WTG Zeus! I'm by no means a "SchH Pro" but I'll put my two cents in. What one person might say is "stable", another person might use another word. It appears that there are as many opinions concerning definitions of words as there are descriptive adjectives in the dog world. Stable in drives (in reference to protection work)
to me means - the dog can easily switch from prey to defense......Prey when the helper illicites this response by his actions and defense when a specific amount of pressure (
for that particular dog) is placed on the dog by the helper. With Zeus being so young I'll go out on a limb and say (pray) they have not worked him in defense yet. So if they are speaking about stable drives with him specifically - he remains in prey and does not show defense....as there is really no reason to - which is something you prefer over a dog that goes into avoidance(fear) or a dog that sees someone running with a tug or swinging a rag or tug on a string as a reason to go into fight or defensive drives . An older stable dog will respond appropriately and can switch from one to the other depending upon the situation at hand - instead of being locked in defense or locked in prey. Stable temperament
to me is part of a dogs character - but not necessarily the definition of character in a dog. Stable temperament
to me means the dog has a confident attitude, is energetic, watchful, alert and fearless -
not overly so in any of the descriptions I've personally used . I think stable is definitely a good descriptive adjective to use when speaking of a dog with a good temperament.
Edited: changed spelling of a few words
I am so happy to have a doberman! 
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