How to train a Doberman Protection

[@dyates6380]

I had a dobie forty five years ago. I lost him in a divorce and never even had a chance to say goodbye to him. He was eight when I left. He was EVERYTHING you'd want in a fantastic and brave and protective and loving dog. I wanted to get another one but for some reason they're hard to find these days and NOT cheap. He's beautiful Haz.

[@jfkst1]

No reason to get one. Herders are so refined that you could find 1000 herders capable of work over a single Doberman. Cost, health, success rate is all so poor on Dobermans.

[@dyates6380]

@@jfkst1Right. I agree with you. Still, great dogs. You're so right. What breed would you suggest? I love working dogs but have no idea what particular breed would be good.

[@jfkst1]

@@dyates6380 If you want an apprehension dog just get a herder. There's a million variations and your chances of success are much higher than any off breed. If you want something for scent detection I'd go with a pointer. Maybe a lab if you like them.

[@soupfox]

​@@dyates6380that would depend entirely on your lifestyle and what you want to achieve with your dog

[@CHARLIEFOXTROT-qe7mz]

​@jfkst1 that's why you get working dogs from Europe. American dogs are, for the most part, watered-down garbage.

[@leneay9]

that's a gorgeous doberman! love to see this breed working.

[@1packatak]

Absolutely!!

[@joeolivas7437]

That’s a badass dog beautiful Doberman

[@1packatak]

Thank you for explaining that so well. I don’t do protection, but understanding how various drives work in different situations is extremely interesting. And yes, a dog who is confident and likes winning is one really cool dog!

[@GinaDeLeone]

Had a few Doberman pinchers. Just loved them, treated them kindly, as a family member. The protection in them was unstoppable naturally. ❤AMEN

[@OneSmoothOperator]

Would love more doberman content from you

[@myfivestarrealty]

The European Doberman is known for having a more muscular and athletic build, as well as a shorter, thicker coat. They are also considered to have a more even and stable temperament compared to their American counterparts.

[@tammyclough3430]

I have a 17 month old doberman and would love to see more videos on them. Especially in regards to protection training.

[@thejindoman7471]

Zeus is a nice Dobie, reminds me of the ones we used to see back home when I was a little kid. Many of the Dobies here in North America are unfortunately a sad caricature of the breed. For a moment seeing Zeus took me back to another time and another place. Great video.Thank you.

[@Unitedchoiceins]

Can you make more videos about Dobermans? Amazing dogs! Why are they so hard to find good protection Dobermans? Where would you find one that’s up for the task?

[@thecawckiestking]

Dobermans and a more in-depth dive into defensive drives, two awesome topics we haven't seen enough of lol. Love the video! It helped a lot to fill in some major gaps I had that were missing from watching a lot of your other open content regarding protection work. Keep up the good work

[@leopardstar6004]

Thank you ! I'm in your protection foundations course love seeing more and more applications of your descriptions

[@floydb9100]

1:52 omg, even with the arm protection he is seriously making it look like it hurt like heck 🤯 massive power Zues got !!!!

[@conorlinehan4434]

I have been watching you for years. And this is one of your most interesting videos to me, with my continued quest in dog training knowledge. You should consider making a "side by side" scenario video with this exact dog, compared to one of your bred protection dogs. Of course, it can be like comparing appels to oranges, and of course - every comparrison is only relative to where you are at in your work with that individual dog. But the genetics will certainly still shine through. The charachter would certainly still shine through. Doesnt even have to be gauge or one that is currently "your" dog. Just one of your dogs from the breeding program. This is interesting to me because this doberman CLEARLY is a softer dog then many of yours, as you elude to. You have to put a lot of attention into manipulating emotions associated with confidence in this guy, which is something I dont see you needing to work on in your dogs - simply because your dogs are born/bred to be foundationally confident, as you have discussed for countless hours over the years. Thanks again for your continued effort and care into making these videos. I hope these videos continue to remain benificial to you, as well.

[@tonyclark5151]

Thank you for explaining so clearly

[@oscaribarra6531]

Bro that was an excellent explanation. I don’t think I’ve heard one broken down so throughly like that before. My GSD got his BH and I’ve wondered if if he has enough pray to do the protection phases since he’s a more defensive dog.

[@hammertyme8392]

A dog's Drive is everything in a protection work. Everything. And he either has or he don't.

[@mattg1889]

Thanks for showing how to work these types of dogs, and that these dogs even exist. Not all dogs are plug-and-play prey monsters that can get started just by waving a rag in their face - something that more decoys and handlers need to know to prevent good dogs from being washed.

