BEFORE THE NAME
In this section, you will find the titles that you will most often see in front of a dog's name on a pedigree. Since we are dealing
primarily with East German Shepherd dogs, you won't see any of the titles often associated with other breeds, such as hunting
field trials, etc.
SHOW CHAMPION TITLES:
UKC CH: United Kennel Club Champion
UKC Grand CH (or U-GRCH) : United Kennel Club Grand CH
UKC is strictly an owner-handler venue - you cannot hire a professional handler to show for you.
For more information on UKC , go to www.ukcdogs.com
UCI INT CH: Union Cynologie Internationale Champion
For more information on UCI shows, go to www.iabca.com
AM CH: AKC conformation show Champion (Neumann's Jim was one!)
For more information on showing in AKC, go to www.akc.org
DDR Sieger (SGR) Male East German Conformation Champion
DDR Siegerin (SGRN) Female DDR Conformation Champion
JS/JSg (Jugend Sieger/Siegerin (Youth Champion titles)
WORKING CHAMPION TITLES
DDR-MS (Participant in the DDR Meisterschaft (Working Championships)
DDR-MS Sgr or Siegerin would be the winner of that year's National Championship
ES - Europasieger (Lord v Gleisdreieck)
BSP (Bundessiegerprüfung) German National Working Championships
LGA (Landesgruppenausscheidung) German Regional Working Championships
HGH Sgr/Sgrn: Winner of the Herding trials
In German or UCI shows, each dog is given a conformation rating, listed here from highest to lowest:
VA = Vorzüglich Auslese (excellent select - only given at a Sieger Show, normally to WGR showline dogs )
V = Vorzüglich (Excellent) Dogs must have working titles to qualify for V/VA
SG = Sehr Gut (Very Good)
G = Gut (Good)
M = Mangelhaft (Poor)
U = Ungenügend (Unsatisfactory/insufficient)
VP = Versprechend (Promising - puppy rating)
VVP = Vielversprechend (Very Promising - puppy rating)
* = Angekört (Breed surveyed) This asterisk will usually appear before the name of the great grandparents/great-great
grandparents in the pedigree, signifying that they were breed-surveyed. Lack of space on the pedigree prevents the display
of the Körbericht (Breed survey report) as it is listed for the parents and grandparents.
In this section, you will find the titles that you will most often see in front of a dog's name on a pedigree. Since we are dealing
primarily with East German Shepherd dogs, you won't see any of the titles often associated with other breeds, such as hunting
field trials, etc.
SHOW CHAMPION TITLES:
UKC CH: United Kennel Club Champion
UKC Grand CH (or U-GRCH) : United Kennel Club Grand CH
UKC is strictly an owner-handler venue - you cannot hire a professional handler to show for you.
For more information on UKC , go to www.ukcdogs.com
UCI INT CH: Union Cynologie Internationale Champion
For more information on UCI shows, go to www.iabca.com
AM CH: AKC conformation show Champion (Neumann's Jim was one!)
For more information on showing in AKC, go to www.akc.org
DDR Sieger (SGR) Male East German Conformation Champion
DDR Siegerin (SGRN) Female DDR Conformation Champion
JS/JSg (Jugend Sieger/Siegerin (Youth Champion titles)
WORKING CHAMPION TITLES
DDR-MS (Participant in the DDR Meisterschaft (Working Championships)
DDR-MS Sgr or Siegerin would be the winner of that year's National Championship
ES - Europasieger (Lord v Gleisdreieck)
BSP (Bundessiegerprüfung) German National Working Championships
LGA (Landesgruppenausscheidung) German Regional Working Championships
HGH Sgr/Sgrn: Winner of the Herding trials
In German or UCI shows, each dog is given a conformation rating, listed here from highest to lowest:
VA = Vorzüglich Auslese (excellent select - only given at a Sieger Show, normally to WGR showline dogs )
V = Vorzüglich (Excellent) Dogs must have working titles to qualify for V/VA
SG = Sehr Gut (Very Good)
G = Gut (Good)
M = Mangelhaft (Poor)
U = Ungenügend (Unsatisfactory/insufficient)
VP = Versprechend (Promising - puppy rating)
VVP = Vielversprechend (Very Promising - puppy rating)
* = Angekört (Breed surveyed) This asterisk will usually appear before the name of the great grandparents/great-great
grandparents in the pedigree, signifying that they were breed-surveyed. Lack of space on the pedigree prevents the display
of the Körbericht (Breed survey report) as it is listed for the parents and grandparents.
AFTER THE NAME
Here you will find most of the more common working titles/classifications that a dog may have.
