Any Blind People Doing Schutzhund? - Page 2

While i have not yet encountered anyone blind doing Schn, i have seen many a handicapped person running agility. Heck nearly everyone seems to have at last a knee brace. Abut i have watched several ladies in wheel chairs run their dogs in agility, and a few with canes. It can be done. Just takes a little more will power to figure out the best way to preform the exercises. Best of luck!
Fry

When I first visited the schutzhund club I now belong to, one of the members had a knee brace, and another was attached to an oxygen bottle!    It made me think that maybe this was the right place for an old fart like me who's pretty close to being deaf!

Very cool Frank!

Sunsilver, my first BH was done under a German judge that wasn't speaking English (not sure if he didn't, or just didn't want to).  I know German but my friends do not and he was barking orders during their routines regardless.  They could "hear" him but had no clue what he was saying.

Sounds like there aren't any regulations about competing
with disabilities;  it's just reliant on everyone involved in the
particular test or exercise putting their heads together to
make it work for that contestant ?  In the US, at least.

I can't say I ever came across anybody Blind coping in Ob in
England - which just means my experience is very limited,
I'm sure there must have been some !   Don't recall it ever
coming up as a query when I was working in the advice
industry, either, in particular when I worked for an organisation
for blind & partially sighted people, but again, dog sports may have
been asked about when I wasn't around.  People can be very creative
if left to their own devices, without anyone posing unnecessary
objections.

Hi all,
I'm the blind guy mentioned by the OP - thanks very much, Margaret!
In answer to someone's query: I was born totally blind, and have never had the slightest light/dark perception at all. The use of bells sounds promising, and the thought of the hearing-impaired person using an electric collar made me laugh  - better hope you don't upset the person with the control unit!
I currently have a GSD guide dog, and do a bit of obedience work with him when he is free running on my parents' farm, using a collar with bells on so I can pretty much pinpoint where he is.
Re: Unknown's reply about his judging the blind lady who used the bells, can you remember who and where she was? It would be fantastic to actually talk to another blind person who has done Schutzhund.

Any and all suggestions or adaptations welcomed.
Cheers,
Rob

Really neat to hear about Frank's experience judging.
WhollyHund, I hope you can get in touch with someone! Schutzhund is a lot of fun and I'm sure your GSD will love it.

Hi Hundmutter

There was a blind man doing Obedience early 1970,s, his name was Tony and his dog was a home bred GSD called Steed wo was also his guide dog, also had a younger one called Jethro.  His wife was called Hilary, she worked a longcoat called Fancy, and the affix was Chaelon, but I can't remember the surname.  I used to see them regularly at a training club in Laindon in Essex and he was in the team when this club had a friendly match against Thurrock.  I remember walking with him up a flight of stairs, chatting and trying to be helpful by telling him how many there were, only to be told I had it wrong!

Bloody Hell, I can remember all that like it was yesterday, but can't remember what I actually did yesterday .


Margaret N-J

Early seventies was before i got into any Ob,  I was still just
walking other people's dogs then, and had just started
work.  If it had been later I'm sure the 'Essex crew'
would have mentioned it somewhere along the line !
I think I've seen something about a blind guy who
does Trials with a GSD (and possibly works a BC too ?)
currently;  mentioned in the 'Field' sections of the dog
press.  Possibly an ex-cop ?  No idea which part of the
country.

Don't worry about old age, I can't always recall what
happened 10 minutes ago ... sigh.  

Whollyhund

 Hey Rob


 The handler's name was Karen, sorry I don't remember her last name but I believe she trains with the High Plains Schutzhund Club in Denver Colorado.
Maybe you can in touch with her through them.  http://www.highplainscolorado.com/


 Good Luck

 Frank

nearly one half of the judges are blind. i could not resist. but seriously the rules will not prohibit your participation due to any condition.