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by jayne241 on 05 March 2009 - 06:03

Have a teensy weensy Schutzhund arena for Chihuahuas! Someone with little bitty sleeves on their fingers or hands... have the dogs run up to someone hiding behind a cardboard box... etc.

Ok, I guess it's time to go to sleep now.
(What, you were expecting more drama? or something that made sense?? LOL Not this late!)
by jayne241 on 05 March 2009 - 06:03

by VonIsengard on 05 March 2009 - 07:03

by AandA on 05 March 2009 - 12:03
I've heard it been said that 3/4 Jack Russels or Yorkies make good gaurd dogs as an assailant can only kick one of the buggers at any one time whilst the other two are biting from behind!!
As they say size isn't everything, ahem

AandA

by grimmdog on 05 March 2009 - 14:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTN5kTkdvME
Nate
www.sportwaffenk9.com

by MVF on 05 March 2009 - 15:03
Some small dogs have everything they need but size.
In Rose and Patterson's classic, Training the Competitive Working Dog, they point out that some Corgis are everything you would want in a SchH dog -- if they only had legs. I have always planned to get a Corgi on my 65th bday if I live that long.
In 1985 in Springfield, MA, waiting to compete in AKC OB at an indoor show, I watched a young rottie in the Novice ring literally pick up a toy poodle by the head in the group sit. The rottie's handler reacted quickly and the large dog dropped his tiny competitor -- who didn't take a second to regroup and go back to his ramrod-straight sitting position, and finished the exercise successfully. What a temperament! I hope that seven pound hero was later bred! (For the record, the rottie was DQ'ed.)
I have also seen 40 pound pit bulls who seemed to have what it takes -- I can't judge from here if they would aus reliably --but they may have been able to jump the meter board w/o dispensation, too. (I once watched a 40 lb. pitbull and a 100 lb. gsd fight over a frisbee. Neither would give up the grip -- but the frisbee gave up and was torn in two. What a grip that little dog had and what perserverance in the face of that huge nose three inches from hers!)
Years ago there was also a yorkie named Tom -- that was his whole name, I think -- who was a ferocious competitor in AKC OB. I once went nine or ten straight Open and Utility trials taking first or second at every one (average class of 50-60) and Tom was one of two dogs who frightened me. (The other threat was my own dog's niece, who took us more often than I wish to recall.)
From 1990-2001 I had a female collie, not even 60 pounds in competitive shape, whose only desired reward in OB was to take a bite. (I didn't offer her a sleeve, so I know she would bite any body part she could get away with. I had to keep a towel on my belt to save my leg.) She was also a natural retriever and scored 196 in AKC Novice B at nine months old. I temperament tested her entire litter, and she was great and the rest of the litter had zero working aptitude. (Imagine one puppy with all 2's and 3's on a Volhard and the rest of the litter moving about randomly. No other puppies came, followed, chased a toy. She was a genius in a litter of morons. Genetics can be mysterious!) I am pretty sure that Isabel could have been a decent SchH dog.
I suspect there are lots of talented puppies out there hiding in all sorts of breeds and litters. Some too small to play the game at the right scale, but many with the attitude to impress. If you are the sort of person who stays the course with your puppy for life, it is far too risky to take a pup from weak breedings or weaker breeds (as puppy tests only go so far), but that doesn't mean that a lot of gems aren't living out their lives unknown -- their talents hidden -- in the backyard or, hopefully, on the couch.
by Held on 05 March 2009 - 16:03
Thanks Nate this has to be the classic.watched it a while back but always a treat and every time.
do not think there is any thing better out there. nice little dog.have a nice one.Nate i watched the vedios on your site
of the puppies of your black dog lokks like he is another good stud dog for you.real nice.like the vedios of dogs and puppies on your site really showes what you are producing. very nice .

by grimmdog on 05 March 2009 - 18:03
I'm very proud of my breeding program and the dogs coming out of it.
Nate
www.sportwaffenk9.com

by Jenni78 on 05 March 2009 - 19:03
by AnjaBlue on 05 March 2009 - 19:03
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