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Updated: Hip & Elbow Screening for WUSV
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
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...
National Championships 2014
2nd place: Vongraf Orpah with helper Danny Roberts
GSDL National Championship 2014
Top Three Places: Alan Wood, Richard Acton, Terri Wright and Judge Gunther Diegel SV
Report of Selection Trial 2010
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...
Report of 2009 Nationals
2009 GSDL-WDG National Championship Trial Over the weekend of the 17/18th October, the German Shepherd Dog League of Great Britain (Working Branch) held its annual National Championships, hosted again this year in the Warrington area by the South Cheshire branch....
KC Announcement: GSD Change of Name
At its meeting on 12th October 2010, the General Committee of the Kennel Club agreed that the word ‘Alsatian’ would be removed from the Kennel Club's formal name for the breed with immediate effect. This decision constitutes an amendment to Kennel Club B(A)...
An Introduction to IPO Dog Sport
Introduction to IPO Dog Sport by Ron White This is one for the uninitiated... An article by Ron White outlining the sport of IPO (formerly 'Schutzhund'); including descriptions of the three phases as well as how and why IPO came to be. With the removal of the long...
WUSV 2012 Captain’s Report
Two Years in the Making This was the culmination of two years work, which ended in an excellent result for the IPO Sport in Great Britain Both the GSDL and BAGSD decided that to select a team for the WUSV competition, a joint trial would take place to select 5...
Trip to OG Melle
Congratulations Chris Goodridge! The National Committee would like to extend its congratulations to Chris Goodridge who recently spent time in Germany and became an SV licensed helper. Below is an article he wrote about his trip: My Trip to OG Melle I first met...
Saul Wolsoncroft – GSA Nationals 2009
The GSDL Helper Procedure as at 1 August 2012 1. It is the helper’s responsibility to wear the correct equipment when training and at competitions. • Correct size Scratch Pants that are clean and tidy without any large holes or rips • Correct size Scratch Jacket...
Trial Report: Qualifier 2009
Trial Report: Scottish Open and WUSV / FCI Qualifier, 18th & 19 April 2009 Track Layers: Glyn Andrew & Mick Baverstock Saturday morning started off bright but with a bitterly cold wind, welcome to Scotland in summer. The fields were lush with the grass just...
Second Qualifier/All Breed Nationals
The Second WUSV/FCI Qualifier Trial of 2015 and All Breed Nationals Competition will be held on 9/10 May at Epworth Showground in Lincolnshire. Becky Lyons is the Trial Secretary and can be contacted by telephone: 01405 862709