McKenzie River


      Schutzhund  
Wir tue es fur die Hunde , nie fur das Geld

WELCOME TO OREGON

Tom Jade SchH3 F.H.2 A.D. A.K.C. Champion Tracker V.S.T. T.D.X. T.D. Ecko SchH2 TR3 2009 UScA SchH2 PNW Regional Champion	Shannon Pashka SchH3 A.D. Tamika SchH3 A.D. Egon	Mike Ike SchH3 Ruk	Cindy Epi B.H.	Jenny Blaze B.H. TR1 TR2 T.D. Force	Alan Amy SchH3 2007 UScA Nat'l Obedience Champion

     Welcome to the McKenzie River Schutzhund training group's web page, we are located in the Pacific Northwest, Springfield/Eugene area of Oregon. Schutzhund is a German word meaning "protection dog", it is a triathlon dog sport that involves training dogs for tracking, obedience, and protection examinations and titles. Schutzhund is designed to look into the heart and mind of a dog and see if it acts like a German Shepherd. Interest in the Schutzhund sport began in our area in the early 1980's when a group of people consisting of professional dog trainers, police officers, and people with an assortment of dogs that were brought together by an advertisement in the pet section of the local newspaper.

     We are Schutzhund enthusiasts that take dog training very seriously. It takes a lot of time and energy, in addition to regularly scheduled training, to become proficient in Schutzhund. Currently all of our dogs are H.O.T . (handler owner trained) dogs, an accomplishment we are proud of. Our goals are training our dogs, entering trials, obtaining titles for our dogs, and having some fun and camaraderie along the way. We mostly have German Shepherd's but are not opposed to training with any breed of dog that demonstrates the correct temperament for the sport of Schutzhund.

     Prospective additions to our group are evaluated to determine if we can help you and your dog be successful in Schutzhund and if you will harmoniously intermingle with our group. We will be honest and candid when assessing you and your dog. If you do not attend group training, trials and semianrs, and regularly train tracking and obedience, you will not fit in with our group. We do not train personal protection dogs, our dogs are motivated athletic working sport dogs. We are not like a typical obedience club where you pay to have a Trainer instruct you, ask for help if you don't understand something; no training is better than bad training. Membership with any of the National Clubs listed below is a requirement for training with our group.

     Thanks for taking time to learn about us and our dogs.
If you want more information about schutzhund or our group, send one of us an email;

Tom - tmillergsd491at msn.com Shannon - blicknk9 at centurytel.net Mike - casey.michaeldean at yahoo.com Alan - abck9 at epud.net

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