Not to be a smart - but if you can't find someone who actually trains protection dogs, then you also aren't hearing from anyone that knows he'd make a good protection dog. Keep playing with him and having fun and look for a club doing one of the bite sports successfully, people trialing and titling dogs, active club with different events so you can see something tangible to get an idea of good helper work, and then see where that leads you.
The reason we are under the impression he will be good is both of his parents are protection dogs/working dogs. He also has a high prey drive and Is extremely motivated and responsive. He is also extremely advanced in his obedience even at 11.5 weeks. The breeders i got him from are not in the area i live. I traveled outside of my home area to get him. He was in Utah and i am in MO... so the Breeders do not have connection here.. they tested their puppies for working attributes at 8 weeks and while they cannot guarantee the ability to be a working dog, he passed the various testing that their trainers put him though. So no nothing is certain but i would like to find a trainer who does this exclusively so we can work in that direction if he is deemed to have these qualities. I also am new to this area i moved here for my doctorate and so do not have the needed connections to know who our where to even begin. Hence why i posted here.
So where do i even start? Do i simply google sport clubs in my area? i agree. The whole purpose of the pp is to be able to buy me the time i need to get my gear. The puppy is very young but i would at Least like to get in the correct direction as to if we should pursue the protection route or more the search and rescue avenue/ tracking.
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i agree, i am willing to travel to work him. no offense taken. I knew both mom and dad and have waited a long time to get my hands on one of their pups for a long long time. The dad is a retired special force dog i worked with in the service. and the mom is a protection dogs that i was extremely extremely impressed with who is owned by an indendpendant contractor that would come thorugh and work with the team dogs we used. I fell in love with both of these dogs and constantly biothered both of the owners to breed them. They we both waiting for the “right” female or male to breed with. they finally breed the two dogs and my pup is one of the pups form said litter. I was extremely lucky to get him. His temperament thus far (he is still extremely young) is just what i wanted. so that is his line... doesn’t mean he will have the same tendencies or ability but i love the odds Of him having at least some of those tendencies. I guess i should have preffaced that better. his parents were not protection dogs they were working dogs in the army and i guess i assumed they were protection dogs? Anyways, i am open to all suggestions as far as help. i have reached out to a couple clubs and my buddy who owns the dad is also looking into good people out here but we haven’t found anything yet.
Yeah.. i feel pretty fortunate to have him. I served with his Dad and his dad has the most amazing temperament but man when he worked he really worked. I loved his “switch” in my limited experience finding a dog that could differentiate between good and bad is hard. His dad had an ability to work hard and then if there were kids around or whatever and his handle allowed him to interact with kids he was increadbly sweet. I feel in love with him. Just an amazing dog. Of course i am extremely biased due to i went to war with his dad but that ability was just amazing. So i am hoping he has a bit of that as well. The switch. We will see. But i think it is evident now as to why i am training him so hard and why i am trying to find him good resources early.
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