We'll begin with the German titles/certificates:
AD Ausdauersprüfung (endurance test, required to go for Kör, 12.5 miles in 2 hrs )
BH Begleithund (Traffic-sure Companion dog test, for obedience and temperament,
mandatory before a dog can do his FH or Schutzhund test (Except dogs with HGH).
DH Diensthunde (working service dog - Police/military, etc)
DPO Diensthunde Prufüngsordnung - service dog championships
EZ Einfache Zucht : Simple Breeding- Only one parent has a working title
GZ Gebrauchshundzucht - Utility Dog Breeding. Both parents have working titles
FH(1,2,3) Fahrtenhunde - advanced tracking titles (FH3 no longer exists)
HGH Herdengebrauchshunde - Herding dog)
IPO(1,2,3) Same as Schutzhund - Obedience, tracking and protection title.
Kkl-1 Körklasse I (Preferred) Especially recommended for breeding
Kkl-2 Körklasse II Suitable for breeding
KLZ Kör- und Leistungszucht (PINK PAPERS) qualification/performance breeding
(Both parents have working title/breed survey, all 4 grandparents working-titled)
KZ Körzucht (Both parents have breed surveys)
Lbz Lebenszeit (Weiderankörung) Breed surveyed for life
LZ Leistungszucht (Working/performance breeding - parents/grandparents all have working titles)
Mil DH Military Diensthunde (Miltary service dog)
PSH (1,2,3) Polizei Service Dog
RH (1,2) Rettungshunde (Search and Rescue dog)
SchH 1,2,3 Schutzhund ( Protection, Obedience and tracking trials)
SV - Schaferhunde Verein (Verein fur das Deutsche Schaferhunde)
SZ Schaferhunde Zucht (Prefix to a dog's German Registration number)
WH Wachhund (Watch dog/guard dog)
ZB Zuchtbewertung : Breeding Evaluation Rating (seen before or after dog's name, ZB:V, ZB:SG)
ZDH Zolldiesnthund (Customs Dog)
ZH (1,2) Zollhund (Border Patrol Dog 1-2)
ZtP/ZtPr Zuchttauglichkeitsprufung (Breed Suitability Test)
ZW Zuchtwert. Breed Value Assessment - number assigned to indicate potential of parents to
pass on their traits to their puppies - 100 is a median. So in the case of HD, lower is better!
CD/CDX AKC Companion dog (obedience titles)
HIC/HIT AKC Herding instinct tests/titles
TD/TDX AKC Tracking titles
For many more titles including AKC, go to http://www.justfurkids.com/dog_titles.html
Also after the name (normally) you will find hip/health ratings, although on the very old DDR pedigrees, it shows as simply
an "a" in front of the dog's name:
German SV Ratings for hips and elbows:
a-normal (a1) normal structure (best rating)
a-fast normal (a2) almost normal structure
a-noch zugelassen (a3) still allowed, but the lowest rating allowed to breed
Ausland (a6) hips that were certified, but in another country outside Germany
(Anything below this is not allowed to breed in Germany and many other countries)
DDR German hip rating:
a-zuerkannt "approval awarded" Old DDR hip rating given to dogs with good hips
OFA Ratings (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals)
For hips, they are graded as follows from best to worst:
Excellent, Good, Fair, Borderline, Mild Dysplasia, Moderate Dysplasia, Severe Dysplasia
Elbows are only graded as normal, or not
OFA also certifies a number of other things, such as Cardiac, Thyroid, Patellas, etc...
For more info on OFA hip dysplasia, and the ratings systems, go to: http://www.offa.org/hipgrade.html
The next thing you might expect to see on East German Dog pedigrees is a registration number. The numbers will usually
have a prefix, such as SZ-, DDR-, Or DN-, or something to that effect.
The numbers beginning with SZ- are issued by the German Shepherd Club of Germany, the Schaeferhunde Verein. The pups
in a litter are registered in order alphabetically by name, males first, then females. This is done at 7 weeks of age when they
are tattooed by the breed warden, and the names are entered into the breed warden's book permanently.
The numbers beginning with DDR were of course issued under the registry in the old DDR. Many dogs had both DDR and
SV numbers if they were alive at the reunification of Germany. All DDR dogs to be bred or breed surveyed after 1989 had
to be re-registered with the SV, and were given a second number.
AKC's numbers begin with DL, DN, etc.
The next thing you might expect to see on a pedigree is the ZB (Zuchtbewertung) or show rating (V, SG, G)
Also on some pedigrees online, you may see ZL (Zuchtlinie) designations such as:
ZL:V-A (5-A), ZL: XI-A (11-A) or ZL:XIII-A, etc...
for an explanation on the breedlines, go to the Zuchtlinie page.
