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Personal Protection Training is a very specialized form of training which should only be attempted with a professional trainer. Protection trained dogs are in greater demand now than ever before. These dogs can be trained to protect you, your family, your home, car, business or all of the above. Unfortunately there are a lot of misconceptions about the training methods and the resulting dog… It is not true that protection or guard dogs are mean, vicious, unruly animals. It is not true that you must starve or beat the dog to make it bite, in fact the result will be a cowardly dog. It is very rarely true that dogs naturally know how to protect you. Some dogs may be more keen than others but faced with a real threat they may look to you to protect them. After all you are the dog's provider!
There are certain breeds that come to mind when people hear "watch dog" or "guard dog" and certainly there are some breeds that perform better than others. The breeds most thought of would probably include the German Shepherd, the Dobermann, and the Rottweiler, and certainly we have seen good representatives of these breeds, but we have also seen some bad ones. There are many other breeds that make excellent personal protection dogs, would you believe the Labrador Retriever? Or the Standard Poodle? Or for that matter a mutt! Both males and females can be trained to protect. In fact, started properly almost any dog can become an asset to personal or property security, and at the same time be loving, fun and reliable family pets.
Otis, is a Shepherd/Lab cross. He is being taught the skills he will need if his home or "pack" are ever in danger.

A personal protection dog is not a police dog, nor is it a sport dog. There are sports out there that teach the dog to bite, such as Schutzhund, and French Ring Sport, but these dogs are learning to attack the equipment in a specific exercise. They can not be relied upon to protect in a real life situation! Not to say they can't learn to, but if you think because your dog is in Schutzhund training, that he will stop a thief from coming into your home, you could be risking the lives of your family and your dog.

Here,Raven runs past all the gear to go get the "bad guy"! A Personal Protection dog keeps their focus on the person, not the equipment!
The bite at the end of the drive! A beautiful high arm bite, would be VERY painful without proper equipment!
This young Shepherd pup "Kaiser" is owned by an experienced student, therefore we are able to start his protection work at a nice young age.
A personal protection dog is a family pet that is taught to read and respond to body language, alert you to sounds, or work independently to protect its domain, be that a car, house, yard, etc. A personal protection dog is a responsibility and for that reason Leidenschaft Kennels screens its students carefully and insists on a high level of obedience training to accompany the protection training. ·
If you think you would like to train your dog to protect or you have questions about personal protection dogs, Contact Us.
At 16 weeks this pup is already showing great determination! It is important that he wins each fight, so that he builds confidence!
The run in....
The bite...
The guard... Good girl Chyna!
Raven holding on, not distracted by the handler!
The leg wrap is one of Raven's favorite tricks to control the agitator!
Raven likes to take the elbow and is not afraid to throw herself into her work!
A nice hard hit by Timber, 10 months old.
Nice full mouth bite by Rein, 7 months old!
Dakota (3 years old) taking a bite on Ron.
Otis giving Hayes a hard shake on the hidden sleeve!
Otis hits Geoff with the force of his mouth and body!
An intimidating display of Otis teeth!
Prey work is very important for developing a puppy's confidence and biting drives!
Atlas von Leidenschaft (front)
Bravo von der Leidenschaft (background)
We introduce new exercises when the individual dog is ready!
Here Blitz von der Burgstaette extracts Geoff from a corner cupboard across a slippery floor! She is 57 pounds, Geoff is 160 pounds!!
A brand new exercise for
Chyna Vom Salmans!
Back-attack! No problems!!
Like momma, like son!
Here Ammo von Leidenschaft shows a willingness to bite any part of the body!
Arrow von der Leidenschaft takes a full mouth bite...
...pulls hard on a slippery floor...
...and is rewarded when Geoff lands hard! It takes a confident dog to hang on to the bite when there are bodies falling around him!
Geoff takes on the mates to be!
Notice the expression on Geoff's face.... Blitz got a quick peak under the jacket! ;-))
Atlas von Leidenschaft on the left at 20 months old, Blitz von der Burgstaette on the right at 2.5 years old.
Geoff tries to crawl away from this determined pair!
The bite suit teaches the dogs to take any body part!
Atlas on a back bite, Blitz loves the leg!
They both dig in and hold on!