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(Login JasonFarrish) moderators Posted Jun 15, 2009 6:44 PM
This is just a horrible test for Dobermanns it tells us nothing.
First off the bite is only 6 seconds long and that just isnt long enough to judge the dogs temperment.
Secondly Schutzhund style work isnt a good breed test period. Lets just take the facts
Schutzhund as a breed test has given us Rottweilers, Dobermanns, and GSDs as they are today.
Ring (Belgian and French) gave us the Malinois.
Malinois are Dominating Police work AND Schutzhund
Ring (Belgian and French) is a superior breed test by virtue of the dogs they have produced.
The saving grace of Jute lovers is the Malinois Korung in Germany, yes they use a sleeve but the work is much more like Ring (long duration bites, extreme helper prescense, environmental pressure) It is not so much Sleeve Vs. Suit but the intent of the decoy, and the rules being flexible enough for the decoy to really put some heat on the dog.
6 seconds on the bite, this is more like 3 or 4 seconds in a trial, tells us almost nothing. Running around "driving" a dog like that tells us nothing, waving that pool noodle around its face tells us nothing.
