malinwar

well there not going to get experience sitting back and handling only 3 breeds of dog... for the protection part in schutzhund it lasts 2 minutes....i cannot name a dog that cant work for 2 minutes, its got nothing to do with the speed/time anyway most judges critiques these days are that dogs are rushing through everything too fast and arent doing it properly it maybe about gaining titles now, but it used to be about breed assesment not glorifying yourself with your dogs titles you can always make a sleeve harder, i have had various mastiff breeds on my bite arm and have had no problems

i said before any dog can do schutzhund but its upto the discretion of the club...sadly most clubs arent moving forwad there moving back, and they wonder why they got less than 20 people to attend the nationals last year edit for spelling

homeless people...that way no dogs are treated badly and homeless people get fed

they wont be expecting too much, they will just be looking for a happy and confident dog it depends on who does the asessment on the dog to what they do, the dog shouldnt be put under any pressure they will mainly just be playing with the dog and seeing how it reacts to various situations if the dog is already highly playfull it would be a start otherwise theres a little bit of extra work trying to build up the dogs prey/play drives

i would suggest going down to your local schutzhund club and talking with one of trainers first, then they will set aside some time to do an assesment with your dog there are puppy classes for people who want to do schutzhund so ur pup can start learning from as young as 8 weeks old theres also been a few older dogs starting at 5 yrs old and they have done really well

http://eagleheights.hypermart.net/ thats a club that does schutzhund in melb.. one of the members handled last years national schutzhund champion here are a few more melb places Broadmeadows & Districts Schutzhund Club Inc Melbourne Schutzhund Club Inc Southern Cross K9 Inc Southern United Sportdog Club Inc Total Canine Sporting Club Inc the other places u can do schutzhund in nsw are Illawarra & District Schutzhund Assoc Working Rottweiler Club Australia

no obedience training is required to start schutzhund they will teach u as u go along with there obedience classes...

boxagirl u dag when im on msn next ill send u heaps of pics ETA: its upto the judges discretion to see some dogs get titled......a few judges have refused to give certain breeds of dogs a score

to nekhbet

i watched him attempting to train a dog once, he got nowhere with it and handed it back to the owners saying they should check his f#cking head off.

spot on tess

i start off with using a check chain but i start training them when there 6-8 months old

i just dont like that big tall bald guy with glasses he used to be my boss

wasnt a big tall bald guy with glasses was it? silly schutzhund people

busy this weekend, who told u to put him on lead? descrimination against dobes...i seen a rotty pup running round offlead on saturday ahhh videos will be good

awww would of loved to play with him, i didnt stick around left as soon as last dog was done

heh my photos not there erm it was just you and kavik, it was when u were both walking along to the side of the field to watch at the start

nope ETA: you and kavik looked straight at me its rude u didnt come over and say hello :D

myszka - because im a big girl :rolleyes: lol i wouldnt have known what to say the only groups there are is the 3 diferent schutzhund levels, it depends on the club on the breeds, i havent seen anything apart from shepherds rottys and dobes compete, but maybe at club training they have different breeds? to start up all you needs is a dog who likes to play with lots of drive,

szafir - there were no real stand outs i believe the belgians performed extremely better than the german sheps, would of liked to have seen some rottys and dobes there aswell :rolleyes: was good to catch up with people i knew there but lol

yeh i seen u and myszka? :rolleyes: i dunno i just wasnt overly impressed with the day, but im just probably being picky

bah wasnt really impressed....the mals did excellent tho.... think the organisers could of done a better job

i will definantly be going dont know how busy i will be tho so cant make plans on meeting up i cant wait for it tho

beautiful sheps i love the darker sheps like diesel

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