Eric is great. His comment about building a dog’s character and confidence is so right on. Robert’s comment about martial arts and dog training makes so much sense as well.
Robert, you took your channel to the next level. Thank you so much for covering protection sports training. The interview hit all the marks. pure gold. I'll be tuning in again. Cannot wait for the next conversation with Eric Shearer.
Most people couldn't identify an American Pit Bull Terrier. They think Staffs and Bullys are Pit Bull dogs. They are not! The only breed of dog that has the POTENTIAL to have zero flight response..is the true American Pit Bull Terrier. Thats why they are the catalyst in most bandog programs. Pain doesnt deter a good Pit Bull dog.
A bit late, but I just want to say that I discovered Robert a year after I adopted my Shepherd mix puppy and man, how I wish I discovered him sooner. Your content is great, but the passion and care you have for your dogs, it’s amazing. This past year, many people decided to get dogs out of convenience and having someone like you to provide content especially for working dog breeds is appreciated and very important. Thank you for all you do!
They are the ig trend, but the malinois hype is following the same pattern the Doberman hype had in the 60s and 70s and just like the Doberman from then if you get a malinois now 90% of the people can't handle the dog
I like the Belgian Malinois, Akita, German Shepherd and Cane Corso. My brother had a Doberman but I have no experience with the breed. I dogsit my brother's Malinois, his current dog, and in the past his previous dogs, an Akita, and a Mastiff breed. My niece has a Cane Corso which I like and her sister has German Shepherds. I also like labradors. My brother is sharing his Malinois with me when he needs a night out or a break. His dog is very much into his owner but he (male dog) settles for me when he is gone. He obeys commands pretty well although he is only a year old.
I loved this interview I love hearing about breeds characteristics in bite work, hopefully sometime soon Robert will do a podcast on LGD’s in a modern home environment or just his experience training them I’d love to hear his point of view
This guys got so much knowledge about dogs working dogs, I’ve got a protection dog by trains and he’s right on and thank God I had a good trainer or should I say my dog had a good trainer and thanks for the info was a great keep it up
Interesting what the difference are with bandogs and Shepherds and the Malinois being different from the GSD. My mal needs to express herself with the bite. Fascinating..
I remember meeting some bandogs in the very late 1970s. Very few people knew of them. They were impressive insofar as aggression but even at the time couldn't understand why anyone would want one.
Watched a Shutzen competition 80s.. as far as the attacking part...the Rottweiler took the show! Amazing bite growling the whole time, impressive! The German Shepherds were better all around...except on the bite! I understood the Rottweiler was not kept as a K-9 in the 80s..for the fact that it was too hard to call off the Rottweilers. I must add...there was one! red nose pit... that was very... impressive!
When I got my dog handed to me because people couldn't handle him as a puppy, I was told he was a Malinois or German Shepherd mix with Labrador. Turns out he's a German shepherd pitbull mixed with Husky and American Bulldog. With a little bit of Australian Cattle Dog thrown in. Definitely has a fight Drive as described like the bandogges
@RobertCabralDogs always respected your love and knowledge regarding canines watched and learned from your uploads but as the owner of an American bulldog pitbull mix who took as a 6week old puppy due to mother developt an absess on her teet after having German shepherd's, doberman, rotties as family dogs my (bulldog s) the most loving, spirited dog out of all of them, he ain't perfect he,s intact so there's obviously natural behaviour I've to be on top of as all dog owners should be (if only) I just can't defend his type enough so loving and eager to please people are always the problem but I certainly feel the real 50 pound American bull terrior has had a real misguided, uneducated mythical bad representation for far to long !
Famous last words spoken as the dog is tearing the victim's limb, "Stop Resisting!, Stop Resisting!". What creature on this planet would allow the continued bites without any resistance? Dead people tend to stop resisting.
When my German shepherd passes away hopefully a long time from now. I'm going to do my homework and look at dobermans I've heard awesome things about the breed. I've just never been around them. I grabbed one by the collar when my idiot friend took off running and triggered her prey drive but she was a sweet dog. That's literally the only interactions I've ever had with one.and yes I felt like a dumbass later It was a reflex think God she was a sweet dog 😂
Great Video. Really like this kind of video and info. Would you do a podcast on working mastiff breeds. Really interested to hear what you have to say.
I am learning a great deal from these conversations. I get a useful piece or two of information that's advancing my dog training (as an every day dog owner). Keep them coming!
