K9 Personal Protection
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Create a safe, successful K9 training program that results in reliable protection dogs.
Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak, leading dog trainers from the Netherlands, share their proven, comprehensive program for training dogs for personal protection. Their cutting-edge techniques and work with the International Red Cross, the United Nations and the International Rescue Dog Organization (IRO) have placed them in world demand.
In this fully revised and updated edition of K9 Personal Protection, Resi and Ruud start with the basics, including how to select the right dog for protection work, how to properly raise a protection dog from a puppy and how to correct a dog’s bad behavior. Next, they cover fundamental obedience training for protection dogs, such as training for heelwork, the recall, the send away and more. Finally, they present a complete program for training reliable protection dogs, from basic exercises and decoy techniques to the exercises of the KNPV program.
About Ruud Haak
Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak are world-renowned specialists in the field of dog work and the authors of more than 30 titles on dog training. They serve as training directors and international judges for the International Red Cross Federation, the United Nations, the International Rescue Dog Organization and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI).
Table of Contents
Cover | 1 |
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Contents | 6 |
Introduction | 8 |
Raising and Training | 10 |
1 Conditions for Success | 12 |
2 Breeds for Protection Work | 26 |
3 Training Methods | 58 |
4 Our Relationship with Dogs | 67 |
5 Basic Education and Exercises | 76 |
6 Stopping Bad Behavior | 86 |
Obedience | 98 |
7 Training for Heelwork | 100 |
8 Training the Sit | 109 |
9 Training the Down | 116 |
10 Training the Stay | 122 |
11 Training the Stand and Touching | 129 |
12 Training the Recall | 136 |
13 Training the Send Away | 143 |
14 Practical Obedience | 149 |
Protection | 156 |
15 The Dutch Police Dog Test | 158 |
16 Decoy and Dog | 178 |
17 Raising for Protection | 197 |
18 Basic Exercises for Protection | 209 |
19 Training for Protection | 214 |
Epilogue: Pets and the Working Dog | 236 |
Appendix: Dutch, German, and English Commands | 240 |
Bibliography | 246 |
About the Authors | 248 |
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Book details
- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Collection
- K9 Professional Training Series
- Categories
- Law Enforcement, Training
- Published
- December 2014
- Pages
- 256
- Chapters
- 29
- Language
- English
- ISBN EPUB
- 9781550595918