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Thanks for the info on the Ivan Balabanov DVD's Echo! I will endeavor to get my hands on the DVD's. Also thanks for the welcome

Thanks Erny and Nekhbet for your posts and for welcoming me to the forum! So far we have been spending every minute working on bonding with little Arnie, as well as working on basic obedience. He's doing really well with it and has picked up the basics of sit, down, come (most of the time) and is well on his way to being toilet trained (only the occasional accident - mostly due to us not reading his signs). Nekhbet - I have some practical experience in training working dogs to herd (we run a small farm with cattle and sheep) but no experience with Shutzhund. The idea of books and DVD's are more to get my head around the sport and to understand the basics in order to work on the simpler things with my pup I definitely will need a LOT of help though, so I'll get in contact with Shutzhund Australia and hopefully they can point me in the right direction!

Hi guys, I'm a long time reader of this forum and a first time poster. This forum was a fantastic information base and really helped us in deciding on the right puppy to bring into our home. After more than two years of research and a few months of puppy proofing our home we finally brought home our little Rottweiler puppy two weeks ago at the age of 8 weeks. He is an amazing puppy and comes from 100% German bloodlines - with many in his line being titled Shutzhund dogs. This is really evident in the little guy who has extremely strong drive - even at his young age! Given this, I thought that it would be a great idea to start to get involved in Shutzhund and to talk to a club to see how to get our puppy ready for eventually starting this type of training.. but am struggling to find any details of clubs close to Canberra. We are more that willing to travel (within a few hours), but the only club that we can find is the Illawarra & Districts Shutzhund Assoc. It would be great if someone could provide any info on clubs in close-ish vicinity to Canberra. If not, does anyone have experience in training their puppy in the basic principals of Shutzhund (perhaps not bite work) based on information gained from books, DVD's etc? I really think that keeping him stimulated with challenging training will ensure that he grows to be a stable and health dog! Thanks in advance of any responses!