As you know, there is a never-ending Belgian Malinois vs. GSD discussion. I am a GSD man but have trained many breeds, including Malinois, and I have never met a dog I did not like. I am saying this because …

This routine, I believe, should be incorporated into just about any pp or LE scenario of the dog who accomplished all the points. There are exceptions where logistically this is not possible, like in …

Should the protection training be fun for a dog? Here is my take on this. Contrary to popular belief, fun should not be the purpose of the training of PP. How to deal with adversity and real stress, which is not fun, is. My equation goes like this: Negative challenge > fear or suspicion .> which is overcome by courage > through aggression.

It is difficult to deny that every human race has a different culture and customs, and I, as a dog trainer, have seen that Chinese and other Asians like Japanese have a culturally different relationship with their dogs than European Western culture. They allow them …

Is the bedrock of the protection dog our control of the dog? In a different post, I saw online, some are devoted to controlling the dog with obedience. IMO that is not a warrior, but it is a sport attitude. Let me make clear that when I am working with the dog …

During one of my postings of telling people that we should not teach the PP/LE dog how to bite, but we should teach the dog how to fight …

We can simulate and train the best technique for "one-punch winning" or Ikken Hissatsu but to simulate the real emotions of the real fight is difficult. We are coming close in real …

Watch this video of how the dog lets go of the sleeve and goes after the decoy...

Without reconditioning, you will lose the conditioning part of the training; thus, you can not fade the treats out and not lose the all-important part of training, which is conditioning …

Yet again, I was told that a dog is not biddable because a professional handler of 10 years could not out him blaming …

So your eighth mo old dog is protective in your home but not in a board and train facility or camp situation?

Do not teach the dog to him dangerous things like biceps and chest bites. That again is a sports test of the dog being able to bite front, which

I am going to omit the legality and will just talk about the dog and his training and …

What causes sleeve/equipment-oriented dog? Well, duh!!!!! it is bad training stemming from…

The concept of the dog working for you and with you is equally important in …