Protection Dogs – Your Personal Bodyguards

Many CEOs, business professionals, celebrities, and families require the extra security that bodyguards provide. These guards often include a protection dog.

The best guard dogs are trained to recognize threatening behavior and carry out their owner’s commands. They are also socialized so they can safely interact with family members.

Deterrence

Keeping a trained protection dog by your side can help deter anyone from approaching you or your home. A dog with a powerful bite and an intimidating presence can instantly make criminals think twice about attempting to invade your space.

Trained protection dogs are also perfect for celebrities and VIPs who travel often. Terrorists, robbers and obsessed fans can pose threats when out in public, so having a personal guard dog with you can provide a layer of safety while traveling for business or vacation.

While some breeds are bred to be guard or attack dogs, an exceptional trainer can train any dog into an elite family protection dog. They will have the natural instinct to protect their families, obedience training, and be socialized with children and other pets. They will always act calm and confident around their owner, but will be ready to defend them should the situation call for it. The most popular guard dog breeds include Rottweilers, Cane Corsos and German Shepherds.

Detection

Many protection dogs are trained in detection and will bark or otherwise alert you to unwanted or unexpected human or animal intruders. They are also able to sniff out odors that may be on people or objects. Detection is what police and bomb-sniffing dogs do to protect you, and they can be highly valuable in a home or business.

One of the most common guard breeds is the German Shepherd. This intelligent dog can easily pick up scents and identify criminals, making it a popular choice for service dogs in disabilities assistance and search-and-rescue work. It has a high vigilance and territorial instinct and can quickly move to confront a threat, with a bite force of up to 230psi.

The Belgian Malinois is another popular guard breed that’s easy to train. It has a fearless appearance and can quickly turn its attention to an intruder. This breed bonds tightly with its family and is a good fit for a close-knit household.

Intimidation

Although burglar alarms can deter many intruders, a personal protection dog is far more intimidating. These dogs can nudge and growl at intruders or even pounce on them to physically defend their owners. They are also trained to bite attackers.

Though these dogs are often compared to attack breeds like Rottweilers and German Shepherds, it is important to note that protection dogs can be any type of large dog. In fact, they are usually family dogs that become true members of their families. They are also obedience trained and socialized so that they can safely interact with children, friends, neighbors and other pets.

This watchful breed gained fame after a Belgian Malinois named Cairo helped Navy SEAL Team 6 take down Osama bin Laden in 2011. They are intelligent, loyal and protective of their loved ones, making them ideal guard dogs for the family home. However, they are territorial and jealous, according to the American Belgian Malinois Club, so families should be prepared to spend time training them to calm their natural instincts.

Protection

The best guard dogs have a natural protective instinct for their people, honed by hundreds of years of breeding to work with livestock and also perform herding and carting chores. Often very large breeds with intimidating appearances, these fearless canines are suspicious of strangers and are quick to bark and alert their people when they think something is wrong.

While they have a bad reputation for aggression, these are loyal, obedient and incredibly brave dogs that will defend their humans against any threat they perceive. With the proper training, they will only act if they are truly threatened and can be trusted as the loving, watchful eyes and ears of your family home.

Scotts K9 is an elite provider of fully trained German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois endorsed by top tier executive protection firms. We offer world class training for these incredible animals that are ready to become the loving, devoted and powerful family protectors you have always wanted.