What is a ZW? - Page 1

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by GermanShepherd<3 on 13 April 2010 - 03:04

Can someone please explain to me what that means?

Thanks!

by VomRuiz on 13 April 2010 - 07:04

I am not very good at explaining, so even though I know what it means, I thought this may be more helpful than me trying to define it for you. I didn't go through the website, just picked one that had the best definition when I googled it. So I have no opinion on the kennel itself one way or another, just trying to help.
Hope it does.
Stacy

www.windlaufergsd.com/Wlfgsd/breed_value_022.html

by hamza166 on 13 April 2010 - 08:04

VomRuiz: I also didnt know what a ZW was, so thank you very much for that link. It helped a lot.

by VomRuiz on 13 April 2010 - 10:04

My pleasure. being in GSD kindergarten myself, it's nice to be able to contribute something helpful. Even if it wasn't in my own words LOL ;-)
Stacy

by noddi on 13 April 2010 - 10:04

that was a good fint there Stacy and i,ve been in gsds since 1986,showing since 87.knew wot it meant but as yu said ...not able to put it into words.thanks from me also. Carole Spelman

by bea teifke on 13 April 2010 - 13:04

that link is a very good one on explaining the ZW.

i am looking for a pup and want to find a very good ZW of 89 or less.

my male is ZW 78 , so i like to find a good female , the lower the better.

bea

by steve1 on 13 April 2010 - 20:04

Hi Stacy
Zasko the father of your Indi is ZW 73 so that is good news for you My son Goran of him is anormal hips and elbows
Steve1

by VomRuiz on 14 April 2010 - 23:04

I was quite happy with Zasko's ZW number :-) One of Indi's siblings has already had pre xrays, at only 7 months but so far they are looking excellent. I am waiting until Indi is just over a year to get her pre limbs done ;-)
Glad to hear Goran had a normal.

I am glad I was able to help out some. That link seemed to be easiest to understand...hope everyone has a great day!

Stacy

by darylehret on 15 April 2010 - 00:04

I think a dog shouldn't even be allowed to be assigned a ZW rating until at least a third of it's progeny have been tested, or preferably half of them.

There are numerous dogs (mostly showlines) with great ZW ratings, that only a quarter or less of their progeny have submitted xrays. What that tells me is, the prelims must not have looked so great, and the information was witheld to make the producer look better than it actually is. The system can be beat, therefore is unreliable and deceptive, in my opinion.

Seems to me only a couple years ago, a ZW "84" was a pretty good score. Now suddenly, there are lots of dogs scoring in the mid-seventies and even mid-sixties.

by GermanShepherd<3 on 15 April 2010 - 01:04

Thank you so much to everyone's helpful information and links.

A special thanks to Bea and John Ward for explaining everything to me in such a great matter! Your help was very much appreciated!

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