You may further expect to see either the Körbericht (Breed survey report) or the DDR Breed survey, which is listed as WZ:
(Wertmessziffer) in the form of four letters, a slash, and two more numbers (for example: 5445/45)
Here you will find most of the more common working titles/classifications that a dog may have.
We'll begin with the German titles/certificates:
AD Ausdauersprüfung (endurance test, required to go for Kör, 12.5 miles in 2 hrs )
BH Begleithund (Traffic-sure Companion dog test, for obedience and temperament,
mandatory before a dog can do his FH or Schutzhund test (Except dogs with HGH).
DH Diensthunde (working service dog - Police/military, etc)
DPO Diensthunde Prufüngsordnung - service dog championships
EZ Einfache Zucht : Simple Breeding- Only one parent has a working title
GZ Gebrauchshundzucht - Utility Dog Breeding. Both parents have working titles
FH(1,2,3) Fahrtenhunde - advanced tracking titles (FH3 no longer exists)
HGH Herdengebrauchshunde - Herding dog)
IPO(1,2,3) Same as Schutzhund - Obedience, tracking and protection title.
Kkl-1 Körklasse I (Preferred) Especially recommended for breeding
Kkl-2 Körklasse II Suitable for breeding
KLZ Kör- und Leistungszucht (PINK PAPERS) qualification/performance breeding
(Both parents have working title/breed survey, all 4 grandparents working-titled)
KZ Körzucht (Both parents have breed surveys)
Lbz Lebenszeit (Weiderankörung) Breed surveyed for life
LZ Leistungszucht (Working/performance breeding - parents/grandparents all have working titles)
Mil DH Military Diensthunde (Miltary service dog)
PSH (1,2,3) Polizei Service Dog
RH (1,2) Rettungshunde (Search and Rescue dog)
SchH 1,2,3 Schutzhund ( Protection, Obedience and tracking trials)
SV - Schaferhunde Verein (Verein fur das Deutsche Schaferhunde)
SZ Schaferhunde Zucht (Prefix to a dog's German Registration number)
WH Wachhund (Watch dog/guard dog)
ZB Zuchtbewertung : Breeding Evaluation Rating (seen before or after dog's name, ZB:V, ZB:SG)
ZDH Zolldiesnthund (Customs Dog)
ZH (1,2) Zollhund (Border Patrol Dog 1-2)
ZtP/ZtPr Zuchttauglichkeitsprufung (Breed Suitability Test)
ZW Zuchtwert. Breed Value Assessment - number assigned to indicate potential of parents to
pass on their traits to their puppies - 100 is a median. So in the case of HD, lower is better!
CD/CDX AKC Companion dog (obedience titles)
HIC/HIT AKC Herding instinct tests/titles
TD/TDX AKC Tracking titles
For many more titles including AKC, go to http://www.justfurkids.com/dog_titles.html
Also after the name (normally) you will find hip/health ratings, although on the very old DDR pedigrees, it shows as simply
an "a" in front of the dog's name:
German SV Ratings for hips and elbows:
a-normal (a1) normal structure (best rating)
a-fast normal (a2) almost normal structure
a-noch zugelassen (a3) still allowed, but the lowest rating allowed to breed
Ausland (a6) hips that were certified, but in another country outside Germany
(Anything below this is not allowed to breed in Germany and many other countries)
DDR German hip rating:
a-zuerkannt "approval awarded" Old DDR hip rating given to dogs with good hips
OFA Ratings (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals)
For hips, they are graded as follows from best to worst:
Excellent, Good, Fair, Borderline, Mild Dysplasia, Moderate Dysplasia, Severe Dysplasia
Elbows are only graded as normal, or not
OFA also certifies a number of other things, such as Cardiac, Thyroid, Patellas, etc...
For more info on OFA hip dysplasia, and the ratings systems, go to: http://www.offa.org/hipgrade.html
The next thing you might expect to see on East German Dog pedigrees is a registration number. The numbers will usually
have a prefix, such as SZ-, DDR-, Or DN-, or something to that effect.
The numbers beginning with SZ- are issued by the German Shepherd Club of Germany, the Schaeferhunde Verein. The pups
in a litter are registered in order alphabetically by name, males first, then females. This is done at 7 weeks of age when they
are tattooed by the breed warden, and the names are entered into the breed warden's book permanently.
The numbers beginning with DDR were of course issued under the registry in the old DDR. Many dogs had both DDR and
SV numbers if they were alive at the reunification of Germany. All DDR dogs to be bred or breed surveyed after 1989 had
to be re-registered with the SV, and were given a second number.
