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There are other Schutzhund people around here. I was a certified agitator at one time, but quit because I screwed up my back big time.
Most Schutzhund trainers are folks who have started in other dog venues and then gotten involved in Schutzhund work. In other words they are typically very advanced dog trainers.
Most of this is involved with club work. All of the folks are volunteers, ie. no pay. They do it because they enjoy it.
You shouldn't be viewing Schutzhund work as simply protection work. There are three components to Schutzhund, obedience tracking and protection work. To teach any of the three components you have to prove that you can not only teach your dog how to do the work, but also that you can teach other people how to teach their dogs how to do the work.
Most clubs that I have seen have people apprentice as an agitator for the protection work. For a variety of reasons you really need to know a lot about dog behavior to do this work. You can screw up the dog's training, or you can get hurt, if you do the wrong things.
There are people who do turn this into a business. Again it's something where you have to prove yourself. There are a lot of self-proclaimed experts out there, like anything else.
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- You should learn more about Schutzhund- I know people who like it- not lucrative though. Protection is only 1/3 of it, tracking and obedience are the other two parts. Most people I know who do schutzhund have had dogs (mainly gsd's) their whole lives. I find it too hard (not hard as in difficult- hard as in watching my dog get hit with a bat is too much for me) for my personal tastes. There are Schutzhund clubs in almost every major city. I'd start there, go to some field trials, get a feel for it, then start one of your own pups- one that has been volhard tested, and see how far you get....
Good Luck....
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