Schutzhund is a great training regimen. It's not rea  protection training, imo. The "bite work" is choreographed. Its just a great system to train a dog. The only reason I did it was because of my dog's breed. I trained dogs my whole life without an issue, but American Bulldogs have a reputation (dog racism) and we had a young child. It turns out that both my dog and I enjoyed the training. It really wasn't necessary, though, because she was the smartest, sweetest, most stable dog I ever owned.

siggy47

Woah, that sport just seems wild to me! Haha, well we get the dog we get - and who doesn't want a cuddle bug?

I practice canicross with my dog but she hates it. Running without chasing anything is just not fun. On skiis it  works for some reason - when she's in the mood. But when we run canicross she just barks angrily at me until she either gives up or gets me to stop. I got an active breed because I wanted a running partner 😅

Bullen

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I used to do Schutzhund with my old American Bulldog. We had fun, but she was terrible at bite work. She was a lover, not a fighter.