Video of my Dutch Shepherd doing his French Ring Sport Training at 6 months old

[Lana's_mom]

Just thought I would share. Here is a video I did of my Dutch Shepherd pup training for French Ring Sport. He is 6 months old in the video He just turned 7 months and I am so excited working with him Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/DRkw3H46GZg

[youbeyouibei]

EXCELLENT choice in soundtracks, lol! Nice looking dog and looks like he's getting the hang of things. How is French Ring different from Schutzhund, other than the country of origin?

[rebelrachel13]

Haha, nice music indeed.

Gorgeous pup, good luck with the training!

[ballpythonluvr]

Awesome video! Your dog is just beautiful!

[Lana's_mom]

Youbeyouibei - French is very different from Schutzhund. In French Ring the dog bites a full body suit, and are able to bite any where on that suit. My boy is just about ready to start on the suit They use the clatter stick, which is a peice of bamboo that is split to make a lot of noise instead of the whip. There is not as much focus on the obedience looking pretty, more on functional obedience. They put a lot more pressure on the dog in French Ring to really prove that the dog has the nerves and drives to do the sport. There are also a palisade jump which is like a 7 foot wall the dog has to scale, and a long jump that is like 10 to 12 feet long that they have to clear along with the 4 foot jump. And there is no tracking in French Ring.
I have trained in Schutzhund a few years back, but I really enjoy French RIng more

[youbeyouibei]

Youbeyouibei - French is very different from Schutzhund. In French Ring the dog bites a full body suit, and are able to bite any where on that suit. My boy is just about ready to start on the suit They use the clatter stick, which is a peice of bamboo that is split to make a lot of noise instead of the whip. There is not as much focus on the obedience looking pretty, more on functional obedience. They put a lot more pressure on the dog in French Ring to really prove that the dog has the nerves and drives to do the sport. There are also a palisade jump which is like a 7 foot wall the dog has to scale, and a long jump that is like 10 to 12 feet long that they have to clear along with the 4 foot jump. And there is no tracking in French Ring.
I have trained in Schutzhund a few years back, but I really enjoy French RIng more

Thanks for clarifying that! I'd only ever heard of Schutzhund and didn't realize there was something similar (French Ring). That's awesome that you trained him yourself; I'd love to get a GSD or a Cane Corso at some point and train for that. Wife and my job allowing, maybe at some point. In the meantime, thanks for sharing the video, that's really cool to watch!

[TheSnakeEye]

I wish my dogs were as obedient. That is awesome.