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I guess everyone that likes Schutzhund is other at the Leerburg discusion board. Well, anyway I guess I don't really have anything at the time to ask about the sport I will just ask which breed do you all (well, at the time nobody) like to use for the sport. I have seen GSDs, Malinois, Dobermans, Rotts, and even APBTS! Any breed I missed that is a good dog for this sport? I would like to train one of my Akitas, but I sure you all know how difficult that will be (close to impossible)! Well, thanks all for reading (I know haw boreing this post must be), hope to see knew people posting, bye all! Enjoy your Schutzhund dogs, their may never be dogs as good!

Not boring at all! Thanks for posting!

I've seen Malinois primarily used in ring sport, and not seen a lot of schutzhund other than on videos. I saw one APBT who was awesome, but then again I love that breed. The ring sport Mals I have seen are just too wired for me.
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Christie Keith
Caber Feidh Scottish Deerhounds
Holistic Husbandry since 1986
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>>I guess everyone that likes Schutzhund is other at the Leerburg discusion board. Well, anyway I guess I don't really have anything at the time to ask about the sport I will just ask which breed do you all (well, at the time nobody) like to use for the sport. I have seen GSDs, Malinois, Dobermans, Rotts, and even APBTS! Any breed I missed that is a good dog for this sport? I would like to train one of my Akitas, but I sure you all know how difficult that will be (close to impossible)! Well, thanks all for reading (I know haw boreing this post must be), hope to see knew people posting, bye all! Enjoy your Schutzhund dogs, their may never be dogs as good!

I have enormous respect for Schutzhund as an important tool in the production of police and military dogs. But for my own dogs, I want strong bite inhibition. I have three Belgian Tervuren, "cousins" to the Malinois breed that has been doing well in Schutzhund as well as police and military work. That would be too much responsibility for me, legally as well as day-to-day ethically, to have a dog trained to use teeth with humans. I've studied a bit about Schutzhund in order to learn how to safely and humanely keep those impulses dormant in my own dogs.

I'm really glad that Schutzhund is available in the U.S., because so many police departments have felt the need to go to foreign countries for their service dogs. We breed plenty of these breeds in the U.S., and should be able to produce the dogs our police and military need. Schutzhund is part of the way breeders can do that. Since I'm not breeding dogs for police and military, though, I feel much better teaching my dogs not keep their teeth off human skin, and give kisses instead.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series at www.veterinaryforum.com

My dog's mom competes in French Ring and is very good, despite many people saying that Danes have too soft a bite!

This is about half a year after your post, but I have seen many American Bulldogs trained in Schutzhund as well.

Here's a link I found with pictures of an AB doing bite work www.primetimekennels.com/bitework.htm

There are many who participate in Schuthund and French Ring Sport with American Bulldogs.
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Lesya & Sophie

A Dog Owner's Prayer

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