Most people need a protection dog to secure their property and guard their home. Our most valued items and people are located within our homes. A properly trained home guardian dog can bring any home security system to the next level.
Recent crime statistics show that some 38% of assaults and 60% of rapes happen during home invasions, which occure some 8000 times each day in America! And yet, the vast majority of dogs we see being trained for “protection” are out chasing bite equipment in the middle of fields.
The goal of a home protection dog is very different than a dog trained for police or sport work. In these professions, dogs are used in prey drive to chase down, apprehend, and detain bad guys. Home guardian dogs have a different set of job priorities. The job of a home protection dog is to get the bad guy to change their mind! These types of dogs operate from defence drive in order to defend, repel, and, if necessary, disarm a potential intruder.
Almost any dog can be trained to some level of 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 large dog with a serious threat display is enough to handle 99% of problems without ever having to bite anyone.
This is our dog, Appie, doing a little auto protection while in a muzzle.
This is our dog, Luca Brasi, working a little on auto protection. Notice how Luca spits the sack out and tosses it to the side immediately returning his focus onto the bad guy!
Level One Home Protection Training
The best way to train a home guard dog is to start with a young puppy. The imprinting and bonding that can happen while a dog is young will be hard to replace as a dog gets older. Bad habits are hard to break, so starting right from the beginning is the best way to go. Following our Raise The PERFECT Home Protection Puppy is the best place to start. Be sure to complete our Practical Obedience for Guardian Dogs before moving on to any formal home protection work.
Home protection dogs and the law: Play Audio
Essential Equipment: Watch Video
When should you start a dog in home protection training?: Play Audio
The importance of poison proofing: Play Audio
Developing a threat display: Play Audio/Watch Video
Teaching Your Dog To Bark On Command Play Audio
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Teaching the engagement (attack) command to our protection dogs Play Audio
Basic Civil Agitation I Watch Video/Audio
Protection Dog Threat Display Command: Play Audio
Mastering the Impassible Guard I: Watch Video/Audio
Mastering the Impassible Guard II: Watch Video/Audio
Mastering the Impassible Guard III: Watch Video
Working Protection With A Powerful Cane Corso – The Off-Switch In Defence Drive Watch Video
Level Two Home Protection Training
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Appie Video One
Appie Video Two
Appie Video Three
Level Three Home Protection Training: Muzzle Work
With this style of protection training, we will not be working our dogs in a dead routine where the dog bites a sleeve while in prey drive. We will use a muzzle when engaging our hired “bad guy” and our dogs will be in defense drive. In the dog’s mind, the engagement is REAL!
Engagement: First Bumps Watch Video/Audio
Civil Agitation: The Walk-By Exercise: Watch Video/Audio
Turning bumps into BANGS! Watch Video/Audio
K9 Vehicle Protection
Vehicle Self-Defense Training: Watch Videos/Audio
Home Protection Training – Audio