All DVG America clubs must have a Training Director qualified under the Training Director Training Program. No one may hold office as a Training Director until they are recognized by LV DVG AMERICA.
If you want to seek office as Training Director at any level within the LV, you must satisfy two prerequisites:
1. Show proof of titling one a BH and either an FH or an IPO title.
2. Complete and successfully pass the test at the end of the Training Director's Manual with a score of at least 80%.
Once you have finished the test, mail it, along with the proof of having the titles listed in item 1 above, to the LV OfG.
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After successful completion, the LV OfG will approve the candidate as a qualified training director and send notice to the club, KG, or LV where the candidate is seeking office. The LV OfG maintains a list of all qualified training directors within the LV and publishes the list on the DVG America website.
1. Training Director Manual 2. Manual of First Aid For Dogs 3. Training Director Applicant Test
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DVG stands for Deutscher Verband der Gebrauchshundsportvereine, or the German Association of Working Dog Sport Clubs. DVG is the oldest and largest Schutzhund training organization in the world. Begun in 1903, DVG was Germany's first police and service dog club and has now grown to nearly 30,000 members. DVG exists for only one purpose -- training and titling dogs of all kinds. In addition to Schutzhund and advanced tracking degrees, it offers obedience and tracking titles, providing competition opportunities for all people who love to train dogs, even the smallest of breeds.
DVG is made up of fourteen geographic regions (Landesverbands), thirteen of which are in Germany. The fourteenth is LV DVG America. The American Landesverband is divided into four local regions (Kreisgruppen), whose presidents sit on the LV Board.
LV DVG America sends a representative to Germany each year to the annual business meeting to vote on Board and membership affairs.
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