Hi,
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May I suggest a new test to be added to improve the character of the
on-going wolf-like dog breeds and that is --> a working title of some
kind. When VonSeph. was developing the GSD he picked not only for looks
(conformation) but for working ability.
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Actually the whole CzW breed were developed in regards to its usefulness. As
you know the breeding plan of CzW was under control of Czechoslovakian army
and they made very strict selection during this breeding. The exterior of
the wolf was very important for the army because together with the exterior
the CzW inherited endurance of the wolves and also their ability to adapt to
hard weather conditions. However the main goal for continuing the breeding
was to make the wolfdogs trainable. First crosses were very hard to train
but with special selection the army was able to choose those individuals
which are promissing for work on the border. The true is the army had no
scruples during the selection and there were no such cases as it could
happen when the normal people breed the dogs and say for example "this dog
is aggressive but so beautifull .... maybe we should breed him?". There were
no such dilemmas in army... All wolfdogs which appeared useless in regards
to work were excluded from the breeding. As far as I know every dog which
were used in breeding needed a working title. This conditions changed
recently when the civilians began to breed the CzW and the army was not
longer interested in continuing the breeding. However you should always have
in mind that for a few dozens of years this breed was developed by army in
regards to its working abilities.
Greetings,
Przemek