It is my feeling that the true dominant dog will be somewhat rank at a certain point in his life. When the rankness starts to show up, it is then a matter of how the handler deals with this rankness that will determine how rank and handler aggressive the dog will become. If you have a young dog that is very confident in himself, and this dog is owned by a person new to handling a working dog of this caliber, then you will most likely end up with a dog that is very rank by the time he is two or so. This dog will for the most part, be in charge of the situation that he lives in and will have most lilkely have bitten the owner a few times or at least come close. Now say the owner says, hell I do not want to deal with this anymore, then sells the dog to someone else that can deal with a dog that is displaying rankness, then the new owner for the most part is going to be tested by this dog, most likely a number of times in training, and in dealing with him in his everyday life. This can go on for sometime. Is this type of dog the kind of dog that you want as a PSD? He has great drive for the ball, comes fast, and hits hard. My answer is no, for the most handlers. When you have a dog that is testing the handler like this it can end up in a liabilty for the depatment and the handler. But with that said, if the department has the time to keep this dog in training, then by all means. This dog will make a fine PSD once the rank issue's are dealt with. He could go to Schutzhund also, where he can learn the routine and be comfortable in doing this, but it is a challenge to work a dog like this anywhere and be competitive. This for sure is a dog to breed to, as the hardness is there, the drive is there, and he is dominant enough to control the situtation. It is not the rank that I seek in a dog, but for the most part in the GSD dominance goes with rankness. I have not seen any softer dogs exibit rankness that would concearn me.
I like a dog for work to be able to take a correction, and if I am off a little in my timing or I make a mistake or step on his foot; I do not want him to be concearned over it. I can put the pressure on to get compliance if he is hard. It is then that I get to see what is really in the dog. When you pressure him, and he does not mind you, you give him more stress, it is in the first few times that I stress him that I get to see what is inside. Does he look at me like I am not going to sit, or does he wag his tail and say please do not hurt me after the first jerk, or does he tuck his tail, or does he do it slowley, as if saying, "a------" or does he fight me some, and then sit. This is how I will truley see how hard a dog is, and if he is rank. You will for sure see sighns of it elsewhere, but it is in ob. that you will see the picture. I can get a good idea by watching a dog elsewhere, but I think that once it is time for the dog to mind, you will see what he really is like. Is this type of dog good for ob., that depends on your abilty as a trainer. There are times when these dogs need to have thier world cave in on them, and there are times that you just need to ignore the problem, and there are times that you better not ask them to do something because you are going to get a hurting!LOL. These type of dogs do not make great police dogs, but are great stud dogs, and if one is inclined, are tough dogs for the sport.
For police I like a dog that is about level 7 or 8 hardness and level 8 or 9 drive. Anything more in hardness and it is a problem for the handler to train the dog. Too high drive makes for a hectic dog, that is also hard to control. If the drive is too high then you do not want a really hard dog for most handlers.
I do not think that the sport has really ruined the breed, but the show folk. at least it is a testing the abilty of the odgs working abilty to a degree. The confirmation shows do not. Schutzhund is a great and proven test for working dogs. Most people that compete in newer tournments could never pass a schutzhund trial. For the most part, most police dogs in this country could not pass a schutzhund one title even with a fair amount of preperation.
As far as the Malinois, they have thier share of crappers, but just not inthe numbers that the GSD has. I alos see more crappers coming form the KNPV line Mals thent he papered Mals.

I was under the impression that the unpapered Mals from the KNVP were superior to the Papered Mals. This was not a concern because it does not help them bite.

I've noticed that the unpapered Mals are bigger and look a little different then the conformation Mal. Are the papered Mal tested and breed for working skills. I think a Malinois size range from 75 - 55 lbs and can be any chestnut&black, black,Red&black and Halaquine . What are some of the advantages of the Mal over the GSD, besides breeding. Stimina? Service and as a Pet.

Gooddogu- that is a great question for the Malinios section of the board.

What are some of the advantages of the Mal over the GSD, besides breeding. Stimina? Service and as a Pet.

Availability. especially with the unpapered Mals they are cheaper.
Most KNPV dogs are unpapered going back to a time when few dogs were available and selecting working dogs predated the development of breed clubs.
NVBK are basically unregistered (Belgians Rings's largest organization and a non-FCI recognized one) though they do have an internal registry being developed.
Most BM pedigrees among the working registered dogs are pretty much lies anyway.
There seems to little of a international standard among BM's and the focus has always been much more on work than on beauty, although there are some strictly beauty lines as well.
I personally attribute the Mals current success in the work to the fact that small independent working organizations have fostered the working traits independently. Since the Mal wasn't ever looked at as a beauty dog the only reason to have one for the most part was to work. Though each organization had its political agendas there wasn't an over arching WUSV type organization that was heavily catering to the show breeder to lead any workign enthusiast away from the goals of the work.
Maybe this will change as there has been a recent movement towards a WUSV type of organization among the Mals. Hopefully the KNPV and NVBK influence will stiffle any misdirection from such an international organization.