Schutzhund and KNPV are great European dog sports. Both started in the early 1900s. Schutzhund originated in Germany and the KNPV began in Holland.

The KNPV is one of the two organizations which certificates are recognized by the government. The big difference between the KNPV an the other organization (The ...

Bob Neijts explains how to train the 'Guard the Large Article' portion of the KNPV. This training is best started when the dog is still a puppy.

The KNPV is a 90-year-old organization that was created to establish quality working dogs. Read our articles with special guest writers from the Netherlands ...

The first thing you do is to train your dog a long down stay with the object right in front of him (the dog not on the object). You can use one of more people ...

The first step in training is to make the dog retrieve the object s every time you throw it. To stimulate the dog to start searching you throw the article and ...

A table of dog training commands used in the Netherlands for KNPV training translated into English.

The first part of this exercise you can train at home. You have to make your dog understand your command. You can train this in your garden or some other place ...

In the KNPV we prefer the upper biceps of the left arm. Always work the dog on a long line. The helper is at this point the only one who moves. The handler ...

There seems to be a mistaken belief that dogs that are trained in KNPV are automatically capable of being police dogs. The truth is that the vast majority ...