Elite Protection Dog Training at World Class Canine

History of the Working Dog...

In the United States the average dog owner expects far too little, other than companionship from their dog.   We must examine the domestication of the wolf in order to truly understand our partnership with the canine species.  The partnership between man and the wolf, leading to the domestication of the dog goes back thousands of years. Firstly, all dogs are descendants of the wolf.  As tribal man started to organize and develop, the need for security became apparent.  Man made a deal with the wolf, "alert the group when intruders are present and we will feed you."  This initial relationship was based more on the wolves territorial tendencies than loyalty to man, but this in itself was the beginning of their domestication. Since early times man has breed dogs specifically to serve many needs, hence the vast number of dog breeds available today.  In Europe, the average dog owner expects their dog to serve as a guardian, as well as a companion.  In closing, your dog can be so much more than a pet, with the right training and direction, they can be a valuable canine partner, willing to defend the lives of you and your loved ones.

What to expect from a World Class Canine trained protection dog?

Protection dog training takes years master, which is why we ask that you take careful consideration in choosing a trainer.  Protection training is a delicate process and if done properly will not adversely affect the temperament of your dog.  Proper protection training will give your dog a purpose and bring him closer to you, his family.  Proper protection dog training will also develop internal confidence in your dog, not fear.  At World Class Canine, we teach each student to react under certain situations, or by command.  By properly training each dog, we retain their loving and social temperaments, but produce man stopping fight to the death results, when called upon.

Addressing the sad state of affairs and low point of reference in the protection/guard dog training business.

The truth is that the vast majority of so-called protection dog trainers/kennels in our industry are fraudulently selling and training dogs for sport and passing them off as personal protection dogs, to clients that don't know the difference.  If you are not fimiliar with the concept of a sport dog, a sport dog is trained to believe that bite-work is a game and relies on internal prey drives and visible equipment to perform.  Schutzhund trained dogs are the most common examples of a sport dogs commonly mistaken for real protection dogs.

The Difference between street and sport.

To better understand what sport dog training is, you must understand what K-9 prey drive is.  Typical sport dogs genetically possess a high level of prey drive (the drive that tells a dogs brain to naturally chase an object, other animal, or human).  Prey driven dogs in their natural environment are predators that posses the desire to run down their prey, whether its a cat, animal, or bite-sleeve.  In regards to prey drive, it alone may fuel a canine to chase down a lesser animal, but will not pay dividends when the dog encounters a worthy adversary in a defensive or, fight driven scenario.  Now that you understand what prey drive is, we will further discuss sport dog training methods and theory.  From a very young age, sport dog trainers teach their dogs that a visible bite-sleeve is the center of their prey-driven universe.  These dogs are taught that the sleeve itself is the prey item, not the man.  To further exploit their dogs prey drive, sport dog trainers instruct their decoys (bad guys) to run away form the dog, which is non-threatening and continues to add to the manipulation of the dogs prey drive.  Sport dog trainers avoid the pressure associated with a real life fight in training and their dogs will typically not bite a human being without a visible bite-sleeve.  Becasue the sport dog training world revolves around a fleeing decoy, projecting fear with no resistance, sport trained dogs cannot typically handle the pressure of a home invasion, or real fight.  Remember, to the untrained eye a highly prey driven sport dog biting a sleeve may seem impressive, however, you must understand that dogs trained solely in sport dog methods, regards bite-work as a game and without the sleeve will become confused.  So far we have covered sport dog training (prey fueled bite-work), which does not create a real life protection dog, now let us discuss the bite-work variable, used to create a real protection dog, pressure!

Genetically speaking the most important inherent trait possessed by a true protection dog is rock solid nerves, or a high threshold for defensive pressure.  To put it more simply rock solid nerves equals a courageous dog with a high level of genetic confidence.  Ideally a dog that possesses rock solid nerves will also possess a high level of prey drive, but, remember that prey minus pressure typically equals a game.  Only dogs with an acceptable nerve level should be trained for protection no matter what their inherent level of prey drive is.  The single defining variable in the equation measuring how far a dog can go in a fight, is the dog's own nerve level.  Now that you understand the internal drives required for protection work, let's talk about pressure.  Pressure in K-9 training is synonymous with adversity, a threat from a worthy adversary, a challenge from a worthy adversary, pain, or extreme environmental factors.  The job of a true protection dog trainer is to prepare the dog for real life's worst case scenario's to include; home invasion, multiple attacker, defense of handler, prolonged fighting with a suspect offering intense resistance, car jacking, etc.  This type of training can only be done, if the decoy (bad guy), challenges the dog by coming straight forward, offering resistance, not running away, like you will find in sport training and Schutzhund.  Remember that the job of a sport dog decoy is to actually make the dog look better than they truly are, whereas a true protection trainer prepares the K-9 for the worst possible scenario.  Properly trained protection dogs must also be taught that the man is the sole object of their fight, prey and defensive drives, not the visible bite equipment.  It is imperative to use techniques like; civil agitation, hidden equipment, muzzle fighting, dominance training and full body bite-suit work when training a real protection dog.  Remember, if your dog is trained to handle World War 3, a real life scenario will seem like a day at Disney Land.

