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Originally Posted by pazzo

I personally have my SchH3 Gsd, (who is NOT just a sport dog) around infants and children on an everyday basis. A SchH dog MUST be of correct temperment, correct temperment to me is a dog who is clear in the brain. My dog can be around the smallest child or the most frail person, I am not ever worried. SchH will teach you how to read your dog and the relationship you will develop will be profound if done correctly!

That being said, propper supervision is a must with any dog. SchH or NOT!!! My dog is NEVER around anyone without me. Owning any dog is a responsibility, never to be taken lightly. Your foundation in SchH is obedience. Obedience begins with the relationship.

good luck.

I totally agree with Dana!!!

If your dog has the correct temperment he should be able to do schutzhund training and be around children.

All three of our Rotties have some schutzhund training. We have been doing schutzhund with Akasha and Keil since they were 1 1/2 (they are now 5). We started out taking basic obedience classes and put AKC obedience titles on both AKasha and Keil before deciding to give schutzhund a try.


We have not done any schutzhund training for the past year due to the addition of our three babies ( a 10 month old and 18 month old twins). We are taking a little break from schutzhund since I am not able to dedicate the time necessary right now. Hopefully that will change sometime in the near future, because I REALLY miss it and I know the dogs do as well.


All three dogs have been phenominal with the babies.

That being said, the babies are NEVER left alone with any of the dogs. We closely monitor all interactions between the dogs and babies. The babies are learning how to act/treat the dogs and vice versa. One of the twins has already learned basic hand signals for the dogs and they actually listen to her