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EQIDIUSKENNEL · SLOVAKIA

Guide

How to read a German Shepherd pedigree

For Ján Sudimák a pedigree is a record of generations, not a list of titles. He looks at where ancestors repeat on the sire’s and the dam’s side, at the quality of the maternal line and well beyond the first generations – and he reminds breeders that ratings and points are not inherited.

By Ján Sudimák International judge for conformation and performance, breed survey commissioner (Körmeister), with German Shepherds since 1963, founder of the Eqidius kennel in Bardejov, Slovakia.

What the book covers

In the book he shows how he reads a pedigree on matings from his own kennel: what the show, health and breed survey marks tell a breeder, how inbreeding is written and why he looks past the fifth generation. The book’s appendix of paternal lines and its sire photographs let owners trace their own dog’s lines.