German Shepherd dog

well EK

I did those tests myself and had the litter tested by a stranger  on familiar ground and strange ground  .  I had my own opinions of the litter but really wanted to try out these set by the rule and  by point puppy evaluation tests    IMO they are not reliable  .

we both could test a litter   wait about an hour and test again and the results will vary .  I only did one litter and that was enough for me

Conclusion was   my pick pup scored not so good   the one I evaluated to be marginal did well  the litter evaluations where all over the place .

I stuck to my own because I spend  so much time with the pups in so many different situations .

Now these evalutated dogs are way into their adult age .(5 years ) The marginal one is still to date a marginal dog really nice family dog , really nice temperament but he has his shortcommings in strenght  my pick is a dual purpose PD dog . If I would have picked by the set temperament tests  and second guessed myself I would have made the wrong choice.

These test are not geared for the performance breeding program   the tests had been estaplished for the normal / average born  litter .

Shilo and many other  well known american breeders use them ( known to me later ) and frankly I  can or Shilo can not compare due to the differences in the goal of the individual   breeding program. 

to me  the test I applied  is worthless for the performance breeding program  yet I can see some positive for the marginal /average litter  bred for companionship only

Pia

Benarhard Flinks has a good one

That would be one I would be interested in reading. I know Bernhard and his talents  but did not know about  his puppy evaluation test.  Where can I look it up ??

Pia

http://www.leerburg.com/puppytest1.htm