Bur Oak Hundesport

A Dog Sport Club in Northern Illinois Specializing in Schutzhund & German Conformation

   

MEMBER HIGHLIGHT:

BILL PLUMB - MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

Bill and his wife got their first German Shepherd Dog, Piper V D Steffen-haus, in 1995.  Prior to that time they had Field trial Retrievers for over 15 years. They started training her in Schutzhund when she was four and they earned a SchH1 on her.
 
Currently they have Bär an eight year old conformation line male that has a BH. They also have Kate, a two year old, working line dog. Kate passed her BH in the fall of 2008 and will be trialing in the fall of 2009 for her SchH I and maybe a SchH II. Kate has also participated in agility and Bär has done some SAR training.
 
In 1999 Bill retired after a varied career that included five years in the US Coast Guard, six years as a Police Officer and thirty years in Commercial banking and Corporate lending. Since then he has done volunteer work mostly in finance related positions.


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BUR OAK CLUB TRIAL JUNE 27, 2009

Bur Oak hosted a very successful Club Trial at Gridley Field on June 27, 2009 with SV Judge Juergen Hess. 

Due to the heat and high temperatures, the club had to cancel the AD, but we had two SchH1 entries, one SchH3 entry, four BH entries, one FH entry, and one TR1 entry.

We would like to congratulate all of the participants on their achievements of the weekend, but particularly the following club members and their dogs:

TAWNY WAGNER and her dog ROCCO ("Rocco Vom Haus Kuhn") who earned another successful TR1 title!

JOE BARRY (handler Petra Raffel) and his dog HANA ("Shooting Star Hana") who earned their BH title!

KATHLEEN SANDERSON and her dog CARTER ("Sentras Learned Hand") who earned their SchH1 title!

Please check the Past Events page for more information on the event and photos!!

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Objectives of the Club: To encourage and promote training of purebred German Shepherd Dogs and other desirable breeds, such as Rottweilers, Dobermans and Belgian Malinois. Further objectives include doing everything possible to bring the natural qualities of said breeds to perfection in the service of our community and mankind.

About Us:
The club was formed January 12, 2003 and is not-for-profit.  Diverse founding members include several breeding kennels, and expert through novice proponents of all three phases of Schutzhund training and competition (tracking, obedience and protection work).

Other key interests of the club involve conformation and ring training.

All members are part of the GSDCA-WDA and the club is WDA affiliated. 

 

TRAINING UPDATE:

Tracking will begin at 7:30 am at the field each Sunday for all of the newbies! Obedience will occur simultaneously, starting at 8:00 am.  

From 10:00-10:30 am each Sunday we will have a "Sits and Downs" training session where we work on various distractions while maintaining group sits and downs.

If you are a guest trainer who would like to come out on a specific weekend and are unsure of the schedule, please email the webmaster at
website@buroakhundesport.com

2009 CLUB SHOW AND BREED SURVEY

Bur Oak Hundesport proudly hosted a Club Show, Breed Survey and AD on
October 2-4, 2009 with SV Judge Wilhelm Nordsiek.

Check the Upcoming Events page (QUICK LINK HERE) for photos and results (COMING SOON!)

****NEWS FLASH****

CONGRATULATIONS to Mike Karlov and Jaeger, who earned their SchH3 at Greater Chicago Schutzhund Club's Trial on November 14, 2009!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Diana and Elvis, who earned their BH at Mill Creek Schutzhund Club's Trial on October 23, 2009!


CONGRATULATIONS to Kathleen and Carter, who earned their SchH2 at Mill Creek Schutzhund Club's Trial on October 24, 2009!

CONGRATULATIONS to Kathleen and Maika, who earned their AKC Tracking Dog (TD) title at the Medallion Rottweiler Club TD/TDX test on October 4, 2009!



CONGRATULATIONS to Anton and his female Kuniza von Guppy, who earned their BH at Chicago Schutzhund Verein's Club Trial on September 19, 2009!

CONGRATULATIONS to Greg and his male Canto Thunder Poland ("Dragon"), who earned their AD at Chicago Schutzhund Verein's Club Trial on September 19, 2009!

CONGRATULATIONS to Margo and Ilsa, who earned their RE title at the Wisconsin GSD Club in Big Bend, WI on September 6, 2009!
 

 

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