Practical dog training with the "Augsburg Model
The Augsburg Model was originally created by the SV in 1986 to enable dog owners of all breeds to participate in dog training courses. However, the idea behind this nationwide initiative is still very popular today: to pass on the knowledge and experience of the trainers and members to all dog lovers, even outside the club. A membership in the SV is therefore not necessary for these courses!
Modern dog training
The Augsburg model offers a practice-oriented dog training according to modern training methods. The course participants practise with their dogs the basic commands and obedience such as leashing, in simulated everyday situations. In addition, the dog owner receives useful basic knowledge about the behaviour and body language of his dogs. The common goal of the dog training courses: the family dog that is safe for everyday use.
Conditions of participation:
Any dog of any breed may participate
Minimum age of the dog: 12 months
A valid dog owner liability insurance and a valid vaccination book must be carried along
A club membership of the dog owner is not required.
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Practice-oriented dog training - The Augsburg Model
Information on the assessment of character
A roadworthy companion
The aim of training as a companion dog is an unbiased, socially acceptable and above all a roadworthy dog. If the dog has successfully taken part in a dog training course (Augsburg model), the companion dog examination is no longer a big hurdle. A passed companion dog examination is a basic requirement for Schutzhund sport and agility.
The companion dog exam - for humans and animals
In the companion dog test, the dog is tested for everyday and traffic safety. Before the start of the test, the dog owner must pass a knowledge test in which he can prove his basic knowledge of dog keeping and training. If the test is passed, the dog owner receives a dog handler license and is allowed to take the companion dog test.
The first part of the companion dog test takes place on the training ground: Here, leash ability and impartiality, free sequence, seat from movement and discard in connection with approach are tested. In the second part of the test, the dog is taken into the public traffic area: The dog is kept on a leash and is to behave indifferently towards passers-by and dense traffic. In addition, a companion dog must be able to remain obediently alone, tied firmly to the pavement of a moderately busy street for two minutes - dog owner or reference person is out of sight. The dog must not growl at passers-by or other dogs.
Conditions of participation:
The dog must be at least 15 months old
Proof of the dog's identity by chip or tattoo
Membership in the SV or in another VDH-recognized association
By profession "snoop."
what the human being grasps with his eyes, the dog "sees" through his fine nose. Shepherds in particular are also particularly good tracking dogs due to their highly developed sensitive olfactory organ: they can examine the inhaled air for the slightest olfactory impressions even from a distance of 150 metres. Through intensive sniffing, the increased respiratory frequency ensures that odours can be identified even more precisely.
Through the use of its above-average well-trained nose, the dog receives information about its environment which it can use for orientation. Thus the tracking dog - after a successful tracking dog training - can follow scent tracks and becomes an indispensable helper in the search for missing persons, buried or buried crime victims.
Tracking dog training - the right nose
Tracking dogs are of course not born as such - they only have a more or less pronounced predisposition to track. Only through the special tracking dog training a dog becomes operational at all. In the training units, the animals must learn above all not to be distracted by other olfactory impressions when searching the track.
Tracking dog training is one of the most highly specialized disciplines of dog training. Since this training, in contrast to many other dog sports, does not demand maximum physical performance from the dogs (in terms of ligament and joint stress), even adolescent animals can begin with the careful training for tracking.
The tracking dog test can be tested as an independent discipline (FH1 and FH2) or as a sub-discipline of the working dog test.
Sport creates balance
Dogs that are active in sports are not only physically more robust and healthier than inactive dogs, but are generally more balanced and peaceful in their nature. Also the working dog sport with its three sub-disciplines tracking work, subordination and protection service creates a sporty and at the same time controlled "valve" for the active and energetic sheepdog - because it is in the nature of his breed that he wants to be challenged and encouraged. Neither the training as a working dog nor the sport itself is a danger for others.
Strength of character and physical resilience
The prerequisite for training as a working dog - especially for protection service - is a completely healthy, efficient and resilient dog. Characteristic traits such as self-confidence, a predisposition to drive (not to be confused with aggression) and pleasure in work must be strongly developed in a prospective utility dog.
Well advised
Whether a young dog fulfils these characteristics and whether it is suitable for the strenuous protection service training, dog owners and trainers can judge together after trial training and/or character and behaviour exercises. If the veterinarian also gives his OK, nothing stands in the way of this dog sport.
The training supervisors in the local groups of the SV provide dog owners with advice and assistance and prepare animals and dog handlers for the utility dog test, which is then taken by the SV performance judges.
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