Hi everyone,

This is my first post, I just wanted to say thank you in advance to all of you that have knowledge and take the time to reply.

I am going to hijack this discussion rather than start a new one because my questions are along the same lines. My puppy is 9 weeks old and I am trying like heck not to mess him him up. My research started with basic obedience and then I happened upon Schutzhund training. I never heard of it before but that is probably because this is my first gsd.

I will order some of the dvds here once I receive the 8 weeks-8 months and pack structure dvds, I want to watch those first.

I have already visited a local club and they seemed like a pretty tight knit group, friendly to me too. The trainer told me to make everything fun at home (I think she was trying to tell me not to over-correct him for various things like nipping/biting, etc) until he was ready for training.

What would be considered too rough for training? While there I observed that they yank the leashes really hard to make the dogs move faster...she explained that was due to the time, they have to be fast. I saw a couple of smacks on the nose for not giving up the dumbell. I didn't think it was too rough but I just want to be sure. The lady in charge seemed very concerned over the dogs. She got mad at one guy for letting his dog jump too early over a barrier, she was afraid the dog was going to get hurt (hitting his hind legs on the wood). She got up and showed the guy how to stop that and the dog responded right away.

I have a 3 year old and 10 year old (children) and plan on involving them even if it means they just come and watch. I was nervous about the bite training because of the kids and the fact that I have another dog but was told this training doesn't affect the fact that they are still good family pets.

Any advice, tips are welcome. Thanks for reading I know this was long.

Welcome, Remy,

Please don't hijack; you want to start your own threads by clicking on "new topic" up at the top after you go here
http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm
and click on a forum, such as
http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/postlist/Board/22

But the thread you hijacked was a couple of years old, so we'll leave this.

So you asked about DVDs, whether SchH training should be as rough as you saw, and whether a SchH trained dog is suitable for the family.

Lots of people will help you. I'll say that you want the "How to Raise a Working Puppy" DVD.

Thanks Connie, I reposted with the "hijack" removed. I will buy the working puppy dvd after I get the other two. Thanks!

 Quote: remy tuck

Thanks Connie, I reposted with the "hijack" removed. I will buy the working puppy dvd after I get the other two. Thanks!

I'll just close this, then, so we don't have two going with one o.p.

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