[@catr2066]

Great video, love to see you work with dobermans! But my favorite part, as usual, is how you shut down the critics "oh Haz but..." comments before they can even say them lol

[@ginochavez4009]

My dream dog right there ❤

[@azeemali7102]

Amazing like people the instinct is there along with fear factor but it's amazing what it boils down to, if all that can be learned is absorbed.

[@miladydewinter8551]

Putting the sleeve in the crap was his revenge! Dobermans are clever

[@sweetestdew]

Ive always been curious about dobermans. Where i am alot of people like them but i feel like there is alot of hype.

[@simonelabo1027]

Good stuff!

[@MrSeidurman]

GSD guy here but always admired dobermans. Heard pretty bad things about their health and longevity though. Is it worse than other similar breeds?

[@GeorgeJCLS]

Thanks for such an informative video! 👌

[@taramcfadden7076]

Thank you for this video Haz! Thank you for explaining the different drives! Its unfortunate that Zeus didn't perform as well, but you also mentioned he had work done on him previously. Did the previous trainer maybe do sonething wrong that you're having to fix? I'd like to see you work with Victor (Viktor?), your doberman. I have seen a few other videos of pretty average pet dobermans protecting themselves or their owners. One shook a snake to death on a trail with no hesitation at all and another video where someone hits a doberman with a branch. The doberman about tore that dumb kid's arm off (and bit the owner when he tried to intervene). I'm very surprised to see Zeus so lackluster, when in Europe they literally hack the nuts off the dobermanns that don't pass their ZTP (Courage test). I really hope you turn Viktor into a real Dobermann. We need more of those and I personally need more working doberman videos in general. Shepherds are great but the HAIR... no thanks. I don't even spend more than 5 minutes brushing my damn self lol

[@battlecreekdoberman]

Lots of boogeyman sessions, I think would help.

[@pamalawhite3390]

I need your help! I have a Doberman husky mix. His name is Moose! He’s huge! But he cowers sometimes. I got him a little less than a year ago. He was my daughter’s dog. He was rehomed to her. She had to move and wasn’t allowed to take him. He knows me as grandma and I couldn’t stomach having him re homed to someone else. So I took him. I need him to protect me when it’s needed.

[@pamalawhite3390]

He’s very social and very well trained, he has protected me a few times while walking him and some guys were yelling at me across the street and obviously my moose wasn’t haven’t it. I had him in a harness, but he got a Mohawk and almost dragged me for a second. The guys didn’t realize I had him because of cars parked on that side. But when they did, they shut up really quick. My issue is training him for issues that might happen at my house. Or around my house. How do I train moose on demand of if I feel I’m in trouble?

[@clove3243]

But will these dogs make good service dogs, or just protection dogs

[@Spiritdove64]

do NOT make the mistake to do this to much you will have a ballistic dog and especially if no obedience training early and no training for the OWNER . You will have a loaded gun otherwise.. "have owned and trained dogs over 50 years . Im 64 now with a european female about 1 year with high prey drive... out of Brody the dobermans line "search youtube" and many champion working dogs..

[@Bodana63]

💯🎯

[@ballerLoc]

Any tips on to stop your dog from biting every time you sit down

[@Ficktao]

Do you mean that Dobermanns in general don't have much of drive, or just this individual dog?

[@rebelmind654]

Subbed! Great content

[@erinheathermcintyre5063]

Might sound like a stupid question but I'm watching this on my phone without my glasses. Are those cans hanging from the bite suit behind Haz on the left? If so, is that just to cause more distractions and weirdness to the decoy. Adverse strange things so the k9 is used to any thing or is it something totally different. Without my glasses I might be mistaken. Maybe it's just patches on the suit

[@floydb9100]

0:57 .. "Ahhh 😄 ....... AHH 😳 !!"

[@Spiritdove64]

my only thing is after you tossed the sleeve he forgets all about him. not sure about this. I have trained my own dobies and they don't care about sleeves.. to each there own of course.. he does not even give a look at him after he drops sleeve.

[@piotrg6868]

Aaaa fuck that sleeve! 😂😂😂

[@conorlinehan4434]

Also the camera view of the whip low key startled me, as sometimes I hook my laptop up to the tv. LOOOOOOL

[@pgotti7973]

You need one of my dobies

[@jumex8267]

Question. Do you think there are dogs out there who truly enjoy being assholes? Most trainers categorize these dogs as defensive dogs. I disagree. I believe there are dogs who truly enjoy being bullies, defense offense it doesn’t matter. When you light them up, it seems they truly want to hurt you. You see the same type of behavior in some game dogs and race horses. Almost as if they take pleasure in beating their opponents. What do you think?

