United Schutzhund Clubs of America

📣 Save the Date! 📣

🏆 2026 RH Championship 🏆
📅 September 18–20, 2026
📍 Black Creek, Wisconsin

We are excited to announce the 2026 RH Championship, bringing together talented teams, dedicated handlers, and exceptional working dogs for a weekend of competition, camaraderie, and excellence.

👨‍⚖️ Judge: FCI/SV Heiko Christian Grube
🤝 Co-Host Club: Fox Valley Police & Schutzhund Club

Join us for three days of top-level performance, sportsmanship, and celebration of the RH community. Whether you're competing, supporting a team, or simply enjoying the event, this championship promises to be an unforgettable experience.

📢 Watch the event website for additional information, entry details, lodging recommendations, schedules, and championship merchandise available for purchase.

📅 September 18–20, 2026
📍 Black Creek, Wisconsin

RH National Championship | USCA RH Nationals Championship is a Search & Rescue Dog competition that demonstrates Search Dogs extreme abilities and competencies

The USCA Judges Program continues to grow!

In October, we welcomed Jessy Gabriel and Ray Jeffers as Probationary Judges. In April, Erin O’Shea joined the program, and today we’re excited to officially welcome Matt Arpano.

We’re proud to see the next generation of judges stepping up and helping strengthen the future of USCA competition. Thank you to everyone contributing their time, knowledge, and passion to the program and the sport!

For those that have not seen this. All USCA Judges are aware of these changes and will help clubs implement them.

At the Commission meeting on January 5, 2026, the following resolutions were passed, which you can implement immediately. These are not changes to the examination regulations, but only minor adjustments to their implementation, which will be sent again shortly as an appendix to the examination regulations.


FCI FH 1
• The resting time is 90 minutes.
• Due to organizational reasons, this causes problems during club examinations.
• The resting time is reduced to 60 minutes.
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Retrieve on flat
• Instead of marking a square, only a minimum distance of 8 m and a maximum distance of 12 m are marked.
• The side lines are omitted, and the angle at which the dumbbell lies is irrelevant.
• If the dumbbell lies too short or too far, it is placed at the line (nearest point from where it was thrown).
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Retrieve over the hurdle
• The rectangle over the hurdle and the A-frame should be widened by 50 cm left and right.
• The minimum distance to the hurdle should be reduced to 4 meters.
• If the dumbbell does not land in the designated square, it will no longer be placed in the center, but rather at the line (where the dumbbell is closest, or where it fell out).
Retrieve over the Scaling wall
• In FCI IGP 3, the minimum distance should be reduced to 4 meters – measured from the center of the obstacle
• This is intended to encourage the dogs to perform a climbing jump rather than simply running over the obstacle at high speed.

Attention USCA members!

There’s still time to enter the 2026 Working Dog Championship 🐾

🗓 On-time entry deadline: April 20
⏳ Late entries accepted through April 27 (with a $50 late fee)

Don’t miss your chance to compete—get your entries in!
https://www.uscachampionships.org/

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CALLING ALL HELPERS!

Youth Academic Award Application
Due 16 April 2026

The Schutzhund USA Youth Committee bestows the Academic Award to those students, grades 1-12, who demonstrate outstanding academic achievements while participating in the Schutzhund sport. This award is presented at the Sieger Show and Working Dog Championship

🚨 USCA MEMBERS! 🚨

The 2026 USCA Nationals are headed to Hampstead, MD and will be co-hosted by Blitzburg Hundesport Club 💪🐕

🗓 November 13–15, 2026

Stay tuned—more details coming soon!

🚨 USCA MEMBERS! 🚨

Mark those calendars! The 2026 WDC is coming to Ogden, Kansas and will be co-hosted by Flint Hills Working Dog Club 💪🐕

🗓 April 30 – May 3, 2026

More info coming soon—don’t miss it!