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Originally Posted by scooterjohansen I guess the reason I asked the question was because I have an interest in shutzhund and I think he may be a candidate. However I want to test each component first to see if he really is right for it. He is very quick with his responses to commands. He has good energy and excellent concentration as well as the stamina. he is athletic and agile and has a cool head. He is not very easily distracted. I probably should have rephrased my question a little.
The biggest issue currently is I need to drive 200 miles for an evaluation and I want to do some stuff first before I make the drive. I believe only a very few actually make the test.
Its all prelim stuff anyway but a little bit each day counts. Thanks again. |
An evaluation is not about, what we have already taught the dog (we go trials and competitions for that) but what is in its genes and if the dog by nature has the potential to do SchH. You CAN’T hide the dog's genetic to a good tester by training, but an inexperienced handler can ruin any good dog with wrong training. (E.g. kill the spirit, the joy to work and the drives, and it is much easier to teach right, than avert and rehabilitate wrong learning.)
An experienced trainer and helper in any decent Sch H. club can evaluate your dog, and the less training the better. (Raw dogs are preferred, to give the true picture of the dog, but they are not very often available in modern societies)
Join a Club and let them guide you in your training and you will soon find out what your dog is made of!!!