Dogs And Obedience Training  The obedience course as outlined by
training clubs in Germany and by the German State Police embrace
fifteen tasks as follows:  1. Heeling on the leash.  2. Heeling
off the leash.  3. Lying down.  4. Lying down and staying.  5.
Sitting down.  6. Sitting down and staying.  7. Staying in
standing position.  8. Speaking on command.  9. Going forward on
command.  10. Retrieving.  11. Jumping over low hurdle (3 feet).
12. Retrieving a dumbbell over a hurdle.  13. Scaling a six-foot
board wall.  14. Refusing food from strangers.  15. Lying down
in a certain place for 10 minutes while guide (owner) is out of
sight.  The protection course includes the following six items:
1. To search a terrain. 2. To stop a fugitive and bark. 3. How
to act when attacked. 4. To guard a prisoner. 5 Pursuit of an
escaping prisoner and dog’s reaction to blow and shot. 6. Test
of dog’s release of prisoner.  Dog shows (formal championship or
point shows) now may have what is known officially as obedience
tes