Schutzhund
Sign in to saveSchutzhund (/'ʃʊtshʊnt/, German for "protection dog"), currently known competitively as IGP and previously as IPO, is a dog sport that tests a dog's tracking, obedience, and protection skills, and evaluates if a dog has the appropriate traits and characteristics of a good working dog.
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- Schutzhund
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- Felix with Eclipse in 2010 FCI Finland.jpg
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- The Obedience Phase in Schutzhund at 2010 FCI World Championship Finland
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- Dog sports
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- Trials
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- Protection dog sports
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- IPO, IGP
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- working dog
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Traits of Schutzhund dogs
- Trials and titles
- Training
- Books and materials
- Organizations
- Related protection sports
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
Schutzhund (/'ʃʊtshʊnt/, German for "protection dog"), currently known competitively as IGP and previously as IPO, is a dog sport that tests a dog's tracking, obedience, and protection skills, and evaluates if a dog has the appropriate traits and characteristics of a good working dog.
It was developed in Germany in the early 1900s as a suitability test for German Shepherds, but soon became the model for training and evaluating all five of the German protection breeds, which included Boxer, Dobermann, Giant Schnauzer, and Rottweiler. Though any breed of dog can participate, today the sport is dominated by German Shepherds and the Belgian Shepherd breed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schutzhund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.