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Where can I find info pertaining to accomplishing a BH:  Requirements, etc.  Any good books would be great or on the internet?  Thx  Nan

I can't think of any books about the BH.

There are three phases to the BH.

1.  The written test:  This is given to every new handler upon their first BH.  After you take and pass it you never have to take it again, even if you BH a new dog.  You have to pass with 70% of the questions right.

2.  The Obedience phase:  This is the set obedience routine with a total of 60 possible points.  (15 heeling on leash, 15 heeling off leash, 10 sit out of motion, 10 down out of motion with recall, 10 long down under distraction.)  Dog must pass 42 or more points out of 60 to continue on to traffic.  The BH is only a pass/fail scenario, not pointed like the SchH titles.

3.  Traffic/Temperment:  This will be at the judge's discreation and will vary from judge to judge but over all the judge will be looking for the dog to be neutral to other dogs, neutral to groups of people, sound under a platz or sit while the owner is out of sight, neutral to moving vehicles such as a bicycle or a car, sound to being jogged past, walked passed having another dog walk past them.

Some judges will break out temperment and traffic and test temperment first thing on the dog.  This can be anything from pices of what I listed above (dog is walked through a group of people, dog must platz/sit while the judge/handler talk over him, dog is walked passed another dog)

Effectively most (not all) judges are looking for the over all picture of a dog who is sound in mind and body, who is neutral to other dogs, people, distractions while on leash with the handler, a dog who will stay with their handler regardless of distraction and who is trainable (the sit out of motion/platz out of motion).

Hi Nan,
I pulled this link from a kennel web site. Thought it was a pretty good read.

http://www.kaltersberg.com/Obedience.htm

This should help.
http://www.turnerjunctionworkingdogclub.com/bh.html

The book "The Art of Schutzhund" by Nancy Thieret and Lou Anne Kenwick has a chapter on the BH.

           Nice thread...: )

           Good links too....: )   Thanks..


 How long is acceptable that a dog delay in sitting or platzing in movement ?..At times it takes Prince about 1-2 steps before he will sit or platz while in motion .....

    Does the judge ever require that your dog be touched or handled by anyone other then the handler?.... 

     Prince does not have a tattoo or a chip. Does that disqualify him from participating?....


                Thanks...

A step or two would be a deduction. He will not be handled by anyone else, but people may come close for the traffic portion, closer than the heeling through a crowd. And he would need a chip or tattoo to get a scorebook. :)


edit: of course, you could just bring my buddy to see me and we'd fix that extra 1-2 steps right up.

Ruger 1

It depends upon the judge.  The judge can request whatever he or she feels is necessary to test a dog's temperment.   Some judges ask to see the tattoo or scan for the microchip as part of the temperment test.

I would imagine the biggest challenge for Prince would be if the judge requested you platz him, step out of sight and then had a group of people close in and talk over him.  I have seen judges do a test like this before, no one touched the dog but the dog was put in a situation that tested his nerves.

The BH is garbage and something I would actually like to see thrown out.

Chaz......Why do you say that?