reading the pedigrees - Page 1

Hello, I would return for help in a matter related to reading the pedigrees, in Becky pedigree (http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=2357199-bruxa-quinta-do-salomo) a few dogs with red letters before the name, eg V Eick von der Berger Hochburg, what do you mean the V? Or for example Velmi DOBRY - 5VQ1 / P Piko Bret Bett (Rudi), whatever all this mean?

Sorry if I'm being ignorant... I am totally novice in these wanderings...

Thank you very much

Those are Show ratings and Working titles that the dog earned

ok, thanks, where can I learn what they mean?

Here is some reading for you:

https://gsdca.org/images/SV%20Documents/GSDCA%20Breed%20Show%20Rules_082114.pdf

http://www.germanshepherddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Breed-Survey-Regulations.pdf

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/articles.html?s=what-is-schutzhund-and-ipo

http://www.workingdogs.com/working_titles.htm

 

V is a German show title. It stands for "vorzuglich", or excellent, and is the highest SV show rating you will probably see on a workingline these days, as VA is reserved for the absolute "top" show dogs. Note quotations around "top".  It can also be noted that a V rating can only be obtained by an already working titled dog.

 

This site has a good Glossary for titles and such. http://www.lakenshepherds.com/definitions-of-titles-in-a-pedigree.html

 

Velmi Dobry is, I *believe* the Czech version of a V rating, (I think Vyborny is the higher one?) but somone correct me if I'm wrong on that! I don't know much about the Czech dogs.

Hi, Thanks for the info and the links have some more homework to do =) Loving to lear all of this and you all are beeing very helpfull in all my doughts...

(realy sory for my bad writing, if you all want to read Portuguese I'll rock it )

Don't worry about your writing you're writing doing better than a lot of first language English speakers. You know more than one language  I need spell checker for everything