Report from Selection Trial 2009

by GSD League WB | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorised

Observations from the GSDL’s 2nd WUSV and FCI World Championship Team Selection Trial of 2009 The first day started at the nearby Limes café where the competitors could indulge in breakfast, if their stomachs were up to it. At the same time, the competitors...

What does it take to compete at the World Championships?

by GSD League WB | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorised

I’ve asked myself that a couple of times in the past – a rather interesting theoretical question but one that I hadn’t really thought would be of pressing importance. Well, ok, one that I had hoped would become of pressing importance, but maybe in a...

Richard James RIP

by GSD League WB | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorised

Richard passed away peacefully at his home with his wife, family and friends around him on Tuesday 7th July; he had been suffering from Renal Cancer for around 10 years. I was asked to write a few words about Richard. We have known each other for nearly thirty years;...

Updated: Hip & Elbow Screening for WUSV

by GSD League WB | May 15, 2015 | Uncategorised

Ladies and Gentlemen: Recently, we received a number of requests with regard to the future requirements for the participation in the WUSV World Championship and the Universal Championship. Clarification was in particular required in terms of the HD/ ED diagnostics....

Judges Seminar – 23rd January 2008

by GSD League WB | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorised

On the weekend of the 19th and 20th of January, Herr Gunther Diegel of the WUSV responded to a request from the GSDL of Great Britain Working Dog Group and came over to Manchester to facilitate an historic seminar. Present at the seminar were judges representing The...

Report of Selection Trial 2010

by GSD League WB | Mar 22, 2015 | Uncategorised

WUSV 2nd selection trial 17th & 18th April 2010 Well there’s an old welsh saying that one man’s volcanic ash is another man’s judging appointment. Yes the weekend that Europe came to a stand-still coincided with our second W.U.S.V. trial, Hence Dieter Schmale...