From what I've heard, Rep was a very good looking CSV, extremely wolfish and with perfect proportions. He was used a lot in Slovakia to standardize the breed appearance. Before Rep working drive was the major breeding criterion. Nobody in the army was interested what the dogs looked like as long as they passed their exams and performed OK on the borders .
As everything in life, the strong inbreed on Rep had it's positive and negative effects. The positive - there was high number of dogs that looked similar, so it was possible to register the breed. Negative - serious destructions of the "lines" that breeding committees in the countries of origin are now trying to re-establish. Just to be on a safe side in case of a mutation or spreading of some genetic disease.
This is a very simplified answer to your question, I’m sure the issue was much more complicated and there are people who know more about it.
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