The rescue (as I call him) is an interesting story. There was a service dog organization that was putting some dogs up for adoption. Turns out they were scamming people, collecting 10s of 1000s of dollars for service dogs then not delivering. When they were about to get shutdown they got rid of all the dogs and skipped town. Mine was 2 yrs old and in terrible shape. Fur falling out, Underweight, zero social or house training skills, very aggressive. He’s come a long way in two years, but is obviously a dog that had a rough beginning.
The other dog did come from a breeder. He is fantastic as far as temperament, quite handsome (they all are), and just a great dog. I hesitate to recommend the breeder because I get the feeling he is going to have hip issues at an early age. The breeders were super nice but probably not the most caring on the lineage of the dogs.