K9 Personal Protection

Release on 2014-12-22 | by Resi Gerritsen

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 ...

Author: Resi Gerritsen
Publisher: Dog Training Press
ISBN: 9781550595888
Category: Pets
Page: 256
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K9 Personal Protection

Create a safe, successful K9 training program that results in reliable protection dogs. Learn how to: Select the optimal breeds, temperament and physical and mental characteristics for protection work. Master the obedience-training techniques that form the foundation of protection training. Use the methods of the Dutch Police Dog (KNPV) program, which produces some of the finest police and protection dogs in the world. 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. Get a free ebook through the Shelfie app with the purchase of a print copy.

Language: en
Pages: 256

K9 Personal Protection

Authors: Resi Gerritsen, Ruud Haak

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-22 - Publisher: Dog Training Press

Language: en
Pages: 248

K9 Working Breeds

Authors: Resi Gerritsen, Ruud Haak

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Dog Training Press

In order to understand people better, we often look to their past. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak show that the same is true for dog breeds. By taking a look back through the history of those breeds most active in K9 work, Gerritsen and Haak reveal why the traits of

Language: en
Pages: 288

K9 Search and Rescue

Authors: Resi Gerritsen, Ruud Haak

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-04 - Publisher: Dog Training Press

Training that works by harnessing your dog’s instincts. Learn how to: Stimulate your dog’s natural hunting drive for effective SAR training. Start your dog’s training program with an easy, three-step process. Develop skills in a variety of search operations, including wilderness, avalanche and disaster scenarios. Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud

Language: en
Pages: 156

K9 Professional Tracking

Authors: Resi Gerritsen, Ruud Haak

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-13 - Publisher: Dog Training Press

A well-trained tracking dog can be the deciding factor in both criminal investigations and search-and-rescue operations. When the stakes are high and you demand only top performance from your K9, you need training methods relied upon by police forces and searchand-rescue teams around the world. Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud