I've been wanting to come up with a alternative method of testing for some time now. Alternative to IGP or sports that is. The problem...

"Train your dog to do what they don't want to do, rather than what they do want to do" - a quote by Hans Alpine, slightly modified This...

I find this man's content so incredibly valuable I felt I needed to start a "Sean O'shea posts" collection, just in case facebook crashes...

This blog post is a response to an article by Ed Frawley that was posted on a Protection dog group on facebook. Here is the link to the...

Sports training is currently one of the biggest regrets I have when it comes to things I have taught my dog. Yes it looks nice and...

In a previous post I explained the differences between prey, defense and fight drive as I observe them. I was delighted to see this post...

Sharpness Sharpness refers to how easily or how quickly a dog is "triggered". For example; on the lower end of this scale you have a dog...

Protection dog trainers talk a lot about prey and defense as "drives" in a dog. Most know about fight drive and will say that it's an...

Off leash heeling is often times made to look like it's the gold standard. It creates this illusion of a highly trained dog that will...

In this short clip Dr Helmut Raiser touches on a few very important points in understanding the fundamental differences between the two...

"The most striking features of the correctly bred German Shepherd is firmness of nerves, attentiveness, unschockability, tractability,...

A dog with real, strong and natural aggression, yet stable & confident with the ability to channel instantly into a full, firm and above...

"Shepherd's and Malinois are alike in the fact that they are both Shepherd dogs, and operate with a high amount of drive. Malinois have ...