Michaelw1979
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Jul 1, 2006, 7:32 AM
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Re: [colinchin] Schutzhund Advise
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FIrst of all thank you for the warm welcome. I would like to take this opportunity to share some of my thoughts with the readers of this forum I've read through most of the recent discussion posted here regarding Schutzhund in Malaysia, questions and concerns and I'm very pleased to find out that many people share the same passion and love for this sport even though its still at its infancy level in Malaysia. Kudos to the organizer of the Malaysia Olympic Dog Day for introducing this sport to the general public. I guess its up to the people in Malaysia who are passionate in this sport to bring it to the next level. To begin, I would like to share my personal opinion regarding this sport and I hope that my opinion do not offend of keep people away from this sport but more like to give people a little "heads up" before they jump and spent thousands of ringgit to buy a super puppy or super dog to be a part of this sport. I would say that most people would agree that Schutzhund is an extremely fascinating and fun sport. Being able to compete in a sport that is not only judge on performance of your dog but also the level of respect, love and compassion that the dog and the handler share is nothing short of amazing. The point that I'm trying to point out is to be able to achieve that level of co-operation between handler and the dog is not something that can be achieve in a short period of time but through years and years of training and lots of love between the dog and the handler. Most of us are in the same boat. We are not breeders not are we professional trainers. We are just regular people who hold regular jobs. Professional trainers do nothing else aside from training dog. Their regular job is nothing more than training dog, which is not true for most of us who share the passion for this sport. The German Shepherd Dog is in my opinion one of the most magnificent dog of all breeds. Due to the nature and the history of this dog, being breed for work and working is what makes this dog happy and fun to be around with, the German Shepherd dog is not a type of dog that sits around and enjoy sitting around doing nothing. The German Shepherd dog is an extremely high enery dog that needs to release its energy to be happy. Sounds like a load of crap but it is. German Shepherd dog can become extremely destructive if these energy are not used or channel propery. At the same time, these are the enery are the energy that are required to excel in the Schutzhund sport. I'm not sure what level of love and passion that every one shares regarding the Schutzhund sport. As for me, being a Malaysian, I love to compete. Not so much for fame or money, but for the passion and love of competition. The adrenaline rush and others. In order to achieve excellence and not just getting a dog title (any dog that is train for a good period of time can get title, even a golden retreiver or yellow lab) but to get recognition or crown Sieger/ Siegerin, VA or let alone V is nothing short of tremendous amount of hard work, time and most of all patience. If any readers who want or assumes that by paying tens of thousands of Ringgit and train on the weekend on the off hope to achieve that, I would suggest they venture into another sport. Because not only are they not going to be unhappy and frustrated, these frustrations will automatically be channel to the puppy or dog. I haven't been back in Malaysia for approximately 8 years now and I'm not in liberal to comment on anything regarding the people back home. But from my experience with people here, the assumption is that "I pay so much money (thousands of dollar) for a puppy from extremely famous bloodline, parents or genetic, hence its in their blood or gene to be able to perform to excellence." Not only is the assumption ignorant but also naïve. Yes you pay for a great puppy from a great bloodline. But that only means the puppy will be able to learn and perform better after receiving proper training. It does not means 1 or 2 day a week the dog is super smart, that's all it needs and from there he or she will be a super dog. What I'm trying to point out after all the B/s that I just the readers through is that, please be very very sure and think, reconsider if you are able to provide the time and effort before jumping into this sport. Its not for everyone. It’s an extremely big commitment. It’s a life changing decision. When I started learning and training for Schutzhund (I've 2 GSD perviously before my current puppy) about 3 years ago but that was for information and love of the sport, but when I got my puppy several months ago, it was a life changing experience. I've seen people abandoned their dog because they could not handle the pressure. I've seen dogs from great bloodline that turned out to be extremely aggressive and timid, not being able to perform and completely lost its confidence because the owner was not able to provide the dog what it required to excel, and owner channel his or her own frustration into the dog. Owner yelling, beating and abusing the dog for not being able to perform. Its extremely dishearting and it actually happens very often here in America. I do not wish to see such scenario happen in Malaysia, so that is why I'm spending a good amount of time writing this article. I'll be more than happy to offer my opinion if needed. But I myself have a question. As I was going through the teams that will be competing in the WUSV in Denmark this coming September, does anyone here know or heard about this guy Teng Yee Fhong he is the team leader for the Malaysian team that will be competing in Denmark for WUSV competition?
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