Were his hips Pennhip? Or did she just have xrays locally evaluated?
I'd really like to also see elbows, eyes and heart checks as a bare minimum for the EM. And if I really wanted to get picky I could double that list.
What does her puppy contract look like? Any health guarantee? I didn't see anything about it on the site. Is she aware of (and do you feel you can trust her answer) any health problems within 3-4 generations on the parents' pedigree (since we're lacking health testing)?
Hm, yes and no, on finding a breeder. I've a TM, which narrows the list of breeders alot just because of that breed preference. I guess I kinda got lucky. I ended up finding, within a days drive of me, a breeder who's been working with the breed for almost as long as I've been alive, who's a judge for the breed (not only in the USA, but internationally), who's EXTREMELY well known in the community (both in the USA and Internationally), who's absolutely OCD about the health and well-being of her dogs, who basically insisted that I meet her and her dogs face to face (we slept in her house when we picked up our puppy).....
(and off topic, a total laugh, you must have the profanity filter turned on, it filtered the word "a.s.s.u.m.e" in your quote! lol!!)