What Would You Do? Clubs and - Page 6

I am very new to Schutzhund, much less very new to the region. I don't know the past drama (nor do I really care to). What I personally care about is moving forward and enjoying my training with my pup, and doing the best that we can together. I would like to do that as drama free as possible.

Schutzhund "is" drama. You have primarily strong-willed individuals with [optimally ] strong dogs, about whom each is very passionate. Every single person is striving to be alpha, if only with respect to his/her dog (often with varying degrees of success). Everyone "just wants to train my dog," until something or someone in the club/region /national organization appears to potentially or actually impact that training. Club's experience is an example: everyone could "just train," regardless of who else is in the club. Or, could they? You've no doubt heard the African saying "it takes a village to raise a child". Schutzhund clubs are like that village; it takes a village to raise a handler and titled dog. It only takes one idiot to burn the village to the ground.

The best advise I could give and has worked best on a universal level is
"If you are not sure what to do or what to say, then say and do nothing"  "Untill you are more certain about your decision,  there may be a better time that will present its self".  You may take collateral dammage along the way before it is over.  It may be well worth it to loose 5 members to loose this one. 

We have had one like this at our club.  While not being Sch club it was one of the other working clubs none the less.  He tried to indoctranate me.  And at first I had on idea where he was comming from, or why.  We lost a few members and he actually tried to start his own club so to speak, more like a temporary income, from the club members.  Eventually he did leave on his own as lack of finicial stability left him on other choice but to leave the area.

Untill reading this I had no idea it was a situation that occured often.  Wow.
I have noticed that dog training people more so that the general population lend themselves to be a$$ holes.  A$$ holes in a very funny comical way but still none the less A$$ holes.

By the way a$$ hole is not a real word just a word that I made up.  Look a$$ up in the dictionary, dont think it is in there

Add to that really good analysis... the fact that Schutzhund, and anything involving the training of animals really, is going to attract some weird personalities.
You get a lot of people who feel they don't have enough control, or crave more control, in their life.
Animals satisfy that urge- especially advanced training of those animals.

You see the same crap in the horse world.
Some really bizarre personalities, layered over natural competitive spirit, passionate inviduals... it's a pretty soupy mess of polar opposites in a lot of cases.

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