Top Ten SchH Trainers in America - Page 3

Just my thought on this as a new person to the sport.  If a trainer has time or takes the time to raise a pup and compete with the pup at the higest levels that is great.  But from my experience limited though it maybe what I see is that many times trainers don't have time for their own dogs and take pride in the number of people they have helped train or helpers that they have started in the sport. 

Sorry forgot this part.....

I think part of being a Top Trainer is the ability and willingness to teach others, encourage others and share their knowledge.

Not in Order, doubtless left some out-

Dean Calderon, Steve Miller, Ivan Balabanov, David Delessegues , Gottfried Dildei, Martin and Thomas Vollrath, Gary Hanrahan, Gene England, Les Flores, Phil Hoelcher

T Flloyd is a good trainer, obviously, for some people/dogs. But personally, I can't stand him.

Lately I have been working with a young man who was mentored by T and Ivan named Shaun Ramirez in Philly. He is relatively unknown in the sport, has malinois, but he is VERY good with both dogs and handlers. I call him "The Secret Weapon"

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Thanks for the feed back. If anyone would like to add more. It sure would be interesting to get more opinions. Look like more than 700 people checked it out. But, it seem like they were scared to mention anyone.

We train with Les Flores so I'm biased toward him.    

I may be bias (ive been around this club and him for close to 10 years) but John Nussbuam has always been able to fix my problems and he can put up with me, a HORRIBLE handler!!! lol  I have been amazed at what he has been able to do!!

Jessica Gainer

Ok, some people have turned this into "Who's my favorite Schutzhund Trainer". Everybody have a Favorite, What I want to know is, if you had to make a list of top trainer what "TEN" Schutzhund Trainers would be on that list? And Why?

Criteria: 

1.  Must have competed more than once and scored highly at a world schH championship with dogs they have trained themselves from square one.

2.  Must be willing and able to work with others, coaching, teaching handlers, helpers and giving seminars that pass on their skills to others who would follow in their footsteps. 

3.  Must be willing to help even beginners to understand the sport and develop their skills.

4.  Must be a spokesperson for the sport and use available opportunities to promote the sport and enlighten others.

I forgot the most important thing:

***Must set an example of good sportsmanship, be a beacon for those who would strive for knowledge and seek to compete at the higher levels, in a manner that speaks well for the sport under any and all scrutiny, by the public, government officials and/or those who would try to discredit and undermine the sport and those who practice it.

On the East Coast, Meridith Vallillo, Gary D'Hue, Mike Pinksten to name a few first hand experience.   The reason i name the above, are because i have seen them accomplish things and teach you how they accomplish it, they have the titles to prove it and have made it at a world level to train and or trial...  Gary just returned from Hungary he was asked to do the helper work for the Hungarian Championships to pick their world team.  Mike, needs no intro, been around a long long time.  Meridith, for example, has the ability to teach hard hard dogs with positive methods to start and its started in a way some hard a$$ trainers would not believe could be done, but look at her dogs and what they have achieved and she is young.  Her FR2 Mal is a very hard dog, this dog and her have a history since 4 months old...the obedience on this dog is awesome... he loves obedience, absolutely no compulsion training, her other Mal too, awesome awesome dog she trained... that achieved alot...  I start all my young dogs with Meridith in bitework/obedience, she has this amazing way to read them and gets them to work through their head shyt and get rid of any baggage... so we can move on... we dont want any crap surfacing on trial day  <g>  I also see how much she knows as she works with police dogs all day, she has tested dogs before importing them, for police work, you have to see the way she reads the dogs and gets them to achieve their goals...  just awesome.  its funny to see the PD meet her, they all figure "a woman training police dogs"... but then 5 minutes later... they all know why she is successful and she is kewl about it too...

This is all in the eye of the beholder, really, i wish i could train with alot of the names above to get a variety of input. 

In the IL area, i hear hands down a man with a great deal of knowledge and experience is Carlos Huerta.  i have learned alot from Carlos, been out there to see him, he is another one who knows how to read the dog and is committed to the sport, his heart and soul stands loyal.  doesnt always have to be a big name to be one of the "top ten". 

I do have to share that for European Trainer there is Bart Balone,  i cant wait for him to return to our area again!