zeus and I are enjoying our new schutzhund club. I like that he is learning many things all in one class.with a reg obedience clas it take an hour. our class is from 9am to 2:30 we start with tracking then he gets to play with a rag....chase and get it! for his protection work. then we do obedience work.
all the dogs look like they LOVE it.my trainer said she turns down 5-7 dogs a week because they do not have the drive for the training . so I would go to a good trainer and first see if you dog has what it takes.
I watched a class before I joined.mostly to see how the dogs worked and if they had fun.I also wanted to know how the results where for the head trainer and found this
Jan Harkner-Abbs has trained in Schutzhund since 1983. She has been a member of clubs in Kansas, Minnesota and Indiana. Since 1983, she has trained 2 dogs to a schutzhund 3, 1 dog to a schutzhund 2 , 2 dogs to a schutzhund 1 and 4 dogs to a BH . All of her dogs have been handler/owner trained. Jan is a search and rescue technician and is a member of the Orange Twp. fire department. Nearly all of her schutzhund dogs have certified in search or accelerant work as she uses then for service work in the areas of search and rescue and accelerant detection.
my new club only has 7 members.I feel very lucky to have been invited to work with them
