My point of posting this isn't to seek comment on the article itself but rather to illustrate the seriousness of a violent home-invader. The perpetrator was obviously a violently sick individual and he´ll get his in the end for sure.
There are many here far more qualified to speak to this than I and I hope you will comment, but let me tell you the lesson I derive from this story.
Training a PPD dog is SERIOUS stuff. Unless you've done something like I am going to describe next, you don't know for certain whether your dog is a PPD dog or an over-glorified pet.
My idea of proofing a PPD dog is to have a decoy, unknown to the dog, come into your home making noise that would wake the dead and come screaming, charging and swinging away at the dog. Preferably the decoy will be in some sort of hidden bite suit. If the dog willingly faces this guy head on and bites the living crap out of him while taking punishment then you know you have a real world PPD dog. If the dog goes into avoidance and backs into a corner then your dog is not yet ready, but could be with the right training.
This particular exercise should not be a philosophy but rather an experience. I'm looking forward to hearing what you folks believe "proofs" a trained PPD dog.
As the sad story above illustrated, a bad man that comes into your home can and will brutally beat you and your family to death. A dog alone should not be the entire security plan. But I'm not talking about securing the entire home I'm talking about making sure your PPD dog is ready. And if your PPD dog isn't ready for this then you DO NOT have a PPD dog.
If a bad man comes into my house whatever happens is going to be very, very violent and over, one way or the other, very quickly. I hear a lot of sport terms used in PPD talk about "calm firm" bites. I don't believe those terms have any place in a discussion about a violent home invader kicking in your door in the middle of the night. Nothing is going to be calm about that including the dog's bite. And to say I want my dog to bite "firm" is a vast understatement. I don't want firm, I want crushing biting power. I want my dog to bite, crush, rip and to cause massive damage and then to do it again and again and again. Before that guy gets sent to hell I want his last images and thoughts to be of my dog and the realization that he made the last mistake in his life.
And if any of you think I'm going overboard let me invite you to go back and read the article above. And if you still think I'm off the deep end I can refer you to some living victims of some horrible home invasions that would be more than happy to tell you that ignorance is only bliss up until the time you awaken to a crackhead beating the life out of you or your family.
Keep it real. Sweet Dreams.
There are many here far more qualified to speak to this than I and I hope you will comment, but let me tell you the lesson I derive from this story.
Training a PPD dog is SERIOUS stuff. Unless you've done something like I am going to describe next, you don't know for certain whether your dog is a PPD dog or an over-glorified pet.
My idea of proofing a PPD dog is to have a decoy, unknown to the dog, come into your home making noise that would wake the dead and come screaming, charging and swinging away at the dog. Preferably the decoy will be in some sort of hidden bite suit. If the dog willingly faces this guy head on and bites the living crap out of him while taking punishment then you know you have a real world PPD dog. If the dog goes into avoidance and backs into a corner then your dog is not yet ready, but could be with the right training.
This particular exercise should not be a philosophy but rather an experience. I'm looking forward to hearing what you folks believe "proofs" a trained PPD dog.
As the sad story above illustrated, a bad man that comes into your home can and will brutally beat you and your family to death. A dog alone should not be the entire security plan. But I'm not talking about securing the entire home I'm talking about making sure your PPD dog is ready. And if your PPD dog isn't ready for this then you DO NOT have a PPD dog.
If a bad man comes into my house whatever happens is going to be very, very violent and over, one way or the other, very quickly. I hear a lot of sport terms used in PPD talk about "calm firm" bites. I don't believe those terms have any place in a discussion about a violent home invader kicking in your door in the middle of the night. Nothing is going to be calm about that including the dog's bite. And to say I want my dog to bite "firm" is a vast understatement. I don't want firm, I want crushing biting power. I want my dog to bite, crush, rip and to cause massive damage and then to do it again and again and again. Before that guy gets sent to hell I want his last images and thoughts to be of my dog and the realization that he made the last mistake in his life.
And if any of you think I'm going overboard let me invite you to go back and read the article above. And if you still think I'm off the deep end I can refer you to some living victims of some horrible home invasions that would be more than happy to tell you that ignorance is only bliss up until the time you awaken to a crackhead beating the life out of you or your family.
Keep it real. Sweet Dreams.