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Guard (Civil) Dog Training Package:
*Alert on command / Aggression on command
*Defense of Handler (bark and guard)
*Outing on command (stop behaving aggressively)
*Any obedience package can be added
*All breeds welcome

This package is designed to teach dogs to behave aggressively, but not bite.  When this training is complete, your dog will alert you when someone approaches and meet them at the door, and or gate, while showing aggression, until you say its OK.  This package includes scenario based training, as well as confidence building.  This package also teaches the dog to pump up and turn off on command.

Guard only training is priced at $1000.00

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Personal Protection Training Level 1:
*Alert on command / Aggression on command
*On lead defense of handler
*On lead defense on command
*Bite and Hold training
*Conditioning / Confidence building 
*Outing (seize aggression / release bite)

World Class Canine's level 1 protection package is designed to teach your dog introductory personal protection and obedience.  When this training is complete your dog will; protect you against an attacker. perform on lead obedience and bite / show aggression on command.  This package also includes outing (bite release/anti aggression), scenario based training and confidence building / conditioning.  The World Class Canine Level 1 package is designed to condition you dog to the pressure of a real life scenario.  Upon completion of the training your K-9 will regard the man as the threat, not visible bite equipment and will be able to take the pressure of a close proximity fight.  To insure that your dog is capable of this level of training an evaluation must be performed prior to training by our staff.  If you are interested in buying a world class trained protection dog, see our dog sales page.

Level 1 Protection is priced at $1500.00
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Personal Protection Training Level 2:
*Defense of Handler (on and off lead)
*Tactical Bite-work (upper arm, back, chest, legs
*Bite and Hold
*Confidence Building / Fight Conditioning
*Home Invasion Scenario
*Car Jacking Scenario
*Outing (release bite)
*Advanced Obedience
*Recall 

The World Class Canine Level 2 Protection Package is designed to transform your dog into a complete K9 bodyguard.  When the training is completed your dog will be able to; protect you, your family and your residence against burglary, kidnappers, stalkers, etc.  This program turns dogs into no holds barred man-stoppers.  World Class Canine's level 2 personal protection program produces upper echelon protection dogs that can handle anything life has to offer, including deep fighting with adverse opposition and conditioning to extreme external and environmental factors.  A World Class Canine level 2 graduate is the real deal capable of fighting alone, or in defense of a handler.  This package includes complete on and off leash protection, obedience, home invasion protection, car jacking scenario training, along with defense of handler.  This program utilizes a combination of full body bite-suit work, muzzle fighting, civil agitation and dominance training.  NOTE:  World Class Canine's level 2 protection package requires a well breed genetically sound dog to complete. To insure that your dog is capable of this level of training an evaluation must be performed prior to training by our staff.  If you are interested in buying a world class trained protection dog, see our dog sales page. 

Level 2 Package priced at $2250.00

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Estate Dog Protection Training Package:
*Estate perimeter guarding (patrol grounds)
*Defense of Estate (Estate Invasion)
*Multiple Attacker Scenario's
*Gunfire Conditioning
*Human Detection
*Defense of Handler
*Car Jacking Scenario
*Advanced tactical Bite-work
*Outing (release bite)
*Advanced Obedience
*Advanced Fight Conditioning

The World Class Canine Estate Dog Package is designed to transform your dog into an elite K9 Security Protection dog, capable of defending you estate against high level armed threats.  If your looking for the ultimate in K9 protection training, this is it,  The World Class Canine estate dog program includes everything listed in our level 2 personal protection training package, plus, estate perimeter guarding (sentry work), advanced home/estate invasion and area searching/human detection.  It takes a special dog to complete World Class Canine's level 2 and estate program. To insure that your dog is capable of this level of training an evaluation must be performed prior to training by our staff.  If you are interested in buying a world class trained protection dog, see our dog sales page.
  
Estate Package priced at $3250.00

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Frequently Asked Questions and Common Misconceptions....

Is a personal protection dog a mean aggressive animal? 

At World Class Canine, we turn loving, social, well breed dogs into courageous, confident personal/family protection dogs.  This does not change the dogs temperament and we ARE NOT teaching the dog that everyone  is a bad guy.  We teach the dog that people are still generally good, but to always be one the look out for a bad guy.  Our personal protection trained dogs react to situations such as; home invasion, car jacking, attack on owner, attack on command, etc.  Our protection trained dogs are still social with people, but can be turned into a man stopper if needed.


