are mixing, not yet. God help us if this is where the future of the dog fancy is heading. Holy crap. FYI: Outcross depression happens at a 6x faster rate than inbred depression. Mutts have just as many if not per capita more problems than any one pure breed. The differance is, you don't know what to look for.