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like beth saidthe important thing is that you have fun and that is going to depend on you and the dog and which club you find. and like she says stop the control work if your doing any. you will have to overcome a few things most of the things youve heard here such as the puppy biting/only you initiate play/early neutering/and obediance from day one are all opposite if you want to raise a schutzhund puppy. that doesnt mean that you cant do it it just means it is going to take more work. and you always hear foundation training a dog always goes back to its foundation training in times of stress or confusion so even if your dog is biting well if it gets pushed passed its threshould the foundation you have laid is not to bite instead of i can take this guy and i control what goes on here. as far as clubs go the united schutzhund club of america is by far the best org. you will find clubs in this org actually believe in training the dog instead of training the routine,unfortunatly this is also the org. that you will meet the most resistance in owning a rott. /dvg club second and awdf and the last choice i would make would be one of the rott breed clubs from what ive seen and heard the dogs at best are mediocre because they simply dont work against the faster more agile breeds. a sch.3 usrc dog may not even get a sch1 under a usa judge