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Posted by E-Dog on 8/13/2007, 2:28 pm Posted by Jim Engel on 8/13/2007, 12:53 pm, in reply to "Setting the record straight..." Marcelo, When the original AWDF Pit Bull application was Clearly the motivation was to seek de facto Some time later a Pit Bull organization became I have given this matter a great deal of thought The KNPV does not allow such dogs in it's Schutzhund is a sport and trial system devoted One of the biggest obstacles to the advancement Police departments in America can not and will As long as this situation exists, police dog As for myself I trained a German Shepherd in This is an important topic, and I will have much Best regards, Jim
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made, I was in support and in fact serving as AWDF
Secretary provided encouragement and assistance.
But I also insisted that their constitution needed
to include a strong statement against dog
fighting, which they were most unwilling to do.
recognition of the legitimacy of pit fighting.
They withdrew their application on this issue.
an AWDF member. This was a serious mistake,
and the organization continues to flounder.
and today believe that any organization serious
about police canine applications must of
necessity maintain separation from pit dog
fighting and the associated dogs and the pit
dog people, just as any organization seeking
cooperation and involvement with police forces
must avoid endorsement of illegal activity and
the appearance of endorsement of illegal
activity.
competitions and a Pit Bull can not hold a
KNPV title. This Dutch organization is probably
the most successful in the world, and we would
do well to follow their example in this as well
as many other things.
to the police patrol style dog and police
applications throughout the world. It was
developed by the German Shepherd people, and
the German Shepherd is known as a police dog
throughout the world.
of Schutzhund, the German Shepherd, other police
style dogs in America is the lack of cooperation
and formal contact with police training and administration.
not associate with organizations linked to pit
fighting in any way. Until this link is
repudiated there will be no progress for the
establishment of a broader cooperation between
police administrations and the breeders and
trainers of police style patrol dogs.
practice in America will continue to depend
on the import and continue as second rate.
the seventies, and if I were ever to train a
dog other than a Bouvier it would be a Malinois
or a German Shepherd.
to publish in the near future.
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