[blockquote]so you breed with their parents? is there some temperamnet test done, so that you do some steps that distinguish your breeding from show breeders. i say that because a dog has to be selfconfident and a dog that acts scared or cries out loud when it gets bitten should not be taken for breeding, as it will not be totally different if their are sheep around Exclamation a dog has to be self confident and has to have stable nerves, but you know that. how do you do these tests. i mean when the dogs are nor pups anymore :?: [/blockquote] temperament tests are definitely done unofficially. well, in guardian dogs, most serious breeders won't select their dogs only for shows. but showing their dogs in a ring is not a wrong thing by any way.. while selecting the puppies itself i test them and i'll keep testing them, as they grow up in different ways. test won;t be officially held for once.. it'll be held every now and then unofficially.. our female puppy with her brother (24 days old when we took this pic)! i haven't seen my male puppy yet.. but i was told that he is even better than the male puppy from our female puppy's litter!!