Above is a picture of my four Saints, Bricca, (upper left) Lucy, (lower left)  Mikey, (upper right) and Toby (center).  The puppy in the lower right hand corner is Ivy.  She is a rescue puppy that we are fostering at our house.  As you can see, all of the dogs look very different.  This is because, like it was discussed on the Modern Saint page, some of them are rescue dogs and some are from well-known reputable breeders.  Bricca and Lucy are from Pineridge Kennels in Ohio.  This kennel is a very good one with finely bred dogs.  Mikey is from Jewel' Saints.  He is also a good specimen of the breed.  Ivy is from a backyard breeder.  This is a breeder who just has two dogs, who chances are have no titles and no reliable pedigrees.  Her parents were once again obviously backyard bred and look nothing like they are supposed to.  The breeder just breeds the dogs to have puppies and make money.  In the process they create many unwanted dogs and many dogs that ruin the breed.  Ivy looks cute but still doesn't anything like she should.  There is a noticeable difference between her and a finely bred pup.  When she grows up she won't either.  Toby, is our rescue dog.  We are guessing that he is around three or four years old.  He obviously is backyard bred.  He is a sweetie though and we love him a lot.  Though just by comparing the pictures of Toby and Ivy to Bricca, Lucy, and Mikey, you can see the difference.  The ticking on Toby's legs and face will most likely appear on Ivy when she gets older.  This is a sign of a bad breeding.  There are also many, many other ways to distinguish a poorly bred dog  from a well-bred dog.     

     As far as the breed rescue goes for Saints, it is very active.  As a matter of fact, my mom is the breed rescue coordinator for Western Pennsylvania.  In rescue, we take dogs who are unwanted or just found somewhere.  Most of them are bad specimens and a lot have obviously been abused, neglected, and haven't had proper care.  Many come into rescue filthy, matted, flea bitten, and full of worms.  Often, they are just found wandering by a highway or tied to a tree out in the country somewhere.  Some are just taken to shelters and then the breed rescue is called.  Saints are commonly unwanted due to irresponsible families who just didn't know how big the Saint would get and didn't understand the amount of care it would need.  After they come into rescue, they are put into a foster home where they are fixed up and have their vet care taken care of.  There picture and a biography are usually put on the internet for people to see who are interested in adopting a rescue Saint.   Then interested families contact the coordinators.  Then, they must pass quite a lengthy adoption process which includes an application and a home check.  Then they can adopt a dog for a fee that includes the dog's vet care and any other care that was given to the dog.  Every dog that comes into rescue is spayed or neutered as to prevent more unwanted bad specimens from being born and ending up in rescue.  For more information, look at the national rescue foundation site.  The address is www.saintrescue.org.  Also if you are interested, you should visit the SBCA website.  The address is www.clubs.org/saints.