Breed survey training

Breed survey training is one of our specialties. Whether you have a dog that is schutzhund titled but needs a first time or life breed survey, we can help!

Depending on the thoroughness of its previous training, your dog can be fine-tuned and ready to go in as little as 3 weeks to 6 weeks.

Included in the breed survey fee is the actual handling of the dog in the Korklasse giving your dog the best possible chance to fulfill his potential.

Whether involved in Schutzhund training or conformation showing, if breeding working lines or show lines, should a breeder choose to follow the SV rules for breeding German Shepherd dogs, one of the requirements prior to breeding is for your dog to not only have a Schutzhund 1, 2 or 3, but also to successfully complete a breed survey. The first time breed survey is quite involved. First, the dog must be taken around the ring as it would be in a show and is tested for gun sureness. The judge then takes each dog individually and it is required to remain in a stand for a considerable length of time while he (the judge) makes detailed notations of the dog’s structure. In addition, the dog must be weighed and measured, requiring it to be handled extensively and be subjected to strange measuring tools. The bitework the dog must perform is unique to the breed survey as well, it’s the only place a dog encounters the attack on the handler. The long bite or courage test is part of the Schutzhund bitework as well.

Although to a lot of people, the breed survey seems like it should be very easy, especially for a first time survey.

Steve House can prepare your dog for what he/she will encounter that day.

We offer a program that tackles any bite issues your dog may have. These could be as simple as introducing them to and working through the attack on the handler or as complicated as correcting faulty training the dog received in its past. Remember, a lot of the conformation dogs get titled in a hurry and are pushed forward with incomplete training.

For those dogs who may need it, we prepare them for the ring portion as well, with ring training and exposure to the tools and handling that they will experience with the judge. Oftentimes we see handlers/owners/breeders of working line dogs bring dogs into the ring completely untrained for it. If you are going to spend the money and go through the effort to follow the SV criteria for breeding, it only makes sense to present your dog to the judge trained in all facets of its performance.

The Breed Survey Training program requires us to have your dog at our training center in Illinois for 4 to 6 weeks, depending on the dog and what is required to prepare it. Included in the program is the actual handling of the dog at the breed survey. The owner must pay all entry fees and any travel expenses incurred, but the handling for the bitework and ring work is included in the fee.