Serious protection dog training is like learning how to dance with a partner. Back tying a dog to a post and having it bite a sleeve while the agitator hits the dog with a stick, is at the knuckle dragger…
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Teaching Threshold Manners to Your Dog
My three steps to training home protection dogs
I divide my training of home protection dogs into three general categories: Phase one is where I agitate a dog until I know it will bite. Once igniting defensive energy, I move to phase two, where I work on control…
Snake bites
The Wisdom of Konrad Most – Recall, ‘A Warm Welcome!’
Before the Koehler method of dog training, there was Colonel Konrad Most. His 1910 book, Training Dogs: A Manual, was many years ahead of its time. I’ve employed his philosophy of recall for many years (The Backward Run). Never correct…
Who is your home protection dog working for?
Are you using treats to obedience train your dog? Is 80% of your protection dog training focused on the bite? Who is your dog working for?