Schutzhund training

[jclaiborne]

He's a Berger Blanc Suiss Shepherd. I think they were first recognized as a seperate breed about 20 years ago. Before that they were simply part of the German Shepherd breed.


It's definitely not something I would start without finishing, but the more I look at it, the more I think my dog just doesn't have the personality for it.

I was watching a video by a big time dog trainer talking about what you mentioned. He basically gets a feel for the dog, and he won't train certain dogs for bitework because they just don't have it in them. You can make them do it if you really want, but it's just not their thing and you can end up really messing up the dog. He's looking for dogs that are suited for it, and able to do it without getting stressed or overly aggressive and screwed up.

I might go check out a club, but the more I look at it, the more I'm thinking it's not for us.

Bergers are beautiful dogs! I really do think it comes down to the dog like you said. You can "force" them to do anything. Our "sister rescue" had a dog that was adopted by the Sherriff's Dept and is now actually an active K9 Unit, which was awesome, it just happened to work out. Since Shepherds are working dogs really any activity that you can provide them would be beneficial. We have seen dogs that go on to do search and rescue, therapy dogs, obstacle courses, etc.