While it is not uncommon for owners to purchase a dog given its breed’s reputation for guarding without investing in role-specific training, this is an unwise and potentially dangerous approach. It fails to account for an individual dog’s temperament or abilities, both of which can significantly impact their potential for real-life protection work.
Until a dog is properly tested in realistic conditions, it cannot be relied upon to protect in the face of threats it may face. Reactivity to strangers manifesting as barking should not be viewed as suitability for protection work which can only be established with rigorous assessments, training, and testing. When sourcing puppies for family protection work, we only select a fraction of the dogs available to us as most will not be able to meet our exacting standards, despite exclusively representing breeds with a good reputation for guarding and protection.
Following extensive temperament assessments, we invest months into training puppies and young dogs in obedience, bitework, and realistic scenarios to ensure they are ready join their families as a working protection dog. Failing to do so would simply be leaving security to chance. Rather than assume capability based on breed, dedicated assessment and training is a far better and safer option.
Crate training is one of the most important and underrated aspects of training a dog. When done correctly, it offers both owner and dog a number of benefits including accelerating house training, helping manage separation anxiety, and the amenity of managing your dog’s access around the home. We crate train…
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