The East German Breed Survey

An Example:

A Dog is surveyed and scored as follows: 655645. This roughtly equates to:

 1st Digit--Body Type Powerful

 2nd Digit--Constitution Ideal

 3rd Digit--Structure Excellent

 4th Digit--Temperament & Hardness Relaxed, Friendly, Hard when
                 provoked

 5th Digit--Sharpness Sufficient

 6th Digit--Courage Very Good

In the DDR system, the dog's numeric evaluation is listed alongside his or her name on the pedigree--so down the line it is much easier to get a good picture of each dog's temperament, and the heritability of different temperament components.

While this may not be as descriptive as a full critique, it certainly gives you a good picture of the dog's physical and mental qualities, and this is always useful, particularly when the dog is a few generations removed.

The information on this page is supplied by Jona Decker. She has a site called the Malinut Page - check it out. It has a lot of good information. Jona Deckers Homepage on Malinois - an excellent site.