work is also interesting because it is full of surprises. You never know who will be the next customer. We are approached by ordinary people and celebrities - popular athletes and politicians. It's interesting to get to know them better. You can learn a lot about a person when you work with their dog.

It's amazing how some celebrities differ from the way they are known to the general public. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Sometimes you see that a person who is considered a model of delicacy and attentive attitude towards people treats his own dog as a detail of the situation, as a thing that can be removed or replaced with another at any moment - there would be a desire. But it also happens the other way around: a person whom everyone considers quick-tempered and intolerant treats his dog with tenderness and care.

But, of course, in our work there is nothing more interesting than the training itself. В течение тринадцати лет мы дрессируем охранных собак и гордимся, что наши воспитанники помешали совершиться многим преступлениям и предотвратили многие случаи violence. We also want to hope that they didn't bite anyone for no reason. If we manage to give people confidence in their own safety, then our work was not in vain. This is confirmed by numerous stories about dogs we have worked with and who subsequently proved that they did not waste time and effort in vain. Of those stories that have come down to us, we have selected a few and offer them to the attention of readers.

Bo - German Shepherd, male
The owners of Bo, having once seen the training of guard dogs on TV, immediately decided that this was exactly what their pet needed. Bo was then a clumsy nine-month-old puppy with disproportionately large, in comparison with the body, paws, like all puppies of his age. During the year during which the training went on, he grew to his paws and turned into a magnificent dog. Now his nickname suited him quite well.

One evening, when in the house where he lived, a trainer was working out a situation imitating a night robbery, it suddenly turned out that Bo knew how to open windows. How только люди, изображавшие грабителей, притаились под окном, Бо внезапным толчком распахнул раму и приготовился прыгнуть на них. It turns out that the children, secretly from their parents, let Bo into their room through the window in the evenings, and let him out in the morning. Very soon he learned to do without outside help, opening the window with his nose.

It all happened on July 4[9], when there was no one in the house. Beau was in the backyard (by then he was already in the Level III guard training program). The robber prudently tried to avoid meeting him and entered the house through the front door. Hearing that someone was in the house, Bo rushed to the nursery window. He opened the window with his nose and rushed into the house. Bo, of course, did not tell anything about what happened next, but one could guess that the robber had a hard time. He must have scared him to death. When the owners returned home, the following picture appeared to their eyes: tables were overturned, things were scattered on the floor, the back door was open, and a piece of denim stained with blood was left on the fence.

Lady Rottweiler, bitch
The lady lived in an old mansion with her twenty-year-old mistress and her mother. A few months before the events described, she completed obedience training and level I guard training.

That evening, Lady's young mistress was with her in the bedroom, getting ready for bed, when suddenly Lady ran to the door, began to whine and scratch. The hostess released her, and the two went down the stairs together. The lady immediately rushed to the laundry room door and started barking aggressively. The hostess remembered the “Follow” command, after which she immediately called the police. Atехавшие по вызову полицейские обнаружили в прачечной троих подростков, которые заявили, что дом будто бы показался им заброшенным. The explanation didn't sound too plausible - it was hard not to notice that there were cars parked in the yard and lights were on in the windows.

Magnum - doberman pinscher, male
Magnum belonged to a young married couple. He has completed Obedience Training and Level I Guard Training.

One evening the owner was walking with him near the house. Suddenly, a man ran past them. Glancing back, Magnum saw that a policeman was chasing this man, and rushed after the fugitive. The owner, quickly realizing what was happening, let him go. Magnum overtook the running man, barked at him and held him in place until the policeman arrived in time. The offender was in full confidence that in front of him was a specially trained police dog, and was very surprised to learn that this was just an ordinary domestic service dog.

I told about this case to our client named Greg, who served in the police. A few weeks later, Greg on the street identified a rapist suspect in a passerby, who had long been wanted by the police, and chased him. This man, nicknamed "Sprinter", was remarkably able to get away from the chase. The police pursued him more than once and always without success. Greg ran after him, but he felt that he had little chance of success. Then he shouted: "Stop, or I'll let the dog down!" The runner immediately froze in place and raised his hands up. When he was handcuffed, he asked: “Where is the dog?” “I was joking,” Greg replied.

Knucklehead - Collie, Vizsla and Doberman mix, male
This unusual dog had a characteristic habit - when excited, Knucklehead stood up almost on the tips of his claws. His owner took care of the dogs at home and, going to her clients, took Nucklehead with her. She took him everywhere, so during training we worked out with special care the situations in which the dog is in the car. It was fun to watch someone sneak up on the car while Knucklehead was sleeping peacefully in the back seat. When he jumped up and went into a rage, the whole car literally shook.

One evening, returning home after a day's work, his mistress stopped on the way, to have a snack. She bought herself a pizza, put it in her car, and then looked into a nearby shop that sold water and juices. Meanwhile, a guy got out of a nearby van with teenagers, walked up to her car and put his hand in the window, deciding to feast on the hot pizza he had just bought. How раз в эту минуту хозяйка Наклхеда вышла из магазина на улицу. Before она успела понять, что происходит, Наклхед молниеносно вскочил с заднего сидения и вцепился парню в плечо. The young thief squealed wildly, dropped the pizza, then rushed back to the van, and the whole company sped away.

How по-вашему, что в тот вечер досталось Наклхеду на ужин?

Shara - Rottweiler, female
The owners of Shara decided to get a dog after they were kept at gunpoint by bandits in their own house for several hours. They knew that there was a safe in one of the rooms and they were trying to get to it. But since Shara appeared in the house, such incidents have not been repeated.

After some time, her owners started a new business, and Shara, together with the owner, began to go to work in the city every day. How-то раз, возвращаясь домой, хозяин заметил, что за его фургоном неотступно следует автомобиль с какими-то молодыми людьми, чьи лица ему решительно не понравились. This alarmed him all the more because his seven-year-old niece was in the car with him. He increased his speed, trying to break away from his pursuers, but then, unfortunately, a barrier at a railway crossing descended right in front of his nose. Atшлось ждать, пока пройдет поезд. Looking in the rearview mirror, Shara's owner saw that one of those guys had already got out of the car and was heading towards him. Preparing for defense, the owner of Shara also jumped out of the car and turned to face the approaching guy. Following the first, two more got out of the car, but, noticing the dog, stopped just in case. But the first one kept going. Coming closer, he said, grinning: “What are you waiting for? Come on, order your dog to grab me!” “If you come to me, I will do so,” replied the owner of Shara. The boy hesitated a little, but in the end he thought it best to back off. This was just the case when the mere presence of a dog is in itself a lifesaver.

Janko - Malinois, male (Los Angeles Police Department)
Janko was brought from Holland as an adult. It was one of the few in my the life of dogs, at the sight of which I felt the hair on the back of my head move. In Europe, he was considered a rebel. So it really was. Once in California, Janko did not change a bit, and although he was an excellent patrol dog, who was not interested in anything but service, he resolutely refused to wear a muzzle. By the time Yanko was accepted into one of the security agencies, he had already managed to visit three police departments. Everywhere they tried to get rid of him. The police dog handlers who worked with him were afraid of him. This is not surprising. At one glance it was felt that he was fast as lightning, and