[@DocSeville]

You are right... this is not a dog you could ever depend on. Just too nervy. I have had and titled Dobermans since 1979. Thanks for being honest about it. So much BS online these days.

[@Spiritdove64]

awe now my doberman hates sleeves at least..lol

[@alexand5658]

YOU ALL HAVE THE BREED CONFUSED EXPERIMENTS WERE DONE AND A GERMAN CREATED THE ONE AND ONLY BREED OF DOG FOR BODYGUARDS AND PROTECTION. VERY HARD AND STRONG AND FEARLESS. NOT HORRIFIC. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS MADE FOR

[@flyingpuma9729]

Why is it hard to find good working dobermans? Lol Its literally one of the best dogs for this purpose

[@jfkst1]

Because herders have completely dominated apprehension work for decades now. Ultimately cost-effectiveness will be a high priority for anyone and herders are vastly superior to any other option in that regard.

[@flyingpuma9729]

@@jfkst1 Herders? You mean shepherds like Malinois and GSD?

[@TDCIYB77]

You only prove you know -literally- nothing about protection work and breeds. lol.

[@flyingpuma9729]

@@TDCIYB77 You just proved that. Dobermanns are literally bred to be protection dogs. Its a fact

[@jfkst1]

@@flyingpuma9729 Yes. Mals/Dutch/GSD and majority mixes thereof.

[@12footsativa]

Good work but you need your mouth washed out with SOAP 🧼! 😂

[@Jimmyprice258]

I have a 90 pound female Euro, 3 years old in August. Just now showing aggression.

[@Spiritdove64]

we can do without the F bombs

[@AnglerRGB67]

🤣😅😂

[@gregorysilas6329]

The purpose of a dog in defense is not necessarily to drive away the threat. The goal is to end the threat. That is fundamentally different than what you said. A dog in defense may be looking to end you. A dog can come forward and pursue in defense.

[@jfkst1]

@6:20 Has covers what you're saying.

[@marekceleda8521]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheWackler]

No boycott

[@peterschmidt7409]

Hm, agree with Haz. There's a reason that 99 9% of all police and miltary dogs are just three breeds nowadays. German shepherd, malinois and dutch shepherd.

[@krisaunedi4920]

Haz cool vlog and I've had a Doberman with a lot of prey drive. I have commented on one of your past vlogs regarding Dobermans you really have something against the breed and sounds like your not a big fan of them. You as a trainer and breeder should have equal rights to all working breeds and not be so discriminating about any breed. I know that they have their strengths and weaknesses but give us a break buddy don't hate the breed just work with what you have. I take offense for this breed the Doberman on your comments that you make at them. I would like to consider you training my next dog but buddy the hate has to go buddy!!!

[@soupfox]

are you okay??? there is zero "hate" here, just facts given neutrally. if that's what you got out of this, maybe it's time to log off for awhile

[@FrankWhiteMutts]

Haz lost some weight. you gotta teach me that decoy diet.

[@CTstouchhorsesdogs]

This guy feeding yaw a bunch of BS that dog is not a real protection dog candidate … and he’s not making protection dogs with his techniques and he’s so high on his own BS and technical talk

[@nighthawk0889]

Literally the first thing he said at the start of the video was "Is he everything we need in a protection dog? NO"

[@CTstouchhorsesdogs]

@@nighthawk0889 yes he did but then he goes on about a dog needing tons of play drive to be a good protection which is very false and he talks about a perception of a real threat in which they’re doing they total opposite. These guys preach this because they can only train high drive dogs sure drive makes our job easier but its not needed for everything and a lot of trainers aren’t skilled enough to train a dog with little to no drive and will tell a potential client they need a different dog

[@nighthawk0889]

@CTstouchhorsesdogs You can't deny higher drive dogs get the job done better thought. That's why most trainers recommend high drive dogs doesn't really mean low drive dogs can't be protection dogs or its out of the trainers expertise to train them, it's just that the quality of the work won't be as good. Like on the video that dobe was clearly not really driven and you could see as he worked him out little by little his progression can be seen. So yes, you're right low drive dogs can still be protection dogs.

[@CTstouchhorsesdogs]

@@nighthawk0889 we probably disagree on what real protection dog and training is ….

[@nighthawk0889]

@CTstouchhorsesdogs Real? What do you mean by real protection dog. What would be an example of a fake protection dog like a plushie?