DDR Wertmessziffer System

Dogs breed surveyed in the DDR were assigned a series of numbers used to describe the dog's physical and mental charcteristics. Have you ever wondered what the series of 6 numbers actually mean? The following table is a translation of the system (no guarantees) so you may decipher any dog's körung. An ideal schutzhund or working dog's Körung would read 5555/55. A dog rated from ***3/33 to ***7/33 may still be useful as a police or military dog.

	First digit	Second digit	Third digit	Fourth digit	Fifth digit	Sixth digit
Value	Body type compared to standard	Constitution	Structure	Temperament	Sharpness	Courage and hardness
0	little resemblance	delicate, weak	cryptorchid	nervous, shy	...	...
1	poor representative	deficient sexual characteristics	poor angulation or poor chest	spooky, timid, noise sensitive	none	none
2	too light	teeth or pigment fault	faulty leg proportions	insecure, fearful at times, possible sharp	present	present
3	too tall	coat faulty	average angulation	reserved, suspicious, or agressive	sufficient	sufficient
4	sufficient	maturing problems	good angulation	aggressive, sharp, hard, dangerous	good	good
5	average	ideal	excellent	relaxed, friendly, very hard when provoked	very good	very good
6	powerful	coarse, resilient	good build, good chest	relaxed, friendly, hard when provoked	...	...
7	too short	weak musculature, or ears	stretched body	relaxed, friendly, sensitive	...	...
8	heavy	spongy	over angulated	relaxed, friendly, indifferent, little sharpness	...	...
9	coarse	crippled	excess of all above points	soft, indifferent, depressed, no sharpness	...	...

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