German Shepherds - suitable for agility? Agility

So far we (between ourselves) we have distinguished quite a few types of GSD.

(in No particular order!!! )

*Show line German Breeding

*Show line English Breeding

* Mix between the too (not sure if these are shown or not)

* working continental dogs (very high drive)

*Obedience lines.






Please add others!!!!!!

Royce pre diabetes weighed about 51kg give or take, Not sure but Kaos must be 47kg ish,, has been ages since I weighed him, but will stick him on the sheep scales next time im at the farm,, hes a tad chubby and unfit at the moment so not really sure what he weighs,, nero prob knows his dogs weight though,,,

Big dogs then, but not fat lol, just muscle & bone seen the pics you have some nice dogs/bitches

Wow Suze, I bet when you first posted this thread you never expected all this!!!:smt002

My first love was German Shepherds and there will always be a special place in my heart for them.

I used to do agility with my boy Jasper, he was lightening fast around it too (and did working trials training with him too). He was superb, a great all-rounder. His lines were an English/German mix. Only major prob we had was he turned fear-aggressive after two consecutive dog-attacks (this could happen to any breed of course)

He was much easier to train than any Rott I've had, he was much less dominant and stubborn than any of them. (though have to admit Marius is the least dominant of the three I have owned bless him!) He was exceedingly loyal and a fab dog whom I adored. Of course I could buy another one with English/German lines and he may be the opposite, who knows!!

Marius loves to work and do obedience also, but he is completely different to train.

I think the advice given to go to shows, obedience comps etc is a great one. You will soon build a picture of which type suits you and if they are the right dog for you too. It will give you chance to chat to breeders and owners before making any decisions.

Good luck in whatever you decide

I've posted them before but in case anyone hasn't seen him, here is what Jasper looked like

pet breeding? I guess If I had to put logan in a group I would put him pet X obed breeding,

:smt005 nope not fat,,,unless you count the heads,,there all fatheads ;-)

wow 15 pages!!!!!!!

guess everyone has a lot of info they would like to share about the breed

anne-marie, jasper is lovely!!!!!

thanks for all the info everyone.....

the search is now on lol!!!

well have just spoken to the mother.....


she has said shes not a fan of gsd's BUT i will change her mind lol!! obviously i have to wait until i am a bit more financially secure ( i have enough for the upkeep every week for all my animals - horse, dog n hammys) but the initial buying of it will be an issue until after next month....!!

then the search is on!!!!!!

sorry bc's but i think its time for a change in breed..!!! so any shows coming up - expect me to be there lol!!! watching all you guys with gsd's - so if a mad girl wanders up with a springerx - it will probably be me!!! haha!!

awww glad we helped you decide, great choice

Mel x

Hi Suze noticed you are in the Northwest, are you anywhere near Bolton? they train Sunday Afternoon http://www.boltongsd.com/Pages/Train Page.html , you also have training at St Helens Rugby Club Monday eves.
Shows with GSD:

February 23 GSD Club of Kent Mr John Lijffijt
Mrs Eva Oster

March 11 CRUFTS Mr Terry Hannan

April 19 W&P Breeds of Wales Mr Peter Swigciski

April 27 WELKS Mr Gary Gray

May 4 Southern Alsatian Di Stirling Jim Parody
May 9 Birmingham Dog Show Mr Ian Blackshaw

May 17 S.K.C. Mrs Anne Hardy

May 24 Birmingham & District Frikki van Kraayenberg
Hans Peter Knaul

May 26 Leicestershire GSD Mr Brian Wootton Mrs Linda Barclay
May 31 Allertonshire GSD Club Mr Dennis Bibby
Mr John Robinson

June 1 Southern Counties Mr Robert Gregory

June 7 GSD Club of Devon Mr David Hall
Mr Steve Foran

June 8 GSD League of GB Freddy Christensen
TBA

June 11 3 Counties Agri Society Mrs June Charteris

June 15 Border Union Miss Pat Roe

June 22 Blackpool & District Mr Terry Thorn

July 2 National W&P Breeds Mrs Mo Lakin

July 17 East of England Mr Jack B Bispham

July 19 - 20 GSD Club of Scotland Ake Imland (Sweden)
Mats Hoglund (Sweden)

August 16 Welsh Kennel Club Mr Eddy Crouch

August 24 S.K.C. Mrs Pauline Cullen

August 30 City of Birmingham Mr Roy Brandon

September 6 Richmond Dog Show Mr William Jackson

September 28 Bfast Dog Show Soc Mr David Bissett

September 29 GSD Club of N.Ireland Mr Neil Dodds

November 1 W&P Breeds Scotland Mrs Jean Livingstone

Listed the judges aswell, so you can see a mix of types.

Other events trials etc.
February 22rd-24th Open Trial. UD WD, Devizes

February 9th & 10th
FCI World Championship Selection Trial - Hosted by BAGSD Washington VPG Branch: Judge: Rinus Bastiaansen.

April 9th-12th Championship Trial. CD,WD,PD, Flintham , Newark

June 1st Open Obedience Show (Northern Area) Beverley Racecourse, Beverley, Yorks.

July 29th North West VPG are holding a 1 day trial on July 29th, Judge Tom Nye. at Prestwhich Heys football club, Sandgate road, Whitefield, Manchester.

September
27th Championship Obedience Show, King George V Playing Fields Salters Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands.

October 5th Huddersfield Open Obedience Show.

Thanks Suze, but sadly he is no longer with us.:-( We lost him a few years ago, had to be PTS years ahead of his time due to CDRM

Hope you enjoy going to all the shows and researching, happy hunting!:smt002

thanks mel

thanks wildmoor, really appreciate the show dates!!!!




awww anne-marie, im sorry, ((((hugs)))) to you..

we lost our faithful bc too early from poisoning, he protected my mum from some yobbo once, he was a fab dog.




suzexxx

The breeder of my GSD has competed in many agility events and did recommend us having a bitch for agility as they are lighter on their feet, Harry was just too perfect to turn down and he is very clumsy so don't think agility will be his 'thing'. I have read that rottweillers are stubborn, GSD's on the other hand are only too happy to oblige.

hiyamichelle

yeh - i actually prefer bitches - but we alreadyhvae 2 and 1 dog - and imo i think a dog would balance things out - i know the character of my dogs so - dog it is lol!!

it was a toss up between a gsd and a collie - but sadly looks like we will loose one of them sooner than we thought so it would be totally unfair on my mum to get another now - it too hard - so a differnt breed altogether is what we need imo....

Sorry to hear that, hope your dogs health does improve. I wanted a golden retriever as we had one in UK but it was my husbands choice this time. I'm not complaining as Harry is perfect but he already weighs 39kg and he's only 9 months old so he doesn't make a good lap dog, unfortunately nobody seems to be able to explain that to him!!

sam here - millie who weights 26, decides having a cuddle while i hve my laptop on my knee IS a good idea

nick - the bc has improved a lot with his metacam - hopefully eh will continue being pain free!

Can I ask if any gsd owner's use a dog scooter to exercise your dogs?

If no-one uses a scooter with their gsd's, does anyone run them attached to a bike with a springer attachment or similar?
Anyone?

I don't. may be an idea to start a new thread with this topic? would be interesting

Mel x