User:Mickey Jobman/Mickey jobman

Mickey currently resides in Saint Paul, MN. She has been training all kinds of dogs ranging from sport dogs to police dogs for the past several years. She is training her dogs in Personal Protection Sports (Mondio Ring/ French Ring) and other dogs for Narcotics and Bomb detection work.

Mickey is currently working in the Naroctics Unit as a Narcotics K9 handler in the Minneapolis/ Saint Paul area and is also providing private security services for VIP clients that come into town. She has also been on the set of some T.V. shows providing security for them when they come into town to film and has meet some great people in the entertainment business. Mickey wants to get more involved in the entertainment business with her dogs and hopefully start up her own company some day. She is currently working on some commericals and promo photo shoots and DogTalk radio shows and hopes to move to the big screens soon.

Mickey, along with many other dog owners are trying to spread the word about the dog sports in America. In Europe, these personal protection sports are very popular but in the U.S. it's not so popular nor do many people know about the Protection Sports (French Ring, Mondio Ring, Schutzhund, etc...). For people who are not aware of these dog sport, continue reading this and maybe you'll learn something and become interested in these dog sports and join a club near you!

SCHUTZHUND: Tests dogs of all breeds for the traits necessary for police-type work. Dogs that pass Schutzhund tests should be suitable for a wide variety of tasks: police work, specific odor detection, search and rescue, and many others. The purpose of Schutzhund is to identify dogs that have or do not have the character traits required for these demanding jobs. It also tests physical traits such as strength, endurance, agility, and scenting ability. The goal of Schutzhund is to illuminate the character of a dog through training. Breeders can use this insight to determine how and whether to use the dog in producing the next generation of working dogs.

FRENCH RING: is a dog sport involving jumps, obedience, and bite work. It is most similar to Belgian Ring, Campagne and KNPV, but also sharing common elements with Schutzhund and Mondio Ring. French Ring Sport defines three earned titles, after earning a Brevet(Certificate) for Dogs of defense; Ring I, Ring II and Ring III. Each introduces progressively more difficult situations and makes greater demands from the dog. The trial is divided into three sections: Jumps, Breaking in exercises of obedience,and protection.

MONDIORING: is a type of dog sport. It is a protection sport that tests the ability of the dog to protect both themselves and their handlers, even through extreme distractions. The sport trials are similar to the work performed by police dogs. Successful competition requires extensive training and discipline.The competition consists of three levels and sections, always performed in the same order: Obedience, Jumps, Protection Mondioring I, mondioring II and mondioring III. Each level progressively gets harder and harder and more difficult situations.

If you would like to know more about these sports or would like to get involved, feel free to contact us and we would be glad to give you more information about the Personal Protection Dog sports in your area.

Thanks everybody for your support and the love for dogs!