About San Diego Schutzhund Club
Our
Family Oriented club is dedicated to the development of the TOTAL German Shepherd
Dog and participates in and hosts Schutzhund Trials, Conformation
Shows and Breed Surveys.
Established in 1981, the Club affiliated with the United Schutzhund
Clubs of America (USCA) in 1982. In 1999, a second club was
formed under the name San Diego Schutzhund Club - WDA. This
club is associated with the German Shepherd Club of America
- Working Dog Association. Although
separate entities with different memberships, both clubs worked
together to promote the German Shepherd Dog through schutzhund
trials, conformation shows and breed surveys under a joint
training program.
One of the earliest clubs in the southwest, we recently hosted
our 45th schutzhund trial and 17th conformation show. In additional
to hosting several regional events, the San Diego Schutzhund
Club hosted the second USA Sieger Show in 1991 and the 2001
GSDCA-WDA North American Sieger Show.
Since our first trial, club members have trained over 30 dogs to
SchH3 degrees with 23 individuals achieving entrance to the
Schutzhund III club. Other accomplishments by club members
include over 80 AD, 75 BH, 60 SchH1, 30 SchH2, 4 IPO3 and 3 FH1
titles.
Club members relax and brag about our dogs at our annual
party and the many dinners honoring our judges. We also
take time to socialize with our dogs. A favorite activity
is a Wandertag - a day with our dogs in nature or on a group
walk along San Diego bay, beside the beach or through our
local parks.
We are proud of our accomplishments as a club, and welcome new German Shepherd Dog owners who desire to join us in our activities.