A litter vom Eisenherz-FOR YOSHY - Page 4

Oh, Onyx, that's a loaded question. IMO, the short answer is many dogs can be both, and alot depends on the trainer's ability to work w/different types of dogs and understand what motivates them. When you breed dogs for one purpose, whatever that may be, you are doing a disservice to the breed. I would rather have a dog like Elkoorr talks about- a dog who does well but is "real"-than a purely "points" dog.

I'm having browser issues w/YouTube, so I can't watch the vid right now.

jenni78,

can you edit the topic and take out the quotation marks so the topic will show on each entry.

thanks,
gtr

GTR, ookaaaay....but what's the big deal? I don't get it.

so what are your future planned liters jenni? any coming up later in the year?

jen,

no big deal. with the quotation marks the topic does not show when replying.

thanks,
gtr

Onyx Haus,
I am not knocking you or your dog here, only trying to give you an honest assessment about what you asked.
It would be nearly impossible to tell from the video how your dog would do in Schutzhund. It shows nothing about your dog's tracking ability, obedience, retrieving ability,  if it is capable of searching blinds, or biting for that matter. The video shows a dog, at the end of a leash, doing what I call fear-agressive prey barking (somewhat uncontrolled barking actually) in to a camera. That type of barking alone during a bark and hold would garner less points in Schutzhund because it would be judged as un-controlled and lacking in confidence. A judge would prefer to see a dog that is more under control (that is what Schutzhund is about) with rhythmic confident barking. Barking that says "move and I'll kill you". A confident dog does not need to be barking un-controllably when there is no threat. (If I am mistaken here and someone behind the camera is agitating the dog, then so be it, but, your dog's barking could be better.)
The other thing I would like to see is what happens when you let go of the leash. There are a lot of dogs that are very tough looking at the end of a leash, or behind a fence. The "real" dogs show their worth when unencumbered!

If you really want to know how your dog would do in Schutzhund go visit a club in your area and ask them to work with your dog to evaluate its ability for that sport. Schutzhund is not about how tough you think your dog looks when it is barking.

Other than that you have a nice looking dog that would scare most potential perpetrators away. That is what saves your ass 99% of the time in "real" situations anyway.

(It might be good to start your own topic because this one is about Jen's pups)

Arko vom Zwickauer Marksteig is NOT pure DDR!

Um, ok....I think I was pretty clear when I said "as much as ANY dog is pure DDR in 2010." LOL.

There is no such thing as a pure DDR dog anymore. The wall fell in 1989; we're discussing lineage, Firefly.

Do tell what you would prefer me to call Arko, for conversational purposes.