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by yellowrose of Texas on 11 January 2008 - 05:01
CORRECTION: THE LAST ONE ON THE PAGE IS FOR THE FH THE DOTTED LINE IS THE CROSS TRACK...
SCHUTZ 3 IS THE THIRD ONE ON THE PAGE..... THE X IS WHERE THE ARTICLE IS LAID....
THE TOP ONE IS FOR SCHUT 1 AND IS LAID IN THREE LENGTHS OF 1215 PACES EACH AND TWO ARTICLES AND TWENTY MINUTES OLD..
THE SECOND ON IS Schut 2 three lengths of 150 paces with two articles and thirty minutes old...
Third one is Schutz 3 800 - 1000 paces with at least four turns three articles and fifty minutes old.
On all the above tracts , the Judge can determine any deviation on the length and patterns , which he would instruct the track layer himself......
by TIG on 11 January 2008 - 09:01
Just a note - according to the rules a dog may also pick up or retrieve the articles. Because she is also my service dog my bitch retrieves the articles back to me. This does add two levels of difficulty 1. the dog is judged on the retrieve, sit, hold etc and therefore risks losing points other competitors are unlikely to lose if the dog downs on an article and 2. then has to go back to work on it's own and is 33 or often in my case more feet away from where it stopped tracking.
Raven, I think perhaps what you are referring to is initially Schutzhund was developed as a test of "breed worthiness" which was separate from the Koer or breed survey. The need for a breed suitability or worthiness test came after WW I as the sheep population and therefore active herding declined which was the original breed worthiness test. The original SchI had different elements - it did not have the wall and did have a defensive attack out of the blind among other things so it is quite possible to me that the tracking was also different. Perhaps one of our German sport friends can find out for you
In addition as Schutzhund has been transformed into a sport there appears to be a change in the judging. Initially it was a statment of the positive things the dog did right with commentary on what needed improvement in the spirit of a "breed worthiness test". Today as a sport, we are in a nit picking scoring environment that often rewards flashiness or precision or robot like behavior over heart, vigor and enthusiasm. Some judges are more concerned about technical "style" in the different aspects than anything else. Several years ago I saw a great SAR rescue dog compete for his Sch2 in a tempest of a storm. I believe most if not all the other dogs flunked tracking, at least one gave up before the first article. Despite driving rains, extremely high winds and running streams that developed across his track, this dog worked his heart out to complete the track and did so . He passed but if I remember got somewhat creamed on his score for occasionally lifting his head from the track - there was no recognition of the work ethic and heart it had taken to complete the track. Work ethic and heart that he uses daily as a SAR dog.
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