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I am curious does anyone involved in that sport or do Personal Protection sport with their dogs ?
 
I am not, but I wish I have enrolled my dogs for personal protection. I have two Aussies. I thought protecting is natural trait for every dog and only recently I found out it is not ..

Fuzzy
 
Yes, you are correct. Really? What make you wish that you did enroll your dogs for personal protection? It is not too late because age doesn't matter. The most important is that the dog has balance drives. Nice to know that you are interested in it too, I really like to work with dogs.
 
Cane Corso said:
Yes, you are correct. Really? What make you wish that you did enroll your dogs for personal protection? It is not too late because age doesn't matter. The most important is that the dog has balance drives. Nice to know that you are interested in it too, I really like to work with dogs.
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Is that sort of dog insurance? Do we pay for the special dog protection?
 
What make you wish that you did enroll your dogs for personal protection?
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Just ... you know.. "if anything", "God forbid", "in case".. etc.

Yeah I know they are not too old but my life changed in a way that nobody have time or patience to go for training anymore. But that's OK. I just sighed *I wish I did*, that's all :)

Fuzzy
 
ps- I found out about training and natural traits (or their lack) for protection on TV show, if you wondered..

Fuzzy
 
Is that sort of dog insurance? Do we pay for the special dog protection?

Yes there is a few ones. Yes, we do have to pay for the special insurance. Actually accidents rare happen like this because personal protection dogs are trained. They do not bite out of blue and they are trained to spot the danger.

Good example of this. Look at this website scroll down you will see a video clip " coffee shop cenario" and download it. You will see that this dog is not danger to be in the public, but he protects the woman from the danger that was going to happen.

http://www.malinois.com/otvitosha/personal.htm
 
I’ve always found this kind of training interesting, although I think there is a big difference between a dog that is naturally protective and one that has been properly trained to do protection work. For me, obedience and control would have to come first.

While reading more about professionally trained protection dogs I came across Prestige Protection Dogs and one thing that stood out for me was the importance of temperament and having a dog that can remain manageable in normal everyday situations. I think that is very reasonable, I wouldn't want a dog that reacted to every person or situation they don't know.

I think schutzhund style sport can be really interesting for people who like doing structured work with their dogs, but personal protection seems like something that should only be done with an experienced professional. I'd love to hear from anyone on here that has actually trained or competed with their own dog and what that experience was like.
 
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