Typical temperament of CsWs

[woland77]

It 'difficult to talk about behavior without an appropriate terminology in english, but i try.

Working dog must have a good hardening, not so strong, and not low.This hardness makes it possible to address the difficulties and maintain balance during stress. This feature is not synonymous with dominance.

Dog with good hardening, and high temperament (like a CZW) is not a simple dog to keep. Many time is a competitive dog, with other dog, but if well balanced is dog under controle; but if trained this dog can work (research work, not sport) free with other dog of the same sex (i have seen this on Czw too), because when he work, thinking only to work. This is strong dog. Not all handable, with good socialization dog have good hardening to be a work dog. For me is good if a CZW have good socialization, open caracter, handable...but is not sufficient. I want good hardening, and active temperament (fast reaction) too...work dog need this.


The great value of Utility & Defense discipline is not the test, ia not the sport, the score at day of competition. Training to IPO sequence (on cooperativity style) is most complete system to seen all natural features of caracter, he ability to overcome and develop into a situational stress, all related to the degree of cooperativity to the man. CZW never will be a god dog for IPO competion, i don't want this, but Utility & Denfense is a precious instrument for make real caracter selection, to workdog caracter.

[z Peronówki]

Originally Posted by woland77

Working dog must have a good hardening, not so strong, and not low.This hardness makes it possible to address the difficulties and maintain balance during stress. This feature is not synonymous with dominance.

I think it is the main point. It doesn't matter if the dog is well trained and socialized. Or it is not-socialized and seems to be shy. If you have a dog which can deal with stress you have a good CzW. The problem is to "evaluate" the ability of a dog to deal with stress.

For a long time CzW were trained in the army like GSDs - and they were also tested like GSDs (and similar test you have by bonitation - attacked wolfdog must "strike back").
But not trained Wolfdogs...not trained wolfdogs THINK... They think like wolves....

And wolves are clever animals which always know what has sence...
When they attack small animals - they attack them also alone, from the top. Bigger animals - they do not make "frontal" attack but they always pay attention not to be hurt. They jump, bite and jump away. First when the prey is weak they start to be more "brave". Huge animals...? Lonely wolves do not attack them. They run away or attack them in packs...

Now let's take a not trained wolfdog attacked by huge "Schwarzenerger"-decoy. According the bonitation rules our Wolfdog should change to "kamikaze" dog and attack although the dogs knows EXACTLY that he has no chance to win. A dumb dog will do this. Clever dog will avoid confrontation... In the best possible way...

The problem is such dogs are judged according the pattern and called "weak" or even "shy". EVEN if they can be trained into a very good "strong" dogs (if a dog is trained to "win" with Schwarzeneger-decoys such dog will believe very fast in his "power" and will start to attack also frontal. But it must be trained/teached).

What I want to say that in many cases - when we do not take into consideration the real character of this breed we do not select for good Wolfdogs but we made selection to have "not-thinking" "kamikaze dogs"... To have less inteligent dogs as we have at the moment...

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by z Peronówki

Now let's take a not trained wolfdog attacked by huge "Schwarzenerger"-decoy. According the bonitation rules our Wolfdog should change to "kamikaze" dog and attack although the dogs knows EXACTLY that he has no chance to win.

New breed: Czechoslovakian Wolf-Terrier.