What kind of dog is needed to do personal protection work? First, you must ask yourself what you are looking for in a dog. 

An alert dog, by definition barks and alerts the owner when a threat is present.  Virtually any breed of dog can be taught to be an alert dog with the proper training.  Many small breed dogs naturally possess alerting traits.

Popular dog breeds for this work:   Just about any dog will perform this task with minimal training.

A guard dog , by definition is a dog that appears to be a trained killer, acting aggressively and meeting the threat at the point of entry, whether its a fenced in area or, a door.  A properly trained guard dog, is impossible to distinguish from a personal protection dog, without initiating an actual bite scenario.  For many people this is the level of training desired.  How many potential attackers will actually try to fight your dog, as the dog appears to want to kill them?  999,999 out of 1,000,000 will flee and not test your dog.

Popular dog breeds for guard dog training:  German Shepherd Dogs, Doberman Pincher Dogs, Pit Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, Boxers, Rottweiler, Labs, Etc, as well as many larger mixed breed dogs.

Personal Protection/Estate Protection Dogs, by definition are dogs that will fight a human being at a high level.  Protection dogs are required to not only bite, but have a high pain threshold and inherent courage.  A true personal protection dog must possess a high threshold for defense, a high level of prey drive and an absence of genetic fear/nerves.  Fear driven dogs can be taught to bite, although they present a danger to the public, however, fearful dogs will never remain in a tough fight.  A true personal protection dog is free from major fear issues and feels comfortable around crowds and people.  A true personal protection dog only behaves aggressively, under the proper circumstances or, on command.

Popular breeds for personal protection dog training:   Belgium Malinois, Dutch Shepherd Dog, German Shepherd Dog, American Bulldog, Doberman Pincher, Bullois Dog, Lockett Ali, Rottweiler, Etc.  All candidates for this training must pass an evaluation prior to training.....Breeds not listed and mixed breeds can also perform this work on a case, by case basis.

Can a Personal Protection Dog be Trusted Around My Children?   Answered by W.C.C.'s Director James Allen

We breed, train and sell some of the finest personal protection dogs in the world.  I am a married family man with four children,  For fifteen years, protection dogs have been a part of our family,  Our children are involved in the care of, and on some levels even the training of a large number of protection dogs and we have never once had an issue of aggression towards a child.  Our trained dogs are extremely loving family protectors that would sacrifice their lives to protect the children.  Properly breed and trained dogs simply do not bite children, that's a fact.  The vast majority of dog bite cases involving children occur as a result of genetically fearful, or mentally defective untrained dogs.  My own children have been handling protection dogs their whole life, without incident, because we focus on training, breeding and selling high quality loving, yet protective personal protection dogs.  Most dog bites in the United States are a result of dogs I like to refer to as fear biters.  A fear biter is a genetically defective dog that possesses a high level of inherent fear.  These genetically weak dogs find fear in situations that most dogs would feel comfortable in, which results in unwarranted bites.  At World Class Canine we only train breed and sell genetically superior animals, free of inherent nerve issues,  Keep in mind, a well breed protection dog is a social, loving animal that can be trusted around children, friends, family and even strangers, without incident.  Many inexperienced or out of touch trainers recommend de-socializing dogs, which is in my opinion a huge mistake.  At World Class Canine we ask, what good is a protection dog if they need to be put up when you have company?  Instead of de-socialization I recommend heavy socialization with a variety of people in as many situations and environments as possible.  Remember, dogs that behave aggressively for no reason, do so out of fear, whereas true protection dogs are comfortable around people and only use aggression when necessary.

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The World Class Canine protection dog training packages are designed for street dogs, not sport dogs.  If your interested in sport dog training, such as Schutzhund, see our sport dog training package.  Many other dog trainers offer similar packages which focus on bite sleeve training.  This is fine for dog sports such as Schutzhund, however the burglar in your home will probably not be wearing a bite sleeve.  I've seen numerous decorated Schutzhund dogs, that would not engage on a bite suit or hidden sleeve, making them unable to perform in a real scenario.  All of our street dog training focus's on building the dog up into a dominant force from the inside out.  This is achieved through the use of civil agitation, dominance training, muzzle training, full body bite suit and hidden sleeve training.  Our vast decoying and dog training experience will transform your dog into your guardian. 

For more information contact our Protection Training Director, James Allen at 269-718-7648, or email jamesallen4692@yahoo.com/  or jamesallen@worldclasscanine.com 

Clients in the Southern Untied States contact our Southern Training Director John Lockett at 352-553-7163, or email him at johnlockett@worldclasscanine.com