Dog Health Questions: Is it possible to have a "toy" type dog trained to attack on command for simple entertainment?

I've always wondered like what if you put a min pin, or a Chihuahua, or a tea cup poodle, or some very cute small dog through the same type of attach regimen training that police dogs go through but on a scale built for their size... like training with finger pads instead of full on arm/body pads... I think it would be such an awesome thing to see a true "attack on command disciplined tea cup poodle" or something else small.

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YES THEY CAN!

Watch this!

This is a Jack Russel Terrier who has been trained for Protection Work Shown Competing at THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

This is my FAVORITE video of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTN5kTkdv…

ADD: Firenze, thank you for sharing that marvelous video.

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• No, they do not have the working drive or temperament for such a job. One could try, but my guess is the dog wouldn't take it seriously enough or wouldn't enjoy the training at all. An attack dog with the proper temperament takes his job seriously but at the same time actually ENJOYS the training. A dog that does not possess the right working drive AND temperament generally will not take to the training well enough, e.g. low-ranking Schutzund german shepherds.


• I've never seen a toy breed trained for Schutzhund, but smaller breeds have done so and have excelled. Schutzhund is more of a game than proof of real life protection abilities so I'd consider training for simple entertainment.
  
  I've seen the JRT video that the previous poster linked, but I think this little Border Terrier doing the IPO3 (SchH3) protection routine is much more impressive:
  
  http://www.dogs-tv.de/mediadetails.php?k…


• And that right there is what makes me think you are trolling especially after your last question. You don't' teach this sort of stuff for ENTERTAINMENT.


• I wouldn't take your advice after that last question IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. That is just wrong. I have an idea? how about your answer to the question, "no!".


• Don't. Find another form of entertainment.