Can you tell me about the Czech Republic’s dog sport called ZVV? I see this title on dogs imported from the Czech Republic.

The ZVV is fading out. The ZVV, (SVV) is Czech and Slovakian National trials. It is not an FCI recognized title. The young people involved in dog sports who aim to WUSV competitions therefore must do IPO/SchH. To them there is no point to train for ZVV, it gets them nowhere and they can't compete internationally with the title.

I think it is still done more in the Czech Republic than in Slovakia. I know all z Pohranicni straze dogs are ZVV. They have approximatly 80 breeding females and still exclusively breed for military/police. They have approximately 90 litters per year and probably 95% of these litters goes to some kind of military/police use. They have at least 3 (Prag, Melnik, Dolmice)breeding stations in Czech. When Slovakia and Czech were one country they also had several breeding stations in Slovakia. After the split, the breeding stations in Slovakia became Policia kennels.

If you have an interest in the Czech bloodlines, the person to talk to in the States is Hanna-Leena Joseph (hljoseph@us.hsanet.net ). She has studied these bloodlines for a long time and knows more about them than anyone I know.