[quote=Platz] My favorite comment , "Shutzhund is a game". Well so is boxing, tell me a punch in the face from Mike Tyson won't hurt :lol:[/quote] Indeed. However, some dogs that are trained ONLY in sport and regimented drills and exercises have a hard time in real situations, such as being blindly attacked when being loaded into a car. More often than not the dog will still jump up into the car. While bite work sports can provide a GREAT basis for true protection work, I won't ever blindly group them together and assume with 100% confidence that a sport dog will protect without any "real" situational training.