Schutzhund ?

[SCH lady]

hello everyone,

I'm looking for Schutzhund training clubs in or around Brittany,can anyone point me in the right direction - Thanks in adavance!

[Deimos]

From what I have seen of this in France (i.e. how

well it is done and the resulting dogs) I would not recommend it. Of

course I'm a bit biased but my club before the current one did it and

the resulting dogs were "to be avoided".

Fortunately there are regulations now that mean

you have to have a qualified trainer for a club to be allowed to

undertake this. A number of clubs have thus stopped it (though I do

not know the figures). If you found a club that did it, who knows if

they will still be doing it next year.

However, had you been asking about agility or

flyball or something along those lines then I would have been posting

lists of contact details, etc.

I don't mean to sound nasty but its something I

think does not work as well as some people think. I have been bitten

3 times by dogs in France in the few years I've lived here (i.e.

punctured the skin and decent amounts of blood) compared to never in

the UK. On every occasion the dog owners have not even offered

suggestions for getting blood stains out of expensive jeans !!!

There are some really incapable people involved in dog training in France.  I've met some but have also met a few good ones.

Ian

[SCH lady]

Thank you for your reply... Of course i was asking about legit clubs that are licesned and goverened by the FCI/WUSV, there has got to be some out there as I've been to the FCI and the WUSV sch championships for the past 3 years and France have had teams in each time.

Cheers!

[Deimos]

There are clubs out there (but they are on the

decline and the trend will probably continue). I know of some around

me but none in the area you are looking.

Ian