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No way she would ever sell Galant.... Interesting thread vs another one I was recently in where a lady had a new GSD in her home and her friend showed up and after opened the door calling out anyone home? Her new dog knocked open the door and bite her several times. My position was she needed to be careful as this dog could not tell a real threat from a friendly "female" calling out in a happy voice. I was told in the thread how great the dog acted and lucky for this lady the dog had not had Schutzhund work or he would have really bite her. My only concern over a SAR dog doing bitework is if a lost person is scared and hits at the dog. Has to be a well bred and clear headed dog to make the right judgement.

Not Galant-- Dersey. Nice bitch! Even if she would sell Galant, (which would not happen) I probably could not afford him!

Mosemancr, "Ive heard that it's because a Schutzhund dog is aggressive". Schutzhund and aggressive are not synonymous. No direct correlation between the two.

P.S. Aggressive as meaning biting a person.

P.S. Aggressive as meaning biting a person.

I have seen Dersey, very nice... I called on getting one of her pups awhile back but most had already been sold. Can't remember now but I think she had been breed to Galant.

In my opinion, the high prey drive dog is best suited for SAR. My dog, sch. titled, Disaster certified has minimal defence. Great dog for my needs. Also consider this. Sar dogs must be free and clear in the head in order to work away from the handler. Too much obedience be it Sch. or AKC can and usually will hinder a dogs ability to leave its handler. They tend to look for much direction. I put very little obedience into my sar dogs until a year old. They do sit come and down. No heeling, no directionals. Lots of agility! sarah atlas Nj-TF1

I have several Galant pups and have found them all to be great candidates for SAR, as desertrangers know, we are certainly into SAR. I certified Galant at our last school in 2006. The pups we have had from him and have gone on to produce with other zPS bloodlines have produced lovely temperaments and drive more like a Malinois than a GSD. Malinda Julien US Tactical K9 Law Enforcement Academy www.archangelgermanshepherds.com www.k9officer.com

Don't you love it. You go to a search and rescue person and they tell you sch dogs are bad because they might bite a person. Then you call the working k9 officer and they tell you that sch dogs are sh-t dogs because they won't bite people only sleeves. Being somewhat facetious, but its amazing how peeople will assess another field of work.

Gustav - seems that everyone has an opinion on what works. Let me tell you what *I* think works because I do handle working dogs and teach it as well... there are many working dogs (SAR and LE ) that would KILL for the control and focus a SchH trained dog has... DOES SchH TRAIN a police or SAR dog? no... but it can lay the ground work for a GREAT working dog. Now, if the dog passed the SchH and that is ALL they have ever done and they do not have the nerve to proceed into working, then it didn't do any good. I never say never and don't judge a dog by it's pedigree, it's titles or it's certifications... I want to see it WORK. :) I title and show my dogs because I think the GSD world outside of our community needs to see that a police dog can be a show dog and vice versa... however, the only real tell of a dog is the character and nerve of THAT dog. don't let anyone tell you different. Malinda Julien