"Why do people start with medicore fronts?"

People start with mediocre fronts because good fronts are hard to find. When we do breed one, we're not about to sell her to someone else.

I am responding with some hesitation because there must me numerous dogs out there who have and are consistently producing correct front assemblies. But, one I do know, and bred to when he first came to the States, is James ... Beechcroft Study's Top Secret. I have been in the same situation, as many of us have been ... trying to improve upright fronts/short upper arms in an otherwise nice bitch. James did a wonderful job for me, as did Ghoststone Louie Downtown in the previous generation of this bitch line. Unfortunately, neither is currently available, but the bloodlines are out there.