Quote Originally Posted by applesmom
Thanks borzoimom. Growing up as she did in our "doggie" family she completely understands the time, effort, dedication and consistency required to train a dog for any sport. She's like her grandma, when she does something she puts her whole heart and soul into it.

It's my guess that the hardest part will be finding the right dog from the right breeder and then finding a great (not just good) trainer. They are willing to travel in order to research and learn too. I'll be sending her any information I can come up with but they're more the "hands on" types rather than sitting on their behinds and relying on what they might read on the internet.

My main concern is finding an ethical breeder and trainer as she tends to be a little too trusting sometimes.
Applesmom- as I said- if this were anyone else but you, I would not entertain this. I sent you a pm and I can also send you my phone number if you want personal references on the breeder and the trainer you found..
My concern with this thread is that someone with a unstable dog will try this- when the fact is a Schuzhound dog is more stable than all of them combined. Its not just obedience, agility, guard work etc- its really intense- highly.. And I LOVED IT!!!! ( As Dr.Goodnow can attest too.. lol..)