Our Protection Dogs

Working dogs that serve your security needs.

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Your K9 Technology Protection Dog

How do we choose our elite protection dogs for sale?  After all, the best personal protection dogs must possess several demanding characteristics to be effective in their role.  A protection dog must have a high prey drive, decent defensive drive, intelligence, be very trainable, athletic, and mentally balanced.

Therefore, the first requirement is that any dog that we chose for our protection canine program is that it must be bred to be a working dog (please refer to the section below about working dog definition).   Typical working breeds are the German Shepherd Dog (the first breed that was created for doing police and military work), Giant Schnauzer, Malinois (or the Belgian Shepherd), Dutch Shepherd, Doberman Pinscher, Rottweiler, and the Bouvier Des Flanders.  There are a few others, but these are the most common breeds used by police and military today.

The Malinois has become the most popular breed for use by both the police and military world-wide.  This is because of this breed’s versatility, adaptability to different weather conditions, athleticism, and most importantly character traits that fit well for this type of work.

Different breeds have different characteristics, but dogs within the same breed can also be very different in character and even physical capabilities.  This is why we focus more on the dog’s pedigree than its breed when selecting suitable dogs.

It is important for us that dog’s pedigree would have several generations of parents with proven working history in either working dog sports or in police or military work.  Many Malinois, for example, that are selected to successfully serve in the special forces around the world, are not pure bred Malinois (i.e., have certified pure bred papers from FCC or AKC).  They may be a mix of Malinois, Dutch and German Shepherds.

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This is the dog that we have used for developing our property and personal security solultions. Luna of LA Harde Hond is not a pure-bred dog.  She is a mix of Dutch Shepherd and Malinois breeds (please refer to the Working Dog Pedigree section below for more detail).

Luna’s predecessors proved themselves in working dog sports (KNPV and IGP), but she also has many relatives that served in police departments in the USA and Netherlands.  Luna has proven her capabilities by titling in Schutzhund (AD, BH, IGP1, IGP2, and IGP3 titles) and in PSA (PDC title).

Please refer to this page for detailed information about Luna.

Another example of one of our personal protection dogs that is available for sale is Rocky.  Rocky is a Dutch bred dog.

Please refer to this page for detailed information about Rocky.

But even with dogs with the best pedigree and breed, it is very hard to know dog’s fit to serve and its character until the dog reaches between one and two years old. This is why vendors that try to sell you young protection dogs are not offering you the best choice.

The dog may develop character flaws or health issues as it matures.  Our goal is to get our customers the best fit personal protection dog possible.  This is why we select mature dogs that are between 1.5 and 2.0 years old.  These dogs had already some basic dog training typically in one of the working dog sports (KNPV, Schutzhund/IGP, or Mondioring).  At this point, we can best assess dog’s quality in terms of working dog character, training, health, and suitability to your specific needs and preferences.  Please refer to the section below titled How Do We Select Your Protection Dog for more detail about our rigorous process.

After selecting the most suitable dog for your needs, we start our special training process.  The purpose of this training is to get your dog ready to do the personal protection work you will need it to do.  This training takes between three to six months.  Throughout the training, we assess the dog behavior and fit to serve.

As every customer has unique preferences and requirements, our policy is not to keep dogs in inventory.  We work with the best dog kennels and trainers to find the right dog for you quickly (refer to the last section of this page titled How Do We Select Your Protection Dog).   From time to time, however, we purchase and own dogs for various reasons and put through our training program.  To view these dogs, please click on the picture below.

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What Are Working Dogs?

It became a standard terminology in United States to call a working dog a K9.  This abbreviation came from police department calling their police dogs K9s.  K9 was simply a short form of canine — the animal family all dogs belong to.   K9, therefore, became synonymous with working police dogs.   This is why throughout this website, we refer to working dogs as K9s.  But what is a working dog?   There are many forms of working dogs.  For example, dogs that help to hunt are working dogs.  Dogs that pull carts to market are working dogs.  When we refer to working dogs, we mean dogs that are capable of doing police and military work such as attack/protection, tracking, and detection (narcotics, explosive or other forms of detection).

How Do We Select Your Protection Dog?

Your protection dog will be a large monetary investment and a long-term relationship with an animal that will become part of your family and property and provide the most important service to you and your loved ones.  This is why selecting the right dog to fit your security needs and your preferences is critical to your satisfaction and our success.

Characteristics of a working K9 dog

Although there are general characteristics that every K9 dog that we select must possess, we also focus on specific needs and preferences of each customer.  First of all, we conduct an intensive interview of your situation and talk to each adult family member.  We visit your home and property and carefully note your living arrangements.  Some of the factors that we consider are as follows:

  • Do you have children and their ages?
  • Do you prefer for the dog(s) to live inside or outside the house?
  • Do you want a family dog that will spend time with you and your family or a protection dog that would focus on its primary task?
  • Do you need a protection dog that you can take with you outside your property to provide protection?
  • What are your security concerns and what are the security risks you seek protection from?
  • How large is your property and what is the local weather?
Dog character traits

Different dogs — even withing the same breed and withing the same litter — have different character traits.  Some dogs tend to be more family oriented and be more patient around small children and may not.  Some dogs are very energetic and may not be suitable to live inside the house with someone who is not an experienced working dog handler.   There are dogs with very strong prey and defensive drives and have a high degree of aggression that can be suitable to counter more dangerous intruders and others may be more balanced and laid back, but still more than capable of intercepting your typical criminal.

Conclusion

Selecting the right protection dog for your needs takes many years of experience and knowledge of dog behavior.  K9 Technology has put together a world-class team for this purpose.

Dog Pedigree

The pedigree of a dog is the most important indication of its suitability to do work and to do protection work.  The pedigree is more important when selecting puppies and less relevant to selecting young adult dogs as we do for our customers.  We look, however, for our breeders to have good pedigree records and strong history of breeding dogs that proved their working abilities in various working dog sports or actual police and military work.

Below is an example of Luna’s pedigree.  This is the dog we have used for developing the training for K9 Tech Security requirements, testing training methods, testing equipment and developing the demo and marketing material for our company.

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You can see that most of Luna’s predecessors have IGP (also known as Schutzhund) or KNPV titles (German and Dutch working dog sports).  This is important as proof that Luna has extensive heritage of dogs who proved their suitability to do the type of work we need.  This pedigree record is missing any records of dogs being utilized in police or military work.

We know from separate records that some of Luna’s relatives were used by police departments in the USA.  The Dutch KNPV sport primary goal is to qualify dogs for being sold to Dutch police and military.  Therefore, it is likely that dogs with KNPV titles were also used by both police and military applications.

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