I  just love your Makenze! I miss my girl. I am against backyard breeders myself. I work as a Vet tech and see it all the time, and hate it. I got my girl from a man that bred AKC Rotts and sold her to the pet store I worked at in NC. She had so many joint and leg problems from as early as 8 weeks old. The store owner could not sell her the way she was and so we called him to tell him he should not bred these Rotts again.His repsonse was "She is YOUR problem now, you bought her" . The other thing that got me was how many people would ask me if I was going to bred her because of her size. Apparently no one cares what her messed up legs looked like?

But she did have a heart of gold!! I wish you all the luck with your "movie star"