OMG, yes. My Malinois always has to have something in her mouth after someone has come to the door. I had a lab mix and really disappointed it took a while for him to mature. But he really was one of the dogs ever.
5:30 and 20:30 some truth bomb's great to hear real dogmen that have trained both types of dogs tell you the difference between a real protection bandog and a sport animal they are not the same. historically the sheperd was just that a sheperd...
My nurse who is married to a policeman says they do use them in police work but not as commonly as other breeds. Her husband has Pit Bull and they bred them. I am not a Pit Bull person. My brother had a female Pit Bull terrier which a band member gave to his children. They raised it from a puppy but it is not his type of dog breed either.
I think sport dogs get sold short for being "sleeve happy"; when discussing whether or not they'll respond correctly in a personal protection situation. I do believe that, in a situation where the animal immediately senses danger, smells adrenaline/fear from it's owner; the dog will properly respond in all likelihood without being given the designated command. My experience is with GSD's; they're loyal & protect naturally. Working titles, Schutzhund/IPO/IGP merely enhances their capabilities.
Some dog breeds have natural protective instincts and unless they are being used for military or policewoman their natural instincts are enough for home protection.
This is amazing because i scream and go STOP, OW, bad dog! While he's biting me! He gets into it more, when i do. I let him pull me down and he starts shaking on me! I have to give him the stop command in German, several times before he disengages! We play tug o war every day. It's his favorite activity next to riding in the car. He's a roadwolf now! Very good info here guys! Ive been doing it for a while now with GSDs but this Crazy Calupoh is a whole nother animal!
It is one thing to train dogs like this for police or military....however there are way too many folks breeding, raising, and training other household breeds like this and the pups they do not believe have the proper attitude by 10 or 12 weeks of age they sell as pets. I am the recipient of a Boxer pup and her parents were bred with this type of background. My girl has been a challenge to train as a housepet from day one. In comparison to my previous Boxer that I acquired 12 yrs ago who was bred in a laid back , family setting. Please be careful with your breedings and do not sell pups as household pets that have these backgrounds. I am a dog trainer and have been able to work with my girl. However, other pups may not be as fortunate and could end up in shelters.
My brother is training his Malinois that comes from a lineage of dogs used in police work. He is a good dog. Nothing can move outside the house without him knowing about it. He had an Akita that was aggressive and not socialized for people outside the immediate family.
I agree They're much more independent. I've had 3 APBT's in the last 25 years and I now have a APBT cross American Bulldog. They are very different dogs. APBT's were all very engaged and handler focused. My current dog is so independent and self involved that sometimes it seems he doesn't even know I exist.
@@jw-vx8im IMO a quality bandog is better suited to family life than shepherds are. Training and working capacity is a more limited range than a GSD/Mal/Dutch that can do almost everything.
Shepherds are resource guard dogs. That's what they were bred for. They will chase off but not beyond the parameter. This keeps them from being baiting into a group of predators. They also have an off switch. Herding dogs are your collies, etc. Different traits and different skillsets. Cattle dogs are similar to herding dogs but were bred to kill large predators to protect the herd.
I'm 53 and want to change focus from goldsmith/jewelry designer to a fog trainer. Got my first IGP dog and have a trainer. She's on track for her BH this May. I'm planning on going to a dog trainer's school here in Columbus.
You should interview Lee Robinson over at American Sentinel Cainine. He has the highest quality bandog program around. Very athletic, sporting oriented bandogs
Excellent interview! A decoy has to be a dog psychiatrist really- he has to know what is going on inside that dog's head. It takes a sensitive person and patient person, not impulsive to read a dog.
Thats true. The Kohler method emphasizes that in training a dog for protection or security work. The agressor needs to be able to read the dog properly to be effective.
Obviously you don’t know. The real original APBT wasn’t bred to be human aggressive actually just the opposite. Now days people with your thinking doesn’t know the true history of the breed and definitely doesn’t know what a real apbt looks like. All the stats and whatever new out there is over 50% false. Real apbts are on chains in the country where they will not be seen. Big heads and jaws do not equal apbt.
Miss the late 80’s early 90’s on attack training as I had dobies and were well trained on/off leash attack. The out and hold , plus attack I believe is the way. I saw first hand how it works. They would attack bite until I got there and out hold while he’s bleeding never taking there eyes off the perpetrator. Now it’s bark and hold why? If you want a dog for protection? Then follow through! That’s why you train them to be protective dogs! Sad really.
