if i had to choose a boerboel, i would look for a breeder who doesn´t care about dog shows :!: i hope the bb will not be changed in temperament like we could see it with the dogue de bordeaux. i mean what gets judged in dog shows :?: not really impotant things. do they judge guarding instinct, braveness....no :!: all thing a good working boerbnoel should have. some people think these things make a dog dangerous, but for example the farmers in africa culled a dog that showed aggression towards kids or other family members. here some kennels that obviously test their dogs http://www.terraworld.net/dkhfarms/index2.htm http://www.topguardkennels.co.uk/ http://www.boerboels.com/English/working_boerboel.htm maybe you let us now which breeder was the breeder of your choice