Exciting things happening at the FamilyDobes kennel!

We have told many people that one of reasons for moving our Champion European Dobermans from Utah to Scottsdale Arizona was for a better winter training environment, and great trainers to work with.

Well the hot summer is finally cooling off so the training weather is finally coming into play, and the last few weeks we have made so much progress with the dogs, with our training ability and with my Schutzhund helper work, and personal protection work. How was all of this possible? We have enlisted the help of someone I consider to be one of the world’s greatest trainers of both people and dogs. I also consider this person to be a close friend and naturally there is a feeling of kinship there since our mystery trainer hails from Austria, the country that I have loved and missed ever since living there in 1990-91. Let me introduce to you Uschi Fuchs

Uschi Fuchs started training in 1983 with a rescue dog (mixed-breed) and a bull terrier. She titled both dogs to a Sch2, but unfortunately both dogs had health issues which forced her to retire them.

In 1989 Uschi moved to Germany to train with the most competitive Schutzhund trainers of that era.

While in Germany, she trained with many top trainers including,

*Rainer Mundelein, breeder of ?Roten Falken? malinois

*Knut Fuchs who trialed several Roten Falken dogs at the highest levels and won the FCI World Championship in 2000 with Klemm vom Roten Falken

*Norbert Ronn, breeder of ?Teufelshof? Dobermanns and winner of the 1994 German Dobermann Championships.


During this time, she trained and trialed several females, including

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, who attained success at top level Sch3 and agility trials

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, who no one wanted as a young dog, because she was very hectic and never held the bite on the courage test. Uschi fell in love with Bo?s drive and energy. She trained her in both Schutzhund and agility and won the 1995 DMC Sch3 Malinois Championship, qualified for the FCI World Championships and trialed at the Agility Europameistershaft (now the FCI World Agility Championships) as the best German participant.

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 out of Uschi?s first breeding. This was a very hard, strong female and in addition to her success in Schutzhund, she is one of the few females to ever pass the DMC Korung 3 (malinois breed test). When Amy was still young, Uschi moved back to Austria and won the 1999 Austrian Malinois Championships and qualified for the FMBB World Championships.

She also coached many new handlers, including

*Dirk Skowatsch, who was on the podium many times with the Dobermann Lump vom Teufelshof.

*Sandra Scholz, who as a total beginner placed 11th at the 1997 DMC Malinois Championships with Ares vom schnellen Fuchs

*Heidi Gaenger, who had a lot of success in agility with a female from Uschi?s breeding, Babe vom schnellen Fuchs

Uschi has bred a handful of litters under her kennel name Vom schnellen Fuchs. In spite of the small number of litters, her name is well known and respected throughout the world because of the truly exceptional dogs she has produced, including

*Amy- Korung 3 (female!), 1999 Austrian Malinois Champion

*Angie- Korung 3 (female!), participant at the FCI FH Championships

*Ares- Korung 3, Sch3

*Alf- participant at FCI and FMBB Worlds and very well-known stud dog

*Bjelo- participant at FCI and FMBB Worlds and very well-known stud dog

*Dean- participant at FCI Worlds

Uschi has experience and wisdom to offer in every phase and loves sharing that knowledge. Uschi has trained many breeds of dogs personally and has done helper work and obedience and tracking coaching on most of the others. She is not breed biased. She will gladly help you train your Rottweiler in agility or your border collie in schutzhund!

Uschi is a very skilled helper and loves to solve problem behaviors in protection. She has experience working all shapes and sizes of dogs in the protection and is impressive both in her ability to read a dog and her technical skill in the work. She has trained and been trained by some of the best helpers in Germany. She is very motivating for young dogs and can turn up the intensity for older, stronger dogs. She can make weak dogs feel strong and strong dogs make points.

In the obedience training, Uschi is a fun, positive trainer with a can-do attitude. Her obedience training was revolutionary at the time she trialed Bo, because the female was so happy and drivey, but also correct. Expect to be pushed- Uschi gives a lot of energy to dogs and people and expects the same from the rest of us. She demands perfection from the dogs and from the handler. That is one thing I appreciate most about her, is she will not allow me to be second best with my dog. She doesn’t make you feel badly about it, the same as with a dog, she corrects the mistake and moves on without a grudge.

Uschi is well-known for her ability in the tracking and has always had good trackers, from her stubborn bull terrier to her nervy malinois. She doesn?t believe this phase is only for shepherds!

Doesn’t that sound like someone more than qualified to help me and our amazing European Dobermans? It thrills me to no end that Uschi as qualified as she is (and by the way she is a no nonsense tell it like it is person) also sees great things as possible with our Dobermans. She has trained with some of the best Dobermans in the world, so when she gives a compliment to my dogs, it means a great deal to me. To watch her work with a dog is enlightening to those who understand dogs. She would seem like a Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to folks who don’t understand how a dog can process information, as she can be unbelievably happy and energetic to get a dog motivated and when there is a time for a correction, her timing is perfect as she corrects the dog, and immediately goes back to happy and playful. The dogs love her! She can get more out of a dog in obedience than anyone I have seen.

I have personally been mauled by the dogs she imports and trains in personal protection, and although I never refer out other people in the import world, if you are looking for something other than a Doberman, I am going to send you to Uschi. She lived in Germany and Austria, and has worldwide connections that would never take advantage of her, and never place a dog with her that wasn’t the best of what is available. If you need an import dog other than a Doberman, you need to work with Uschi. The dog will be what it was actually represented to be, and for a reasonable price. If you need training help for you or your dog, here is the best coach I can find, why settle for less? If you send me your dog for protection training, Uschi is who I trust to do the decoy work for me and get the most out of the dog safely and effectively. If you need obedience training, I am going to have you send the dog to Uschi and you will be amazed with the results. We are very fortunate to have found such a good friend and coach!

I hope to soon have some pictures and video up of Uschi doing the helper work for our dogs, it is unbelievable!

Steve Parsons

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