[Andy Larrimore]

I have trained many dogs for serious protection work over the last 11 years. I have also helped out with schutzhund training although I prefer more serious work. Proper Schutzhund training or police K9 / security training doesn't start at 2 years old. It starts as soon as you get your puppy. I start all my puppies in rag work / bite work at least by 9 weeks old. I do heavy enviromental exposure with them almost daily. By 16 weeks they are going through a tunnel and clatterstick to bite the rag. A properly trained protection dog is not a vicious dog nor is he unstable. He is a dog that has been properly trained how to responde to a threat. A properly trained Schutzhund dog is not vicious or carless with his bite. He is a dog that has learned a specific routine and works primarly to please its owner during the routine and is generally not working out of hard defense. IMO without trying to be rude, I think you should probally have a better understanding of the working dog vs. the pet. They are raised differently and imprinted differently in order to perform at their best and reach the desired goal.