First time Protection K-9 Owners

One of the biggest misconceptions in purchasing and owning a German Shepherd personal protection K-9 is that the dog will "turn" on the family or that the person handling the dog has to always be tough and strong on the dog or a big person. This is completely untrue. A personal protection German Shepherd trained at Harrison K-9 is evaluated and put through extensively training to make sure he or she is well trained and has the positive temperament needed to work and acclimate in a family home with children, guests, and a variety of different animals. We do this by bringing these dogs to our homes and actaully living one on one with each dog before it is sold,not just working the dog and putting it back in a kennel, but actually doing what our clients will do,everyday they have a dog. We also train our K-9s to be handled in a positive manner by men, women and children, making sure normal everyday tone on voice and soft hand signals can be used without the screaming foreign commands at the dogs or having to physically jerk them around. Too many training facilities rely on electric collars or force to make the dog obey and they call this necessary training. Harrison K-9's staff makes the time to bond with the dog and understand the dog is a part of the family and not just a robot. We only sell dogs we can see,touch and interact with daily. We do not sell dogs located at other facilities nor do we try to appear "Global" by saying we have kennels all over the world. Our K-9s are only titled German Shepherds from Europe, imported to the USA to our facility and tested in our homes before even being offered for sale. If you watch a demo and the handler cannot get the ball away or uses the ball in the demo or even worse uses electricity than you know you are looking at a dog you as a non-dog trainer will never be able to successfully control as well as a dog they do not know and have not taken the time to learn about. If they cannot motivate the dog as a partner or control the dog as a handler-how will you? How can they sell you a safe, secure but protective German Shepherd if they have no idea who the dog is.