The German Shepherd Dog ...
is confident, loyal, steady and courageous.
is confident, loyal, steady and courageous.
Learn the Different Bloodlines of German Shepherd Dogs HERE
Read about the History of the German Shepherd Dog HERE
Competitive Sports for the German Shepherd
German Shepherd's thrive for a 'job' whether it's Herding, Tracking, or Search and Rescue (SAR), etc. The German Shepherd is classified as the herding breed. There are many dog sports available that will help fill your German Shepherds needs to work.
Herding
Herding
Titles for Herding -
American Kennel Club (AKC)
HIT - Herding Instinct Test
HT - Herding Tested
PT - Pre-trial Tested
HS - Herding Started
HI - Herding Intermediate
HX - Herding Excellent
HCh - Herding Champion
American Kennel Club (AKC)
HIT - Herding Instinct Test
HT - Herding Tested
PT - Pre-trial Tested
HS - Herding Started
HI - Herding Intermediate
HX - Herding Excellent
HCh - Herding Champion
Herding The purpose of non-competitive herding tests is to offer owners of herding breeds a standardized gauge by which a dog’s basic instinct and trainability are measured. The judge is looking for the dog’s ability to move and control livestock by fetching or driving. The purpose of the competitive herding trial program is to preserve and develop the herding skills inherent in the herding breeds, and to demonstrate that they can perform the useful functions for which they were originally bred. Herding - http://www.akc.org/events/herding/
Search and Rescue (SAR)
Search and Resue
Search and Rescue covers Urban, Rural , Wilderness, Light Disaster searches. The German Shepherds are used in Human Remain Detection, among other inds of searches. It requires physical stamina and strength, confidence, obedience, agility, trainability, temperament and socialization (with both people and different dogs) are just a few of the many factors that make a dog a good search and rescue dog. Finding human scent is the main objective of SAR. - http://www.sardogsus.org/
Dock Diving
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For a list of UKC Dock Diving Titles: Click here Dock Jumping also known as Dock Diving is a fun dog sport in which dogs can compete for distance or height from a dock into a swimming pool. |
Nosework
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Titles for Nosework
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Nosework is a new sport based on real life scent detection. Using oils instead of narcotics the sport offers German Shepherd owners a fun sport to engage the dogs most valuable tool, their nose. NACSW - https://www.nacsw.net/
Obedience
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Obedience can be fun and rewarding for both handler and dog. Obedience trials showcase dogs that have been trained and conditioned to behave well in the home, in public places, and in the presence of other dogs. Both the United and American Kennel Clubs offer trials from novice to advanced that will test the handler and dog teams communication skills.
AKC Obedience - http://www.akc.org/events/obedience/
Obedience titles - http://www.akc.org/events/titles/
AKC Obedience - http://www.akc.org/events/obedience/
Obedience titles - http://www.akc.org/events/titles/
Rally
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AKC Titles
-Rally Novice: RN -Rally Advanced: RA -Rally Excellent: RE -Rally Advanced Excellent: RAE http://www.akc.org/events/rally/ World Cynosport Rally Titles -RL1 (Level 1) -RL2 (level 2) -RL3 (level 3) -Veteran Puppy Junior -ARCH X added to titles + 10 each https://www.rallydogs.com/index.cfm |
AKC Rally is a companion sport to AKC Obedience. It too requires teamwork between dog and handler along with performance skills similar to obedience. Rally provides an excellent introduction to AKC events for new dogs and handlers, and can provide a challenging opportunity for competitors in other events to strengthen their skills. All dogs are eligible to compete in rally.
Barn Hunt
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Barn Hunt is a new and fast growing dog sport. This timed event tests your dogs hunting ability to find the live rat. This exciting sport consists of a simple maze of straw bales, with plastic tubes hidden in the maze containing live rats. In a specified amount of time the dog must search for the live rats in the tubes and alert the owner to the rat, go through a tunnel, and climb on a hay bale with all four feet. This is a great game for dog and handler as a team!
