A bodyguard dog - a friend or a mercenary?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

If security is needed, it's not always worth buying a gas canister, getting a gun permit, or hiring a security guard. Very often, all this can be more than replaced by a properly trained bodyguard dog. It is impossible to bribe her, she does not demand a salary increase. Many famous personalities preferred to entrust their security to four-legged guards: Alexander III, Hitler, Steven Seagal and many others. What is the peculiarity of their upbringing and what breed of dogs is the best bodyguard?

Bodyguard

Since we are talking about an animal, it seems natural to us that it can only be brought up by growing it in the family from early childhood. However, this is not at all the case if a real bodyguard dog is required. To date, a four-legged pro is much easier and more efficient to buy. The cost of such an individual is about one hundred thousand euros.

In our country there is no training of animals in the classical sense that the Germans put into this specialization of the dog, so the cost of the flight for her and the guide must be added to the cost of the guard himself. In addition, this maintainer must andlive next to her. However, you can somewhat reduce costs by paying for the training and certification of your own security staff, equipping a site for training with an animal, and purchasing accessories. This is necessary because the bodyguard dog must exercise regularly. At least weekly, she needs to detain the “criminal.”

But even with the funds to purchase a dog and pay for its maintenance, there is no guarantee that the seller will approve your candidacy. The biography of the buyer is considered from all sides, they are convinced of his mental and material solvency, they carefully study the purpose of acquiring a furry security guard, find out if the person understands what a huge responsibility he is going to take on and how ready he is for it.

Some difficulty for the owner, accustomed to a dog-friend, is that these animals are practically devoid of personal affection. Of course, with long-term coexistence, the animal will not be able to treat the owner as an outsider, but the bodyguard dog is a true professional, in whose work there is no place for affection.

Such an individual can be donated, re-gifted, bought and sold - with the same zeal, it will serve the new employer. It is this psychological autonomy that makes this dog so valuable. Of course, you will have to learn how to properly interact with this employee, since the inability to properly handle him can lead to sadconsequences.

Thus, the shepherd dog acquired at the Scotland Yard School of Cynology stayed with the owner for quite a long time, enjoying idleness: an office in Moscow, London, resorts and summer cottages. All this time the dog and the owner understood each other perfectly. However, once the owner, in order to drive the four-legged out of the car seats, slapped her on the croup. The animal, trained to respond to any threat and aggression, responded in the usual way. As a result, the owner ended up in the hospital with a broken arm. Fortunately, the man managed to become attached to his companion, so he spent a lot of time trying to understand why such an incident occurred. They were able to answer him at the school, in which they prepared the animal. The fact is that the training program excludes aggression towards animals. First of all, they are instilled with the basic attitude: it is possible to protect your employer only with personal capacity.

You need to know such examples in order to clearly understand: a bodyguard dog is not a toy. Being next to her, you must clearly follow all the rules and regulations, so as not to become an aggressor in her eyes.

How to educate

Traditionally it is believed that the best breeds of bodyguard dogs are rottweilers, shepherds, black terriers. However, in order to bring up a classic example of this profession, specialists prefer to take German Shepherd puppies as the only animals capable of not becoming attached to the owner.

So, first of all, the puppies are carefully selected. Not every kid is suitable. All the necessary tests pass only twoa puppy of five hundred.

After selection, it is grown according to all the rules: they are well fed, they walk a lot, they provide maximum communication with people for deep socialization and, most importantly, they train regularly and competently. The training of bodyguard dogs is a very difficult task. The approach to education is individual. It depends not only on the nature of the animal, but also on the specific requests of the customer.

Where to bring up

The classical education of dogs of this specialization is received in America. The most famous school is K-9. In addition, there are analogues in Germany, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Holland.

Escort

However, not only a bodyguard dog, whose breeds are strictly limited, can protect the owner. A more familiar behavior for an escort dog is almost an ordinary friend who loves the owner. True, when choosing a four-legged guard of this specialization, you will have to personally take part in his upbringing and training. But the choice of breeds is wider here, and animals with a non-aggressive appearance are preferred.

Pros

Why choose a dog as a guard?

• Sensitivity. The animal feels the slightest changes in facial expressions, up to the smallest contraction of the muscles of the eyes and the activation of the sweat glands - this gives it a huge advantage in time in a critical situation.
• Unobtrusive. No biped has yet mastered the art of not annoying the boss.
• Devotion.

Otherglance

Previously, there were domestic schools for the training of bodyguard dogs. However, today most of the techniques have been lost and there are no specialists left who are able to isolate from the many cute lumps those who will wholeheartedly protect the individual entrusted to them, without having the slightest attachment to him.