I’ll disagree slightly here. The Dutch don’t care about looks they care about performance. They want working dogs they don’t need pretty dogs.
As far as not getting pedigrees if the dog has a KNPV title you can find it’s pedigree on https://www.bloedlijnen.nl. Just go to zoeken and type in his BRN. My dogs name is uncommon and searching by his name resulted in finding him easily. I know who his parents are, his grand parents, and is great Grand parents. I see how they are titled and what awards they have won.
Here’s a history of the Malinois and some of the famous dogs in KNPV history. The Dutch look for these names in pedigrees. http://www.hondensport.com/Engelsmalinois.html
“In this article I will mention legendary Malinois and their bloodlines from the sixties, seventies and eighties in Holland. Let me tell you in advance that I won't go back to the beginning of this century and also not to the actual decade although there has been a recent ‘rich' development. The reason why some recent kennels and names t won't be mentioned is because of this perspective. That will be something for later on to get in detail in the future issues of the magazine ‘Hondensport & Sporthonden'. Surrounding countries (especially Belgium and France) also have their historical bloodlines but we will report about this also later in the magazine ‘Hondensport & Sporthonden”
By “fight” drive do you mean defense drive? I’ll usually break down dogs drives as Prey (hunt), Defense (fight) and Play (for detection). Prey and Defense need to be balanced. If your dog is too defensive he won’t be a good patrol dog.
Our vendor gives us a year warranty where the dog can be returned at any point for an exchange. They have worked with us and given credit if we’ve had to return a dog past that year. We’re pretty particular about the dogs we want. Generally we want dogs that have a PH1 title. If I were buying a personal dog I would look at the vendor selling to PDs. You’ll probably be paying more for the dog.
We’re also fortunate to be friends of a couple Dutchmen who have been in working and training Police dogs for 60+ years between the two. They have traveled to Arizona for dog trials and seminars many times. There’s nothing like seeing a Dutch dog who’s been in the US given commands in Dutch by a native speaker. It wakes them up.