AKC's numbers begin with DL, DN, etc.
The next thing you might expect to see on a pedigree is the ZB (Zuchtbewertung) or show rating (V, SG, G)
Also on some pedigrees online, you may see ZL (Zuchtlinie) designations such as:
ZL:V-A (5-A), ZL: XI-A (11-A) or ZL:XIII-A, etc...
for an explanation on the breedlines, go to the Zuchtlinie page.
You may further expect to see either the Körbericht (Breed survey report) or the DDR Breed survey, which is listed as WZ:
(Wertmessziffer) in the form of four letters, a slash, and two more numbers (for example: 5445/45)
DDR Wesenwertmessziffernsystem
In the old DDR (East Germany) working dogs were rated under the Wertmessziffer system ( "measured value number"
system, which was quick and easily understood by breeders/buyers wanting to study the conformation/temperament of any
dog with a rating.
For example, a dog with a WZ of 6545/55 would be powerful, noble and strong, with harmonious and pleasing lines, good
angulation, , even-tempered, calm, can take corrections very well, with very good fighting instinct and hardness.
Below is a chart of the system. In pedigrees, you may see the numbers preceded by "WZ" or DDR Kör:
In the old DDR (East Germany) working dogs were rated under the Wertmessziffer system ( "measured value number"
system, which was quick and easily understood by breeders/buyers wanting to study the conformation/temperament of any
dog with a rating.
For example, a dog with a WZ of 6545/55 would be powerful, noble and strong, with harmonious and pleasing lines, good
angulation, , even-tempered, calm, can take corrections very well, with very good fighting instinct and hardness.
Below is a chart of the system. In pedigrees, you may see the numbers preceded by "WZ" or DDR Kör:
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On SV pedigrees today, the dog's parents' and grandparents' color and markings (Farbe und Abz.) are listed below the titles
in abbreviations such as:
b = braun (brown) Kopfabz = Kopfabzeichen (head markings)
bg = braungelb (brown-tan) A = Abzeichen (markings)
d = dunkel (dark) Br = Brust (chest/rib cage)
g = gelb (tan or yellow) D = Decke (saddle)
gew = gewolkt (clouded/mixed colors) F = Fang (muzzle)
ggr = gelbgrau (tan-gray) L = Läute (legs)
gr = grau (gray or sable) M = Maske (mask)
grg = graugelb (gray-tan ) Pf = Pfoten (Paws/Feet)
h = hell (light/pale) R = Rücken (back)
s = schwarz (black) S = Sattel (saddle)
w = weiss (white)
You may see these colors and markings in many combinations. It helps to understand that in the German language, nouns
are capitalized; therefore since a marking is a noun, it is capitalized, whereas the colors are not. Also note that Gray in
GSD's in Germany is sable to us.
Examples: sbA is black with brown Markings, dgr is dark sable, grbM is sable with a brown Mask.
Other notations on the pedigree may include:
Geschw: (littermates),
Geschlecht (gender) Rüde is male; Hündin is female
There are many other notations that could appear on the pedigree and Körbericht, but they cannot all be covered here. If
you need additional help to interpret the German in your dog's pedigree or his ancestors', refer to my SERVICES PAGE.
in abbreviations such as:
b = braun (brown) Kopfabz = Kopfabzeichen (head markings)
bg = braungelb (brown-tan) A = Abzeichen (markings)
d = dunkel (dark) Br = Brust (chest/rib cage)
g = gelb (tan or yellow) D = Decke (saddle)
gew = gewolkt (clouded/mixed colors) F = Fang (muzzle)
ggr = gelbgrau (tan-gray) L = Läute (legs)
gr = grau (gray or sable) M = Maske (mask)
grg = graugelb (gray-tan ) Pf = Pfoten (Paws/Feet)
h = hell (light/pale) R = Rücken (back)
s = schwarz (black) S = Sattel (saddle)
w = weiss (white)
You may see these colors and markings in many combinations. It helps to understand that in the German language, nouns
are capitalized; therefore since a marking is a noun, it is capitalized, whereas the colors are not. Also note that Gray in
GSD's in Germany is sable to us.
Examples: sbA is black with brown Markings, dgr is dark sable, grbM is sable with a brown Mask.
Other notations on the pedigree may include:
Geschw: (littermates),
Geschlecht (gender) Rüde is male; Hündin is female
There are many other notations that could appear on the pedigree and Körbericht, but they cannot all be covered here. If
you need additional help to interpret the German in your dog's pedigree or his ancestors', refer to my SERVICES PAGE.
