The purpose of the Dog Breed Selector is to help you select the right dog for your lifestyle. First, hover your cursor over the question mark to get a brief description of the characteristics that may be important to you in your search for the perfect companion. Under the ratings you will select a number between 1 and 5, depending on the particular characteristic that you prefer. Under the importance heading, you will choose a number between 0 and 5 with 5 meaning that this characteristic is extremely important to you. If a particular characteristic is not at all important to you, then you should select 0 because this will exclude that characteristic from the search.