Protection Dog Podcast

Weak people target strong people Why?   Psychopathic tendencies Fear They recognize their own weakness What you can do about it   Stop caring about what other people think well still caring about the people themselves Be a sheep dog. Don’t be one of the problems, week people fear strong people because strong people can harm them. Do good for other people and make the decisions you want to make. St...

Dealing with a protection dog during arguments Is this a concern?   Family dispute Extended family Rough housing Different options you have   Crates Different rooms / out side Train the dog to relax in the situation Dealing with interpersonal conflict in general

Feeding Your Dog Kibble vs Raw vs Whole Game   Kibble - PROS: Great for traveling, easy, mostly mess free. CONS: Fillers, Things dogs don’t naturally eat, Often poor quality. Victor Hi-Pro + Raw - PROS: Natural diet, typically must higher quality, dogs prefer it. CONS: Messy, difficult to balance their diet without organs and gut, difficult to travel with. Whole Game - PROS: Best diet, full balanc...

Stability and the drill/scenario process Build the new scenario into the dogs mind   Introduce the drill Build confidence Add stressors Stabilize drill   Present non threat variations of the drill Test drill with more similar situations Alternate variations   Blend drills Randomize scenarios

Thanks to @TX_Joe and the Insurgency Knitting Circle Podcast for inviting us out to show off our dogs and speak. This is a live event recording

Tactical Priorities - Actions on the Objective End the threat   When you are faced with a threat to you and/or your family, the priority is to end the threat as quickly as possible.  This DOES NOT mean killing anyone. It may, but that is not our goal.  You can not end a threat that is armed if you are disarmed. Pet peeve is people dropping weapons in movies and shows when bad guy has a gun to thei...

Had a client come train with me last week with a male Malinois that is attacking people and is totally unsafe. Come to find out it has been trained in sport bite work with no stability. Fuck these trainers...in case you haven't figured it out yet, this is an epic rant and definitely E!

Most of life’s disappointments are because we had expectations when we shouldn’t or had unrealistic expectations   Marriage - Focussing on the little things; Trying to change your spouse OR trying to change who you are (pretending for your spouse); failing to meet your own obligations because you are upset at your spouse; expectation that you can make your spouse happy (what they want is more impo...

Interview with James Guthrie. James was attacked while working in his office along with another co-worker by a disgruntled part time employee… Hear James’s story directly from him and some of the things he is doing now because of his experience. Links to the local news stories below: https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/police-suspect-shot-after-attacking-employees-at-orlando-business-with-knife http...

Threat Preparation - Training Shooting Courses and Training Rich Graham @ Full Spectrum Warrior Pat Watson @ Uncensored Tactical - Restraint Escape Find Instructors with Real World experience Dry Fire Training - All weapons systems Fundamentals drills Instinctive Aiming drills Draw and shoot drills Clear Malfunctions Drills Force on Force  Unarmed Attacker Home Invasion  Armed attacker in house Ki...

Threat Preparation - Preparation Equipment (Physical Preparation) PART 1 Defensive Purchases Cameras - ICRealtime; Ring & Arlo cameras Upgraded entry protection - locks, kick plates Landscaping - holly, briars, dense foliage, avenues of approach   Offensive Purchases Firearms - pistols, rifles, shotguns - Consistency across platforms PART 2 Alternative weapons - tasers, stabbing, blunt, Byrna...

Threat Preparation - Preparation Equipment (Physical Preparation) Defensive Purchases   Cameras - Ring & Arlo cameras   Upgraded entry protection - locks, kick plates Landscaping - holly, briars, dense foliage, avenues of approach   Offensive Purchases   Firearms - pistols, rifles, shotguns - Consistency across platforms

Accept Reality Accept reality Do mental scenarios Know when and how to use force - moral & legal   Mental Scenarios - before, during, after Home Invasion Attack at your vehicle, parking lot Attack at your vehicle, ambush Attack on handler, parking lot When and how to use force   Moral - theft vs life; life vs life; your life, your family’s life & bad guy’s life; using a dog’s force Legal -...

Obedience   Sharp and Quick Off-Lead Obedience  Aware of their surroundings   K9 Academy Online gives you this obedience   Stress Inoculation   Agility - foot awareness, elevation, problem solving   High stress bite work - fight and bite   Exposure - weapons, firearms, explosions   Team Work Training   Dynamic movement - what is it? How do you train it?   Moving with and manipulating weapons - noi...

Threat Preparation Mental Preparation   Accept reality   Do mental scenarios   Know when and how to use force - moral & legal   Physical preparation   Defensive purchases   Offensive purchases   Force multipliers   Training Preparation   Shooting courses and training   Dry fire training   Force on force training   Training with your dog 

Threat Planning You can’t prepare for threats if you don’t plan for threats 3 Most Dangerous Threats/Risks 3 Most Likely Threats/Risks 3 COA for each threat Evaluate what you need or any shortcomings you have to be able to successfully carry out your COAs.  Begin training, acquiring items you need, and preparing the site to accomplish the mission

Accept your circumstances for what they are Too many people spend their whole lives wishing their circumstances were different. This is a complete waste of time.  Accept your circumstances for what they are and then make a plan to change the things you can change.  Things you can change: location, employment, spouse, friends, attitude, outlook on life, gratitude, humility Things you can’t change:...

My dog will protect me, No it won’t  Study, news article - This link is not the same story as I originally saw, but does show you several different dogs, with a dog trained to protect at the end.  https://youtu.be/N8DDLxW7Exg Personal experience - On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society --by Dave Grossman Sport dog experience Stress issues to overcome - Listen to...

Annual Planning and Preparation - if you’re like me, you get ready to work ... you pause ... you wonder what it is you were supposed to do ... you start some task that isn’t important and is fairly easy to complete ... WHY EASY TO COMPLETE? Calendar Setting Goals   Result Goal x3   Progress Goal x3 each   Planning to Accomplish Goals   Actions and Tasks to complete each Progress Goal   3-5 Actions...

Entrepreneur vs Slave Mindset - this is not a call to start a business What is an entrepreneur?  Creators  Always finding a way  Discovering or creating work arounds to the limitations of the system  The Slave Mindset - I would argue there are more volunteer slaves in America today than there were involuntary slaves in early America  Story of moving to Alaska  Parasites - expecting someone’s to fi...

- We should always strive for progress in the direction of perfection, understanding that perfection is an unachievable goal - Story of clients seeing lots of progress in a single class, but still complaining their dog isn't as good as the others in class - The idea of gratitude and humility is largely missing in our society. Rather than being thankful for what we have, all we can see are the...

What is Anger? (Episode 14)   - Emotionally Driven   - You lose control   - Increase stress and stress related limitations What is Aggression?   - Driven from character and choice - Courage   - You gain control   - Decreases or controls stress and reduces stress related limitations How to develop aggression and reduce anger

- Breeding - many dogs have genetic issues that create weakness - Most of the time, "Dog reflects the handler" - Fix Yourself, fix the dog - Inoculate yourself to stress, your dog will be less stressed - The dog is so often reacting to you and so in tune with their handler, that your weakness manifests themselves in the dog - Ask yourself, what am I doing that is causing the dog to act t...

- Communication - Verbal, Gestures & LEAD DIRECTION - True Control is a loose lead, tight lead is no control - Always developing more control and less lead requirement - Moving toward off lead obedience and using gestures

The Importance of the “Out”  What is the “Out”? Why many agencies don’t care about it...training weakness...the dog isn’t as “hard” Why you should have a solid “Out”  You may want to deploy and run  You may need to protect other people, like children  You may have multiple attackers  You may send the dog and realize you don’t have the right to bite that person