Seiger & Shutzund Titles - Page 2

Thanks for the comments!!

I will see how she does this week and see what the trainer says. I just want to have fun with my dog in whatever she enjoys and is capable of doing. 

Please remember that it takes months to become a team, take your time and enjoy!

Just as all dogs are not created equal, all trainers are not created equal.

If you have more than one club in a reasonable distance, vist. 

It's like dating.  Don't go steady with the first guy who takes you out to dinner.

Or, something like that.

Michele

Agreed with Michele. :-) A true trainer will not evaluate your pup by pedigree or looks, but by drive, ability and the potential. Good luck! Theresa

Stay with it this is just how people are take your chevy to a ford show and see what they say its the same thing i hope you win a championship and beat that trainers best line doing it

Every dog should be judged on his own merit.  As a training helper, nothing is more of a PITA than a dog that has little to no prey drive. This topic has been discussed over and over.  The extreme show camp has a vision of their ideal GSD and no extra training other than the min for titles will take place.  The extreme working camp does not care what the dog looks like as long as it can work.  Without form there is no function.  Remeber the GSD was a herding dog first. So if it can't run all day long effortlessly, what is our goal of breeding. Test AD.  What is interesting are the old school pics of GSDs, they look more like Malis than the show dogs of today. Perception is everything.  If you train with a primarily show oriented club you will be used to seeing how a show dog performs in C.  If you train primarily with a working dog club you will see how they perform in C.  The grip is very telling in bite work.  If the dog is barely holding on with the front, this is not a good confident grip.  If the dog has a full mouth grip and can not fit anymore sleeve into its mouth, this is a confident grip.   In the long bite does the dog gather himself before gripping the sleeve or does it fully commit and try to run through the helper.  There are several examples on youtube, below are just 2 examples, one from each camp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oph08VkoM-o&feature=PlayList&p=30CBA24A1B5CBC36&index=18


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTbX4d1Xjo

Regards,
Kyle

Check this showline female out.Katina vom Bad Wäldle Read the comment about her.I have seen her in person a long time ago and she was a tough bitch!! I'm a working line dog person but if I had the $$ at that time I  would have bought her.Glad she went as far as she did in her titles and preformance.  Nice confirmation too.
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