New Items on this Site
New SchH3 Club Members!
  • Added 8 new members!
updated August 10, 2010

Welcoming Newest Full Member Clubs!


Executive Ballots
EB #12-10
Judges Program Revision to Allow Additional Travel Day
Carried

EB #11-10
2010 GSD National Championship Slate of Helpers
Carried

New Trials & Shows
Sept 26, 2010
Helper Seminar & Classification
Twin Beech Club (KY)
Oct 30, 2010
Helper Seminar & Classification
O G Volmarstein Club (NC)
Sept 23 & 24, 2010
Helper Seminar and Classification
Scottsdale SchH Club (AZ)
Dec 12, 2010
Helper Seminar and Classification
Golden State SchH Club (CA)
Oct 1, 2010
Helper Seminar and Classification
Interstate SchH Club (NY)
March 12 & 13, 2011
El Cajon SchH Club (CA)
Dec 4 & 5, 2010
Conformation Show & Breed Survey
West Coast SchH Club (CA)
April 16 & 17, 2011
Mountaineer SchH Club (WV)
Nov 13 & 15, 2010
Conformation Show & Breed Survey
OG Indianapolis (IN)
Nov 12, 2010
OG Indianapolis (IN)
Sept 18, 2010
Helper Seminar & Classification
Fayetteville SchH Club (NC)
Feb 18-21, 2011
Aztec SchH Club (CA)

Welcome to the United Schutzhund Clubs of America

where our membership is "For the German Shepherd Dog"

More New SchH3 Club Members and Sports Medals!!

Photo by Charles Snyder / My Trial Photos
New SchH3 Club team, Mike Graham and Cliff working the group.

The USA office would like to announce eight new awards for the SchH3 Club and the new round of Sports Medal winners. We had five teams from the Mideastern region qualify for the SchH3 club and three from the Northeast Region. We hope to see a lot more qualifiers when the fall trial season kicks into high gear!

SchH3 Club
  • Phylls Tustin with Nora von der Strahlendorf — Sugar Run SchH Club, Northeast Region
  • Susan Sopranzi with Eian vom Quasliner Moor — Upper Bucks SchH Club, Northeast Region
  • Christiana Wild with Caliber vom Wildhaus — Northern Indiana SchH Club, Mideast Region
  • Kathleen Cook with Feeby vom Mika-Ashmead — Mid-Ohio SchH Club, Mideast Region
  • Staci Adams with Alixa vom Reichtal — O.G. West Penn SchH Club, Mideastern Region
  • Trish Sansbury with Devony de Locherie — O.G. Buckeye SchH Club, Mideast Region
  • Michael Graham with Cliff de Locherie — O.G. Buckeye SchH Club, Mideast Region
  • James Ackerman with Ursus von der Burg Hinte — O.G. Buckeye SchH Club, Mideast Region

Sports Medals

  • Silver — Kathleen DiStaso
  • Gold — Kathleen DiStaso, Kristin Siarkowicz, Susan Sopranzi, Mary Lou Mitsch
  • Master Gold — Richard Atkins


We are dedicated to protecting and preserving the German Shepherd Dog's working heritage through Schutzhund training. Schutzhund is a sport that focuses on developing and evaluating those traits in dogs that make them more useful and happier companions to their owners.

The purpose of Schutzhund is to demonstrate the dog's intelligence and utility. It also measures the dog's mental stability, endurance, structural efficiencies, ability to scent, willingness to work, courage, and trainability.

This working dog sport offers an opportunity for dog owners to train their dog and compete with each other for recognition of both the handler's ability to train and the dog's ability to perform as required. It is a sport enjoyed by persons of varied professions, who join together in a camaraderie born of their common interest in working with their dogs. Persons of all ages and conditions of life including those with significant disabilities enjoy Schutzhund as a sport. Often, it is a family sport.

Use the links above to learn more about Schutzhund training, who we are and how you can be involved in this fun and rewarding sport!

Office Closed

The USA office will be close early on Friday, September 3 and will closed on Monday, September 6, in observance of Labor Day.

Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 7.

Pam Niccum
USA Office Manager

USA Elections

The USA Nominating Committee has posted a review of the candidates who have formally expressed interest in the vacancies arising this year in the USA elections.

Click on the link below to view the document with the committee's recommendations. This is a PDF document.


2010 GBM

The USA General Board Meeting will be held in conjunction with the USA Nationals. Click on the links below to read the announcement and to get your copy of the delegate letter. The delegate letter must be returned to the USA secretary at least 30 days prior to the meeting.

Both the delegate letter and the announcement are in a PDF document.


Regional Directors and President's Awards

Once again, it's time to recognize the top clubs in the country. The General Education committee is seeking candidates for the President's and Regional Director's Awards.

Click on the link below to learn more about the awards and to get the forms for submitting your club for consideration. The forms are also available on the USA Forms page.


USA Nationals Host Hotels

The primary host hotel for the USA Nationals the is the Gold Dust West Casino Hotel. The secondary host hotel is the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites. Both hotels are in Carson City, NV.

Visit the event website for more information on the hotels.


2011 WDC Site Selected

The Machtig Strom SchH Verein club in northwestern Illinois will co-host the 2011 Working Dog Championships. This is the same club that hosted the 2009 National Championships.