1. edition

The secret of a high-quality protection work lies in the perfect interplay of dominant, expressive confrontations with the helper and an equally expressive, tension-filled and powerful leadership of the dog based on positive motivation.

For years, the instructors at Heuwinkl have been setting the course for such modern and species-appropriate training. The prerequisite for this is a passion for protection, coupled with the demand for constant improvement of procedures and adaptation to changing conditions. Hardly any dog sport discipline has been exposed to such a dramatic change in just a few years as the protection work. It was and is important to do justice to this in order to actively meet the change instead of being at its mercy. Peter Scherk and Dr. Florian Knabl as well as Connie Scherk are the protagonists who are constantly working on improvements, tracking down problems and developing solutions.

The reward: 5 x individual world champion, 14 x team world champion and 15 times participation in world championships. In addition to many other placements on the podium, as well as countless titles at national and international competitions for the entire Team Heuwinkl.

Now the long awaited handbook on protection work by Peter Scherk and Dr. Florian Knabl is finally available:

"Successful together - The way to masterful protection work", the complete manual on IGP protection, step by step in words and pictures by real masters of their trade!

Back of the book

Three world champions, one idea- a professional and consistent training system.

 That, in a few words, is the Dog Sports Club Heuwinkl in Upper Bavaria with its ideas and tacticians Conny and Peter Scherk and Dr. Florian Knabl. No other dog sports club in the world has collected more national and international titels in the past 30 years than Heuwinkl.

 Their success in protection work relies a lot on an understanding of the dogs conceptual and structural thinking, precision, consistency, diligence, perseverance, attention to detail, enthusiasm and a great deal of empathy for the dogs.

 In Heuwinkl protection work is understood as a confrontation between man and dog on eye level, passionate but respectful, whereby the perfect and fast alternation of dynamic fighting and tense pauses constitute the special challenge and attraction. The supporting, main elements are discipline, control and self-control of dog handler, dog and helper.

 Understood and practiced in this way, protection work is not just a random scuffle but a ritualized, structured martial art in which the dogs’ dignity is always at the center of the action. In Heuwinkl we use the dogs’ instincts and drives instead of working against them.

 In this way, the entire protection work becomes a kind of Hope Run for the dog, that carries him from exercise to exercise in constant expectation of being rewarded.

The authors develop the different elements of the protection work step by step with clear, detailed pictures, showing how to avoid the typical problems that may arise during protection work. The instructions are pepped up with lots of help and tricks gained from their many years of experience.

SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER- DETAILS

• Subject IGP protection work
• Step by step instuctions for each excercise.
• Explanations from puppy age up to trial preparation
• Illustrated with lots of pictures
• Volume 409 Pages
• ISBN 978-3-00-076334-2

Dass ein Hund n hoher Trieblage nicht gut lernt, wissen schon die meisten. 

Aber kennt ihr auch diese gute Idee, wie wir unseren Hunden das Abrufen vom Verbellversteck lernen? 

In diesem Video seht ihr Josep Bulo mit seinem Haddock in Vorbereitung zur FCI WM. 

Er schiebt die Hoffnung auf eine Bestätigung - anfangs ein Stück Futter, später ein Spielzeug - von der Verbellsituation in die Grundstellung. Dabei spielen wir nach und nach den gesamten Ablauf,  ähnlich wie im Schutzdienst, durch. Ganz wichtig dabei ist es, keinerlei Ängste zu erzeugen, sondern unseren Hund lernen zu lassen, wie groß sein Vorteil ist, wenn er unseren Signalen folgt. 

Diese Idee und alle weiteren Hausaufgaben werden in unserem Buch „Gemeinsam Erfolgreich, der Weg zum meisterhaften Schutzdienst „ ausführlich beschrieben. 

Auch gibt es mittlerweile viele Lehrvideos zu den Themen auf unserer Seite www.dogsport-online.com