Same here - my whole system is on a '1 strike and out' basis if I have to handle a sheep for any reason other than worms/vaccs etc, it goes when its better. I dont trim feet, wont tolerate mismothering/assisted lambings (in that: I will pull the lamb/mother it up, but will cull its mother as soon as it is weaned and I wont keep her offspring). I had 2 ewes with scald this summer, which aint bad going given the weather - they got sprayed, got better and went off as culls.
Re: the brittle hooves, I would select for function over form anyday - if the feet look poor to us, because our opinion is subjective, and yet work fine for the sheep concerned, why do anything about it?