Agility
Agility
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Titles for Agility
NA - Novice Agility OA - Open Agility AX - Agility Excellent MX - Master Agility Excellent NAJ - Novice Jumpers With Weaves OAJ - Open Jumpers With Weaves AXJ - Excellent Jumpers With Weaves MXJ - Master Excellent Jumpers With Weaves |
Agility is a dog sport in which the handler directs an off-leash dog through a unique obstacle course in a predetermined sequence within the 'Standard Course Time' (SCT) .
There are several obstacles in agility: A-frame, Dog Walk, See-Saw, Pipe Tunnel, Collapsed Tunnel Pause Table, Weave Poles, Tire or Hoop Jump and other yypes of jumps.
Certsin rules apply for this sport, - handlers may give an unlimited number of commands or signals to their dogs, but may not touch either the equipment or the dog.
Agility trials are offered by the United Kennel Club and The American Kennel Club for German Shepherd owners. AKC Agility - http://www.akc.org/events/agility/
There are several obstacles in agility: A-frame, Dog Walk, See-Saw, Pipe Tunnel, Collapsed Tunnel Pause Table, Weave Poles, Tire or Hoop Jump and other yypes of jumps.
Certsin rules apply for this sport, - handlers may give an unlimited number of commands or signals to their dogs, but may not touch either the equipment or the dog.
Agility trials are offered by the United Kennel Club and The American Kennel Club for German Shepherd owners. AKC Agility - http://www.akc.org/events/agility/
MondioRing
MondioRing sport is a new exciting dog sport that combines the best of French and Belgium Ring sports into a highly competitive working dog sport. Mondioring has a series of exercises to be executed by the dog/handler team in the categories of obedience, agility (jumps) and protection. Mondio Ring Sport - http://www.usmondioring.org/
PSA (Protection Sports Association)
PSA "Protection Sports Association" is a competitive outlet for obedience and protection training in a scenario-based program of dog sport.There is a mandatory entry level certificate, called a PDC, that must be achieved by all competitors before going on to the competitive levels of PSA 1 through PSA 3. PSA - http://psak9.org/ .
Local DFW Club: http://www.k9workingdogs.org/
Local DFW Club: http://www.k9workingdogs.org/
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Schutzhund / IPO
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Titles for Schutzhund/IPO
Sch I - Schutzhund 1 (novice) Sch II - Schutzhund 2 (intermediate) Sch III - Schutzhund 3 (master level) WH - Schutzhund title related to protection work |
Schutzhund was created specifically for the German Shepherd Dog. This sport test the breeds mental toughness, courage, and physical ability. Schutzhund is intended to demonstrate the dog's intelligence and utility. It also measures the dogs mental stability, endurance, structural integrity and efficiencies, ability to scent, willingness to work, courage and trainability. Schutzhund work is broken up on three parts. The first being tracking, the second obedience and the third protection work. The Schutzhund standards for protection work, are similar to those for dogs in police work. Scutzhund/IPO - http://www.dvg-america.com/
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Tracking
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Titles for Tracking
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Tracking is a sport in which the German Shepherd uses it's natural abilities in to use it's nose. German Shepherds are excellent at tracking. When tracking, the dog must follow tracks of various lengths and degrees of difficulty to find articles which were left behind by the handler who laid the track. The American Kennel Clubs offer trials from novice to advanced that test the breeds ability to track a scent. Tracking - http://www.akc.org/events/tracking/
Fast Cat
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Titles for FAST CATS
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FAST CAT – which stands for Coursing Ability Test, is a timed 100-yard dash where dogs run and chase a lure. Although it is a relatively new sport, it has become quite popular.
http://www.akc.org/sports/coursing/fast-cat/
http://www.akc.org/sports/coursing/fast-cat/
Lure Coursing CAT (Coursing Ability Test)
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Titles for Lure Coursing
CAT (Coursing Ability test
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The Coursing Ability Test (CAT) is an introductory event fashioned after the sport lure coursing. It tests a dog's basic coursing instinct or hunting-by-sight ability. The dog chases an artificial lure, and the test is a non-competitive pass/fail event with dogs run one at a time. To pass the test, a dog running alone must pursue a lure, completing the course with enthusiasm and without interruption within a given time. Most dogs will happily go after the lure! The CAT provides a fun and healthy activity attractive to many dog owners.
CAT - http://www.akc.org/events/coursing-ability-test/
CAT - http://www.akc.org/events/coursing-ability-test/
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