Gsd with HGH degrees? - Page 1

Hi,

HGH (herding degree) titles? Do any of you have dogs who herd sheeps?
Any videos? Is it equivalent to schuzhund ? How to assess whether the dog has the capability? How does it all work?
Pls share, really curious

My pups grandsire has his. I see the trait in my pup. My female works sheep well but does not have a herding title and her sire/dam had sch titles instead.

Hi,

Search this messageboard for  Ulf
Ulf Kintzel has posted vids and teaches herding.

Lee

Yes, he is the one who put the HGH on grandsire

..im more impressed with the hgh title than the schH title..my 8 yr old female has many hgh dogs in her ped. n 4 gen...she has the highest  prey drive n food drive of any dog i have every seen..hit the sleeve the first time ever agitated.at 4 mos... at about 1yr. she wowd people at og wisconsin with how hard she hit and did a short courage test and exploded on the helper andy..i was injured and had a club member handling her....2nd 0r third time agitated when she did this..a stone natural

Brix v. Eichenluft:
"Brix achieved his HGH (German herding dog) title with the 'high in trial' score of 94 V under the training and handling of Ulf Kintzel - after only 8 months of training from 0 to HGH!  Brix received high praise from Ulf "he could work as a real herding utility dog, excellent working dog, excellent structure and movement" - and judge Wilfried Scheld
You can view Brix on his home page at: http://www.workinggermanshepherd.com/brix.htm
And yes, the HGH is equivalent to schutzhund. 

Ellen Nicklesberg is very knowledgable concerning German Shepherd herding.

Both of my dogs come from HGH herding lines and both have been titled in HGH here in the U.S., so yes they herd sheep.   As someone had mentioned search Ulf Kintzel or go to www.whitecloversheepfarm.com, Ulf also runs a HGH herding discussion list.    http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HGH-Herding-In-America/ .    It is indeed equivalent to a SchH title.   A dog can be breed surveyed with an HGH title alone.  As someone who trains and competes in both HGH herding and SchH, I do find herding to be a bit more difficult of the two.   A stand at a specific point as 200 plus sheep move by in close proximity is far more difficult than a stand in motion in obedience.    Also the sheep add entirely something else to it as well.    I do train with Ulf and the last time we were there we worked 480 sheep that included very young lambs.   Also, this flock was also not yet fully conditioned to working.   Lambs take a while to get with the program so to speak.   


  

these are my two dogs


http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=377128    


http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=441849    My