Czech pedigree.........opinions please.. - Page 1

One of the K9 police in my town has the opertunity of getting a 2 year old male Czech dog.

He has asked me if I knew anything about Czech bloodlines.  I don't, but am hoping someone on

this board can give some advice.

The Sire is: DAX ZE ZDENKOVO DVORA

The Dam is: EENY SERKOV DVOR

Thanks for any help.

becky

Being the computer giant that I am, ( not ) I do not know how to look up these dogs pedigrees. As a rule the Czech dogs are bred for work but that certainly is no guarentee that this dog will work as a k-9 dog especially. At 2 years old he should be relatively easy to evaluate for work. There is simply too much information that you did not include. The first thing that comes to my mind is why is a 2 year old male Czech dog available? This generally speaking sends up some red flags. The dogs names definetly appear to be Czech but again that in itself means nothing.
If I were in your shoes I would do lots more investigating. I would want to know first why the dog is available, how much, what does the officer want him for, and most of all what is his temperment , couage, hardness, willingness to work, ie drives etc etc. You have lots of research to do. I noticed no one responded to your thread so I thought I would at least point you in the right direction. Do the police in your town have a good k-9 program?
It is rare to stumble upon a gold mine with a dog. It can happen but go into it with your eyes wide open and get help with it. Good luck

Thanks for answering my post.  I realise it's hard with only the 2 names and am having the officer get me a copy of the entire pedigree.

The dog was bought by another officer who was interested in training him, but he was inexperienced and found the dog to be too much for himself.  That is why he is available.  From what I've been told he is steady, calm, a hard dog, medium to high prey drive.  Possibly a dominant personality.  We don't know if he is civil as of yet.

The Officer who is wanting him is a k9 with a very civil, but not handler agressive dog.  His dog is trained for drug work, he'd like to have another that he can begin to work with (he'd like to cross train for bitework as well).

He wants to bring this dog down to my Schut. Club and have our training director evaluate him.  I haven't seen the dog yet, but am crossing my fingers that this dog is one of those rare finds. 

I'll try and post the whole pedigree when he brings it to me.  Hopefully then the Czech dog lovers here will be able to tell a little more about it.

Oh.......and about your question on our K9 program.  We have a large K9 unit, especially for the size of our small rural town.  It is new though, probably only 5-7 years old.  So no, they are not very experienced, the dogs they have now, go from quite good to almost useless.  The handlers also need more training, but they're doing thier best and improving themselves as best as they can.  It'a  a work in progress.   Though if the officers involved were asked, I doubt they'd agree..............then they'd probably shoot me for my indegressions.  I've trained with them a time or two for fun, and saw not too much canine knowledge among them.   They train entirely with compulsion.   I'm not sure if this is what all LEO do, but doubt it.   The officer who wants the dog, has trained with me on a solo basis, and is intriqued by my motivational results.

Dogs are a commodity in Czech. Mor .For some Dog sales are their only form of income. The better the dog the higher the price. So, it is not unusual to find a 2 year old for sale. I purchased a 4 year old bitch for a client for a house pet/ scare the bad guys dog. Not personal protestion but to alarm bark. She is a wondeful dog who was raised by a family with 4 kids.

Also, many retain  dogs to put more work into them to obtain a larger price.

as always, buyer beware though.