Schutzhund: Theory and Training Methods

Very helpful introduction to schutzhund book! I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in starting the sport.

This is a great book for schtzhund and just about anyone else interested in the dog world. I purchased it, not because i want to train in schutzhund, but beacuse of the knowledge it would give me in the use of personal protection dogs or attack dog. Now that im familiar with how it works and the history behind it. I chose not to train my breed in this field. There is many other types of work for dogs and what fascinates me the most is livestock guardians and estate guardian. Very good book.

I am a beginner in the world of Schutzhund. I spent $40 on some online videos that teach technique without bothering to explain how to get to this particular level or the meaning of the terms the guy uses in the videos. I wrote the author of the videos and asked for help and he has arrogantly not answered my letter. Interestingly enough, a younger version of the author of the videos is pictured with the author of this book in one of the pictures toward the end of the book; so clearly the arrogant author of the videos learned his training techniques from the author of this book but failed to learn how to be a good teacher or ambassador of the sport. The author of this book guides one through the training there is a good glossary of terms and she explains how to advance one's training as appropriate. This book I can add to my liberary and I don't have to create a user name and password to access it, or even have a computer to read it.

There is only so much I can actually do with my 14-year old resuced GSD, but I really think that if more people understood the types of things these dogs were meant to do (which do not include sitting around all day and lacking a confident leader to follow), far lass would end up in rescues every year. Just the first section was really helpful. This applies to other working breeds too, of course, but this is one of several books that have helped me get inside my dog's head, helped me understand how he's been misunderstood all of his life, and is helping us tap into his brilliant brain the best we can in his golden years. Good stuff!

I bought this book without knowing how well it would fit my needs. It is written in a train the trainer / task detailing type format. While not written for training puppies, the authors include some insight on page 108. Chapter 10 Obedience: Basic Training is the most useful chapter for me. Particularly helpful for me and Max, Forcing the stay on page 115 breaks down each step to take, and how to respond to your dog's actions. Great return on my investment

Having no experience on this sport or any knowledge on how these dogs are trained I found this book very useful for someone who wants to learn the general rules and basics.Good choice for someone looking for his first "schutzhund" book but will seem kind of incomplete for someone searching for something more specific.Book is very easy to read and found it very useful on how dogs are selected from litters and the way you should raise them.I give it '5 stars' as a great beginning book on Schutzhund!

This book is as was described. It helps in the understanding of Schutzhund theory and training. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of training their dog for competition. It will give the basics that will be required when in a club setting with other dogs and their trainers. The photos are also helpful. This book with it's tips and training techniques should be paired with a good training class through a recognized club. The book was purchased used and was in great condition.

Great advice and overview of schutzhund for the beginner. However, once you find yourself in a schutzhund club for six months or so, the book will become useless. It doesn't give credit to different training alternatives or account for the multitude of problems encountered if your dog is, say, really high drive or on the other end sluggish. There are many fine points and variables in any combination for each dog and for each of the exercises in the routines. I am not proposing an account for all of those combinations, just on the variables themselves. I found this book lacking not in breadth but in depth. Also, just a word for you NBs out there....DO NOT ATTEMPT PROTECTION WORK ON YOUR OWN. You really need a good club and an experienced helper or you WILL fail.R

Good information, illustrations and photos in book are poor quality, very faded would be nice to see better quality of images

libro davvero bello e interessante, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la fase A della pista

Great book

I didn't know anything about schutzhund, it is an excellent book to start on this sport. It explain all the aspects of the schutzhund competition, how is the test conducted and then how to achieve the goals of it. I've tried the metods with my dogs and they have been more succesful than others. I recomend it if you want to start on the sport.

Very nice book