Category: Home Protection Dog Training

It is truly mindblowing how so many people believe that having a dog bite a sleeve is somehow “protection dog” training. If you are watching YouTube videos where a dog clings to a bite sleeve while the helper hits the…

I think almost any dog can be trained to some level of home protection. Not everyone is looking to have a large manstopper dog. Even a tiny dog trained to sound the alarm can ward off a potential intruder. A…

When is the right time to start a dog in home protection training? Like many things, there isn’t a stock one-size-fits-all answer to this question. The first thing we’ll need to do is define what we mean by “home protection…

Our family protection dog’s job is different from that of a hog-hunting dog or a police dog. We’re not chasing criminals or hogs, we’re wanting to convince a potential bad guy to change their mind! This goal can most often…

Dogs have been used as home guardians for tens of thousands of years. Most dogs can be trained to some level of protection. While not every dog has what it takes to be a true man-stopper, almost all dogs can…

Yesterday, Lee Robinson of American Sentinel K9 review stopped by the website and left a comment that included a link to one of his recent videos, “Understanding Protection: Why ‘all defense all the time is insufficient.” I assume he wanted…

This is the type of man I have in mind as I train my dogs to be serious man-stoppers. What will your dog do if a big hairy dood with his criminal record tattooed on his face tries to break…