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I have tried looking on various websites and Im having no luck. Ive found them in California-Texas! LOL I would like to attend a few meetings to see what they do first hand. Any help would be great!

2007-11-21 04:19:17 · 5 answers · asked by Sandbaby327 3 in Pets Dogs

All 3 answers were all very informative but the closest club was still about 2 hours away!

Reika...yes that is my baby in the pic, and yes I would like to train him. I figured a German based sport with a German based dog! LOL He just turned 2 at the beginning of the month. Im just not sure how he would take to the bite work, but the tracking and agility he will be fine with.

2007-11-21 08:10:24 · update #1

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This site lists many events in Western Pennsylvania including Schutzhund. Very interesting and helpful site.
http://www.pghdogs.com/index.php

Another site with many areas and many sports. Lots of Schutzhund clubs!!! None in Western Pennsylvania at this site, but I'm sure you could contact an organization to give you a lot more information on clubs in and around your area.
http://www.wrdvg.com/clubs.htm

Some Schutzhund clubs are breed specific, but some except all breeds. That's wonderful that you want to attend meetings. It really is an amazing sport. If you would just like to read about it I have a Schutzhund site strictly for GSDs (my breed), but it explains Schutzhund rather well. Check under Info-Schutzhund Training.
http://germanshepherddog.com/index.html

Good Luck! I'm sure you'll find something! And I'm sure you'll love the sport. I fell in love with it. (Although I don't compete I still love to watch it-maybe someday)

P.S. Are you wanting to attend with a boxer? Is that your dog in your avatar? Absolutely adorable!! :)

He's very cute!!! Sometimes they surprise you when it comes down to showing what they're made of LOL I'm sure he would do great!!

2007-11-21 07:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Reika 5 · 1 0

http://www.ogwestpenn.com/
OG West Schutzhund club

2007-11-21 04:25:43 · answer #2 · answered by Joe R 4 · 0 0

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2017-02-17 06:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by Alene 4 · 0 0

As a professional dog trainer for over 16 years, I have to tell you my strong opinion that you need these group classes for obedience training. http://OnlineDogTraining.enle.info/?O8b1

Other pet warehouses are there to get you to buy their products and hang around their strore. And their trainers are their employees...never forget they have an agenda. Most of the trainers have very little education--if they had actual training and skills they wouldn't be there making just over minimum wage--trust me on this. But even if they did have experience and talent...a group setting is a terrible place for learning to take place. It's distraction training and it is the LAST phase of training not the first. You wouldn't have your child try to do their homework in a toy store, would you? Of course not...the level of distraction would be too high! It's the same with dogs. Having said that, these classes can be an excellent way to socialize dogs...but not to train them. And while they appear to be cheaper than a professional trainer...you have to attend many more sessions to get the same results because of the poor learning environment--so you wind up spending MORE money for less training than you would with a professional. Save your money and go to someone who actually knows how to train dogs. OR, read books and try to train your dog yourself. There is nothing they train at a Petsmart or Petco that you can't do yourself with a couple of hours of reading.

2017-02-16 00:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

http://www.northeasternregion.homestead.com/
this is the link I found for the Northeast region, which includes PA, individual club listings are found on the site.

2007-11-21 04:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by Rachal961 4 · 0 0

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