Heritablilty of Temperment -- LINES - Page 1

OK all, this is part II of "Temperment"

Can those more experienced than myself "drop some names", please?

First of all, please know I have absolutely no interest in conformation show, nor any interest whatso-ever in sport SCHz, SCHz is wonderful, it's just not a goal for ME.  My feeling is that KNPV or HGH might be more in keeping with the temperment traits I'm interested in.

This is because based on observation, KNPV and HGH titles measure the dogs performance off lead at some distance from the handler. Being that effective, stable, reliable WORK OFF LEAD is the goal, well... it just looks like these are the titles where those abilities are best measured? Or? (I'm here to learn... !)

Can anyone suggest other titles to look for that measure off lead working ability?

If one is looking for the following traits (listed in order of importance, for my goals)  WHAT NAMES WOULD ONE LOOK FOR IN THE LINES?

1. VERY STRONG on recall and release (or what might be better summarized by the herder's term "biddable", meaning the dog's easily directed by the handler some distance away)

2. VERY STRONG civil protection, handler protective

3. LOWER general activity level (what some "working folks" would call Lazy... I call this "stable") a dog with better physical    control of motion, a dog without excess energy.

4. GOOD (not extreme, but good egnough for WORK) herding-play-prey drive

5. VERY STRONG bite


Trouble I'm having here, KNPV and HGH dogs seem to be such a tiny minority -- but I strongly suspect that since there are so few trials like this in the US, the ABILITY exists in dogs that don't have anywhere to trial?

Thanks for your help and input

Bobby