Living with eight dogs is not always easy. I have learned a lot since having all of these dogs. As I said in the about me post they all have purpose. Ranger is a Belgian Malinois. Belgian Malinois’ are used mostly in police work. These are types of dogs that need to be worked or have a place where they can take their energy out. They are very loyal to their owner and would do anything to protect them. I have trained Ranger to track particular narcotics. I was also going to train him on bite work, but once I had picked him up from his previous owner, I soon realized that he is too skittish. What I mean by this is that flinches away from almost everything that comes his way. When I saw this, it really disappointed me, but I knew that Ranger would be good at tracking.
Another dog that I have trained to track is Apollo. Apollo is a Sable German Shepherd. Apollo is also a dog that I have trained on bite work. Many people think that if a dog bites then they are automatically vicious. Not Apollo. Apollo is one of the clumsiest goofy dogs I have ever had, but when it is time to work it is almost like a flip switches and he ready to bite anyone that could be dangerous. Apollo is very protective over me. When we are sitting around, he has to be sitting on the same couch as me or on me. There is no in between. Also, when it looks like someone is coming to attack me he rushes over to get in between us or will go in and try and bite whatever he can to get a hold of from the person “attacking” me.
Many people think that training a dog will only take a month or so. They are wrong. I have been training Apollo for over a year and there are things that I still need to work on with him. With Ranger I have only had him since October of 2019, and I have had to build his trust with me and my family. Ranger is not a people dog he only like a few people and will growl at the other ones. Since he had to gain trust in me, and I had to figure out the best way to train him and what to train him in I have only been training him for about two months now. I have so much hope for these two dogs.
Many people ask me what I am going to do with these dogs since I have trained them. I will start to breed them and use them as examples of what I can do. I am very proud of these two dogs and can not wait to show and tell you about my other dogs in up coming posts.
For the Love of Paws 