Dog Health Questions: Can I get my dog into Police type training?

Ok, i'm getting a Caucasian Mountain Dog, and I would like to get him into obedience training and socialization for sure, but I also wanted to get him into police dog training. With the commands you can teach them to attack, protect, and various other techniques. I was wondering if this was even possible? or possibly how much would the first training along with the police training cost? Just an average for the two separately would be great. Thanks for reading/answering my question.

Dog Breed in Relation to Dog Training

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I live in Denmark and I don't know how it works where you live, but I trained my first dog (a Belgian Shepherd Dog Tervueren) with the police dog club and they only took in certain breeds - as in many breeds were excluded from protection training, based on breed alone and a breed like yours would most likely be excluded.

The Caucasian Mountain Dog is not a breed for every one and requires not only a handler that knows exactly what he's doing, but also a handler that is extremely experienced with dogs. I got my first dog in the early 90s, I have an extensive knowledge about dogs and am a good dog handler, plus the breed of dog I have is not an easy breed and I would not take on a Caucasian Mountain Dog.

I hope you have done your homework regarding the breed and what it requires. This is in my opinion not a dog that many people can handle, it doesn't belong in cities, suburbs or even villages and, sorry, it's not a dog you should train attack- and protection dog techniques. That you are even inquiring about this is somewhat worrying, so I would urge you to read up some more on the breed and maybe reconsider if this is the right dog for you. There are other breeds that are less likely to turn into a liability and which are much more suited for police dog training.

What You Should Know About Dog Training Techniques

• It's possible, however you should go for the socialization and obedience training first. Only dogs that achieve the highest level of obedience should be considered for defense training. Otherwise you are likely to end up with an uncontrollable, aggressive dog that's more likely to injure friends or family than defend you against an armed robber.
  
  If you and your dog do well in classes you'll then be on the grapevine for good trainers in your area. Try and cut corners and you could end up with some idiot who thinks training your dog to be aggressive is the way to go. It isn't. Police dogs are not genuinely aggressive when working: they are trained to bark etc on command AND to let go and be calm in an instant.


• you really dont have any need for a dog that is trained to attack. That would be a good way to get your @$$ sued and have your dog taken away and destroyed.
  
  If you feel extra need for protection, get a security system, a gun, carry mace and take a self defence class.
  
  Police dog training is for police dogs, which will be handled by experienced police dog handlers.


• With the proper Training you can do a lot but you need to continue the training at home too
  there are may training schools that specialize in these types of training but they are a bit pricey.
  You can start the basic training process at home.
  
  http://www.lotsofpets.com/dogs-dog-train…


• Yes, it's possible with about $10,000. If you want to train him yourself, not for personal protection, but for ultimate obedience, look into schutzhund training. A couple friends of mine work their dogs this way and it's great for them and for the dogs.