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For those that haven’t heard a new organization has been evolving in the protection sports arena. American Schutzhund could be described as an Americanization of schH/IPO. It is the brain child of Deb Zappia and friends. I thought that now that I have been to two judges meetings, a helper training seminar, judged one trial, and was trial secretary for one trial and participated in another I would post my thoughts. Now here’s the disclaimer, I’m not in charge of rules and regulations and not an administrator in the organization.

This past weekend, August 28-30 in Baltimore American Schutzhund continued its march forward as an organization. On August 28th Judges and Board members met to continue to iron out wrinkles and practice judging within the rules of AS. The next two days, helper seminar and helper certifications were done. The importance of this training and […]

I had the pleasure and privilege of judging an American Schutzhund Trial at Empire State Schutzhund Club outside Rochester NY this past weekend. The trial had 25 entries, pretty evenly split between B/T’s and AS 1’s So, what exactly does that mean? The B/T is a behavior and temperament evaluation and the AS1 is the […]

Look, I see the pics put up on social media, used in advertisements, and displayed as if they are trophies. Of course, after years of doing this I see all of it with a critical eye. So, here is what I see too much of. Biting behaviors on the lower portion of the arm, over […]