Can neutered dogs participate in a schutzhund trial? - Page 1

and has anyone done this?
thank you

Absolutely!

SchH is about a dog's workability and the handlers skill in bringing it out.
Dogs do not have to be registered, or intact, they have to be able to work.

I have an AKC registered male German Shepherd Dog out of East and West german working lines but his testicals have not dropped... I will have to get him Neutered..but I wanted to work with him.
Thanks
the information on the USA web site was not clear on this subject

Can or should?  I would never march a male dog on a Schh field competion with no balls.  I can't believe you would ask such a question.  The rules allow it but it is common knowledge that a title is worth breeding.  My guess is a dog that needs his balls cut off won't do well anyway. 

I am going to puke now.  Sorry

OH please.  Schutzhund is a SPORT.  Noone is looking between the dogs legs or asking the owner if the female has been spayed or not.  Noone cares if the ears are both standing or the dog is V in structure, in the working trial!  Noone is checking hip ratings, or if the dog has some health problem that doesnt' affect the work.  They are only looking at the work! 
You work your dog, you earn the titles if it is a good dog.  Papers or not, pretty looks or not, faults or not, testicles/uterus or not.  Yes people can use Schutzhund titles as a test of breedworthiness, and go on to complete this test by getting AD, Conformation ratings, and breed survey (and yes you do need papers, hip ratings, and two testicles for this) but noone is checking these things in the working trial - it's a SPORT.  Go out there with your neutered male or spayed female or unpapered mutt dog and have fun with it - if your dog works well and gets titled than be proud of yourself.  Not every dog should be bred, and the sport can be just that - a sport.  Not necessarily a test for breedworthiness, for people who are not breeders or for dogs who are not going to be bred for whatever reason.

molly

Molly is absolutely right!!  If you want to train and trial your dog, go right ahead.  It is no ones business what you do and it is certainly within the rules!!  Most people in SchH do not agree with each other.  I personally like a real dog, not a "sport" dog.  I just train within the rules.  That is all anyone has to do.  Which is wonderful, for we can achieve our own goals.....within the rules.

Debbie

Go ahead, Shirehund, and be proud of what you will accomplish! I am preparing my neutered male for the BH now. He is a very nervous dog, and every training takes at least twice as long with him. So now why take him for a temperament test he should not pass anyways? Because it proofs my training and handling skills with a difficult dog, and our relationship and accomplishments as a team! The judge will not just evaluate the dog, but how you both work together. By boy is already titled in Rally obedience, and has his CGC.

A club mate had put her rescue malinois through a SCHH 2, neutered. Sadly he passed away 2 months later of leukemia last year. She is now working another rescued malinois, neutered also, going for the BH this weekend, but is ready for SCHH 1.

Absolutely!