No it does not have to have pit in it,but the pit is the modern bold/bulldog,Bandog=working small masiff type that catch hog,bear,beast and protect family from man or beast it is the cross it is the dog that will do the functions of protect family from man or beast and catch man or beast too
Pitties are great at what they do. They are definitely not as good at multipurpose K9 work as a working shepherd. Only an ignorant and/or dishonest dogmen will tell you otherwise. And if Pitties were as good, they would be used more frequently.
It depends on what you consider a pit, if you are talking about ADBA American pit bull terriers, or the umbrella term pitbull. There are probably dogs that are labeled pitbulls that can track just as well as a German shepherd. If you are talking about purebred American pit bull terriers, then no probably not. Not because they can't smell as well as a German shepherd can. A pit is more likely to get distracted by things happening in the environment. How good does the dog need to be able to track? Locate the wounded deer half a mile away after it crossed the creek, good? Or find a raccoon in a tree while it's so dark that you can't see your feet, good? Neither breed can track, like a Bloodhound or a CoonHound.
Best bet on protection dogs are three breeds, and there is a reason that 99% of all police and military k9 squads use just these three breeds. That are german shepherds Film a working line with healthy orthopaedics. Show lines are useless in general. The other two are malinois and dutch shepherds. Given cane corso, presas, caucasians and kangals are excellent as guard dogs. No burglars in your house, guaranteed. But for protection work, they lack prey drive. They don't need the competition, they just react for the real thing. For protection work, my favourite will always be a good german shepherd, male (yes, testosterone counts in bite work), from a good working line. Pit bulls, i don't like so much for personal protection. I always found, they are either to social or to unstable. But before you crucify me, that is only my own experience. I am not a dog trainer nor am i a breeder, so there is that.
Dangerous @ 25:30, as the Malinois I once owned, he has since passed, was a leg biter, so he would have bit his leg HARD and it was hard to get him off.
The lack of drive and health issues is why you don't see that many dobermans doing the work I got a buddy of mines who is trying to produce good true to temperment with good health dobermans
This is a true stroy my friend asked me to go look at a protection dog with him so I went now I always bring a tennis ball with me because I train my own dogs anyway we went meat the man with the dog at his kennels lovely place ad alot of different dogs he brang out a big black shepherd that wanted to eat the to of us which was great so my friend start putting them true his Pacers so the man put him bk to his place he was great on command so just before my friend payed him I said I just want to try something so we asked the man to bring him out ad give him the command to bite ad he wented to eat us so I took out the tennis ball ad trow it that dog forgot about us ad just wanted the ball so my friend cld not thank me enough because he was will to pay so he waited ad got a Dutch shepherd of me ad never looked bk
I play hide & seek with my German Shepherd pet dog--the FIRST part looks like that video shown halfway through!😂 Oh Lord, I understood & expected that the Police Dog was muzzled--but you COULDN'T clearly see the muzzle until the end...if Alin can get around to it, might be nice to flash a disclaimer that there IS a muzzle before that piece of film. Wow. These dogs are so special. I can't help but worry that they aren't universally respected & treated fairly & properly in all Police Departments. Military Dog training was HORRIBLE in Vietnam era. The dogs were just as likely to attack our forces as "the enemy". Dogs weren't even brought home. I suspect some old school Police Training might not be much better. There's a lot of nuance--just cuz that attack "looks" very scary--like this handler says, it's an art form--I'm sure his dogs are treated fairly & with respect. I just shudder to think of ANY of these dogs being placed unnecessarily in harm's way.
I used to play 'Guard Dog' with my Doberman years ago. I would just present myself in an aggressive stance. He would charge me, 'mouth' my arm and give a couple of shakes. Then he would release and come around again. And again. ... If I backed into a corner he would not attack me. "Tear and Release was his game." ..... I should note this dog was the runt of the litter and the only dog I have lived with that never bit another human.
My Calupoh looks like the black dog in the video. But he has no discipline. He likes to bite, but not disengage. He's part wolf. He is definitely wired different from GSDs and Malinois!
To biggest issue I see most when training dogs for actual protection, is most of the decoys and trainers have limited or never been in real life situations where they've needed to deploy a dog. So they make real nice quality sport biting dogs which can take a ton of pressure, but won't actually do the job for real.
Unless you’re in military or law enforcement most will not come across that situation. Idk how military or police go about really testing to see if a dog will really bite someone with no sleeve. I would think it would be tough to find a volunteer to take a bite with no protection. After all you don’t know until you know.
