I bought a White German Shepard puppy from Chapparel Farms in Hillsboro Ohio, $5,000.00 later in vet bills to find out he has EPI, have had to get meds for him every month since he was 1 yr old, without his meds he starves to death, was told that EPI is heredity and it is not aloud to breed dogs with EPI. Must be why he had to be fixed at 10 mos because they knew he would develop it. Stay away unless you want a huge vet bill.