How can I protect my brother's hands when my dog attacks him?

Question

My dog bit my neighbor yesterday and I thought it would be great to train him in Shootzsand to channel those drives.

I put my brother in his winter clothes. He has a big fluffy ski jacket and big fluffy pants. We wrapped him in big burlap bags, liek the bags potatoes come in. We've seen the police dog demonstrations so we know all about it.

But what if my dog bites his hands? How can he protect his hands? Would leather gloves work?

Answer 1

One of my best friends trains police dogs, and i can tell you, unless you are a professional, and have a mentor to help you, you have NO business doing bite work with your dog.
Watching it on TV doesn't mean you know all about it. I watch House, but I don't pretend to be a doctor. Also, if you know all about it, you should be able to spell Schutzhund.
There are techniques to being the helper, and the handler. Your dog could get hurt, or hurt someone else. Schutzhund is NOT a channel for dogs with biting tendencies, your dog needs basic obedience training first.
When you train your dog to bite a person in heavy winter coats and sacks, he will start going after homeless people wearing layers of coats and rags, or passers by in winter coats.
Schutzhund dogs are trained from puppy hood to ONLY bite the sleeve.
Don't get me wrong, I love this sport, but DO NOT attempt this on your own. There are Schutzhund clubs all over the country, join one.

Answer 2

Schutzhund training is very intense and honestly should not be attempted by anyone who isn't trained to handle the dogs.
Seeing the police demonstrations and actually attempting to encourage your dog to behave like a trained police work dog are two entirely different things.
Look at this site: http://www.jolietschutzhund.com/
On the left side there is a link for the waiver, you should read that and understand some of the risks associated with the training process.
Notice that those are grown men and the man who is taking the actual attack from the dog is wearing more than a soft fluffy ski jacket and burlap sacks.
You should consult a dog behavioralist and find out why your dog decided to attack your neighbor. If your neighbor provoked your dog, it is one thing, but if your dog attacked unprovoked, there are some behavioral issues that need to be addressed.
Please be careful, no matter what you decide to do.

Answer 3

I sure hope this is a joke. What you are doing is very dangerous. It's like the program Jack*ss, trying to do stunts when not a stunt person, professionally trained in HOW TO.
No insults are intended here. I have seen dogs have to be put to sleep because they get screwed up by people trying to copy what they have seen handlers or people on TV do. That's as wreckless as it would be for someone to handle snakes because they have seen Jeff Corwin do it on TV.
Not only is the dog's well being at stake, but your brother and you and your neighbors are living around a dog being made into a DANGEROUS DOG.
In Schutzhund training (which just means guard dog training) a handler or their family is NEVER the bad guy being attacked. All that aside: Your dog will protect your family naturally if there is a serious threat and if it wouldn't then it is a dog that would not even be a candidate for a professional to train for this. You are creating a dangerous dog.
I hope you will stop before someone gets seriously hurt and/or your dog is impounded and/or put to sleep.

Answer 4

if you do this with your dog, you are encouraging him to bite people. He wont stop at biting your neighbor. This isn't a game, you could be forced to have your dog euthanized !! Take it to dog obedience, you would get more satisfaction knowing you are treating him something positive + to obey commands. If you want him to be an attack dog like the ones the police force have why not see if they will take him ? I dont think they would but thats the only way he's going to be even more aggressive ! Don't do it. Keep him in a secured place where he can't bite or attack anyone. He may kill or very seriously hurt someone or another animal. I myself wouldn't want a dog like this. Mine have to be a dog I can handle or else the 2 of us just wouldn't mix. He would have to get training.

Answer 5

It is more important to know how to stop a dog biting or attacking before encouraging your dog to bite and attack.

The fact that your dog bit the neighbour indicates serious incompetence in the area of training and control. You need to have full control of the dog by completing at least basic obedience training.

At the rate you are going your dog will be confiscated and destroyed as a dangerous dog, any dog that bites or attacks is at a high risk of ending up like this.

It is quite astonishing that you would even consider putting your brother in the way of harm and your dog at risk of being destroyed, even joking about it is a bit sick in my opinion.

Answer 6

It is not practical to go through life in fear of every possible thing that could ever happen to you. Is there a reason you think you're likely to be attacked by a dog? There are many of us here who have actually been working directly with dogs on a daily basis for many, many years and have never been attacked by a dog - what makes you think you will? If you are a jogger or going to be in a place where you expect a problem, you may want to carry dog mace. Also, as was already mentioned, turning your back could be very effective because it breaks the dogs focus on you. Your brother is right about one thing, running away will NOT help the situation because it will only feed a dog's chase instinct.

Answer 7

This s my first ever time on this site, but I am pretty knowledgeable about pets, dogs in particular. And I have common sense to boot. My advise follows the other frequent posters. DO NOT USE ANYONE AS A TARGET - for your dog to chew on. This is dangerous. and by all means should not be tried by amateurs. People who train dogs to attack are not good dog owners.

Answer 8

Is this post a joke? Surely nobody could think that was a good idea. Those professional suits are almost bulletproof and the dogs have months of intensive training before they ever put a tooth near a person.

I have a Chihuahua who could shred your suit.

Answer 9

First of all, it's not Shootzsand and you don't want to do this yourself. It's Schutzhund - you join a club and learn the sport - with trainers and proper equipment, and supervision

Secondly, you never make homemade bite sleeves yourself. It's dangerous.

Please don't start trying to train your dog on this sport on your own. If you dog has aggression, you may make it worse. He needs to be evaluated by a professional trainer and help.

Good luck!

Answer 10

well he should put his hands in the sleeve of the jacket. but i would get profetional help you dont want the dog to turn out visious. so i would go to a trainer that speciolizes in that. it is ok to train your dog in this but the dog needs an off buttom to be able to stop that behavior if you are in public or the dog might have to be put to sleep. i would not train this to my dog but since you will not listen go to a trainer and train this dog the correct way so you will not end up killing your dog by making him visious.