(30 April 2012, 13:38)Familyguy Wrote: i understand your predicament but you dont want the dog to show yourself or your family any aggression or it will assume its ok to bite you ...the aggressor must always be a third party .... and if its bought as a cute puppy it might get some bad habits ... i see dogs as either pets to live inside ...or guard/alert dogs that live outside and do the job of guarding i have 2 african boerbels for just that purpose ... they see there single role in life to defend our property and to show agression to anyone who comes near us ... big responsability as they are like loaded guns but i know to have how i want they cant be pets.
Good point. Suppose I better stump up for the training then. I found somewhere that will train the puppy. Have to take it on a 2 week assessment course (£200) then they'll let you know if the dog is suitable for personal protection training. If so, then the course is £3000. The pre-trained dogs they have are suitable as both family pets and attack-beast, but they're at least 24 months old.