German Shepherd Breeders Today - Page 6

Catu · 12-09-2011, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Whiteshepherds

What sports are dominated by GSD's other than Schutzhund?

HGH?

Seriously, with the merge of SchH and IPO... even that one is lost.

Dainerra · 12-09-2011, 10:16 PM

I wanted to clarify what I was thinking when I said the gsd is a Djack of all trades". Of course some dogs are going to excellent at agilty while another individual might be the best sch dog ever. But, as a whole, you should be able to take any GSD and give him any job and he will be able to perform. Perhaps not as good as a dog bred specially for that purpose, but more than adequetly.
I'll use hunting as an example. You could train any GSD to be a bird dog. Would he be as good as a lab at retrieving birds? Or as good at scenting as a pointer? Perhaps not, but he can get the job done.

A GSD should be able to do anything from the SCH field to the obedience ring to herding to ???
That is what a good GSD means to me - balanced in drive, stable temperament, good conformation, and above average intelligence.

Debbieg · 12-09-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithie86

I learned a lot from my 1 dogs that I trained and titled, showed and koer'd. He was (and still is, although he has been gone) my heart dog.

Think I know the dog you are speaking of Sue. His dam is my Benny's great grandmother.

Smithie86 · 12-09-2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithie86

I learned a lot from my 1st dog that I trained and titled, showed and koer'd. He was (and still is, although he has been gone) my heart dog.

I got him from a breeder that claimed strong experience in SCH, but in reality was only 1 dog to a sch1 in early 90's and none since then. My dog was and still is the one dog from her kennel with sch titles and koers. My mentor at that time was Randy Tyson and she was also the best breeder support, even though the dog did not come from her. At that club, we got exposure to all the police classes, on going training, people in club that did AKC UDX, agility, etc. When in Europe, I got to go with the contact to eval young dogs for police.

Going through that really helped in defining what breeding was, is and a focus.

Meant to say 1st.... Long day.

12-09-2011, 10:16 PM	#52 (permalink)
Dainerra Crowned Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: N. Central Arkansas Posts: 4,565	I wanted to clarify what I was thinking when I said the gsd is a Djack of all trades". Of course some dogs are going to excellent at agilty while another individual might be the best sch dog ever. But, as a whole, you should be able to take any GSD and give him any job and he will be able to perform. Perhaps not as good as a dog bred specially for that purpose, but more than adequetly. I'll use hunting as an example. You could train any GSD to be a bird dog. Would he be as good as a lab at retrieving birds? Or as good at scenting as a pointer? Perhaps not, but he can get the job done. A GSD should be able to do anything from the SCH field to the obedience ring to herding to ??? That is what a good GSD means to me - balanced in drive, stable temperament, good conformation, and above average intelligence.

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