anybody do shutzhund with their dogs?

[Joy Yeomans]

wanting to training our GSD at the moment and looking at schutzhund as the way to go? anybody have any ideas to this form of training and how have you got on with it, finding conflicting ways of training at the moment for GSD's for working dogs.

[big fell!]

Is the dog in question intended to be trained for tracking or guard/protection purposes or both? The dog has got to want to work and a strong bond with the handler is a must. If you can get a good dog and the training is done properly i think this is the best example of man and dog working together. My opinions are based on a friend of mine from a while back who bred and trained a few dogs with this method.

[Joy Yeomans]

yes, shes from a good working obedience background and Mr. likes the idea of tracking trials and obedience work, i like the idea of protection training for obvious reasons, shes got a good prey drive so hope shes got it in her.

[Dave.G.]

Havn't trained a dog for it (dont think either of my dogs have been mentally strong enough) but looks like a real test for the dog both mentally and phisically. As big fell says the dog has to have a real bond with the owner. What about working trials?

Edited February 1, 2011 by Dave.G.
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[big fell!]

German Shepherd Dog League Working Branch - UK

 

Check out the link. We've had 3 german sheperds now. Top dogs.

[Joy Yeomans]

cheers guys , thanks for info

[big fell!]

Pleasure mate. If you go ahead with it and start the training keep us informed on your progress. Good luck