On January 10-11, 2009, Thor, Sammy and Boomer went to a Schutzhund protection seminar with Carl. We had a great time and learned a little bit more about protection training for boxers and their handlers. Our two handlers learned how to better handle their dogs in protection and learn a bit more the eye, foot and dog coordination for practically very green handlers.
Boomer and his owner/handler Luis, pictured above, will shortly be ready for their BH. Luis and Boomer are a team to watch, their performance in the heeling portion of Obedience is like a well choreographed dance. They are both working very closely on their tracking, obedience and protection phases for their Schutzhund I trial. They are a team to watch in the near future.
Sammy, pictured on left, is working on her tracking, both on dirt and grass, obedience and protection training in different training fields. So as soon as there is little more knowledge of what is expected of her, in the sport of Schutzhund, Sammy should be able to attempt her Schutzhund titles in the near future.
Thor will probably trial first, since he is the most advanced of the two. Sammy is a shared training boxer between Luis and Millie and they will decide who will be the handler that will trial with Sammy for her Schutzhund titles.We met new and old friends at this seminar and learned a bit more about our new hobby, training boxers in the sport of Schutzhund.
