Delmarva German Shepherd Dog Club

So I had looked into becoming a member at this club, But they never seemed very welcoming. I was considering doing some bite work with one of my doberman's but they kept harping on pedigree And even when I sent them the pedigree, showing that my dog's grandfather had iop titles And even sent them somebody else.They still discouraged me from joining. I contacted them about both of my shepbirds. Thinking it's a shepherd group. Great, and they did the same thing they wanted to see pedigrees. And still in the end told me they didn't think it would work. But there were several other trainers in the area. Very upsetting. Don't know if it's because I'm a female or I'm on the younger side. I've noticed the majority of their group are older man.

I have been a member of this club since it started over five years ago The main trainers Have many years of knowledge and training. The club is friendly welcomes all and carefully accesses new dogs and members for safety. It is a club and is treated like a club they accept all working dog breeds and all levels as long as your dog is suited to do the work. At the end of each session all members are afforded the opportunity to make suggestions. The club recently had several defectors that decided to branch out on their own even thought they only have limited knowledge and training skills {up to a year) and decided to post wrong information About the club. I strongly Recommend training with Experienced Trainers such as DGSDC because an inexperienced trainer can and will ruin your Dog.

While this club does a decent job developing a young puppy, this is all the club has to offer. They will continue to work your adult dog in prey and will not put any real defense on dogs. If someone came after one of their dogs aggressively, the dog would fail/avoid because none of the dogs have been trained to deal with the stressors. They instill fear and paranoia in new handlers making them scared to push their dog in any meaningful way. In the month that we’ve been training at a new venue our 16 month old dog has gone from biting only a sleeve at DGSDC to doing shoulder and bicep bites on a suit, he has done hidden sleeve work, proofed his protection with a rubber arm and started leg bites. They love to mention the AKC titles that their dogs have, but many of the dogs haven't earned t

Delmarva German Shepherd Dog Club (DGSDC). When I became a member of this club Oct. 2017 I felt welcomed but come to find out I was never welcomed by the owner Howard, due to my dogs being cross breeds. My problem with this club is how he advertises it as a personal protection club that offers serious training for serious people and their dogs. He also says it isn't a sport training venue where members train for points, ribbons, plaques, or in-house "titles," but it is a club where you can go to learn to play an advance game of tug. If you are looking for a personal and or family protection dog please go else where because your dog will surely fail you in the event of danger in real life. DGSDC says most of them have real world needs, wants, and purposes for their dogs and yes they may hav

Valerie, as an DGSDC member and AKC Evaluator and the one that did the testing on Bandit for his Novice Trick Dog Title, I can only assume when you say that Bandit passed without knowing any tricks is a direct attack on the evaluator. As an AKC evaluator, we are given the rules and test requirements for each title and I strictly adhere to the akc guide for evaluators. Since Bandit has his CGC, he was only reqiured to do five tricks out of the supplied list. Bandit had already passed his five tests before Howard tried the tunnel which would have been his sixth test. I would suggest that you or anyone else that wishes to know the requirements for any akc test go to their website AKC. Org. I think the tricks you have in mind that you thought Bandit should be doing will be found in the interm