The CSV a working breed - how do I understand the codes

[Huan]

Hello,

The list of dogs with certificate show a lot of "codes" like ZM, ZVV 1, ZVV2, ZOP, ZUP, ZV1 etc. What is the meaning of each code, anyone please :-)

I would have to write here regulations of every certificate but I try to
explain it simply. First of all. The most easiest is the ZOP exam which
includes parts of very simple obedience (like waking with the dog on and
without leash, sit-down and etc.). ZOP is exactly the same like internation
rescue exam - RESCUE DOG SUITABILITY Test (RH-E) but without tracking. The
ZV1 (or VZ1) is a test (not a real certificate) for rescue dogs in Czech
Republic and it's endurance test (the owner on the bike and the dog have to
cover a distance of 20km within about 2h). The other certificates, that is:
ZM, ZVV1, ZVV2, ZPU1 and ZPU2 include obedience and already some parts of
protection work and tracking work. The easiest among these are ZPU1 (by ZPU1
you don't have real protection work but just guarding of owner's object or
simply tracking - you can choose one of those two tests) and ZM. The most
advanced are ZVV exams and could be compared to international IPO or SchH
exams but have some slight differences (for example you may use both type of
commands such as: voice and optical commands, in IPO and SchH you may use
voice OR optical commands). I would say that ZVV are a little bit easier
than the international exams because they are not judges so severe as the
international ones. But to simplify anything you could say that ZVV1 is like
IPO1 and ZVV3 like IPO3.

Greetings,
Przemek