Will My Protection Trained Puppy Be Safe With My Family? By 1996 I often hear the question "If I buy a working bloodline puppy and train it in schutzhund or protection work, do I have to worry about it biting my children and family?" My answer to this question is pretty simple." You need to buy a good working bloodline puppy, from a breeder that understands bloodlines, temperament and your needs." In addition you need to do a good dogs for adoption dog behaviors job raising your pup. If you do that you will not have a problem. The issue of a dog being aggressive towards its owners or family member is not a protection training issue. It's a temperament issue. To break this topic down even further, it is a dominance issue. This article will deal with dominance problems in dogs. The issue of "dominance" and being "protective" are two unrelated parts of a dog's temperament. Dominance will show itself even if a dog is rat terrier puppies dog behaviors never protection trained. Dominance is also not breed specific. It is not a German shepherd problem or a Rottwieler problem; it is an individual problem with a specific animal. My mother had a toy poodle that was the most dominant dog I had ever seen. The worst dog bite I ever had come from that poodle. It happened just before I bounced it off the living room wall. Photo of Yago vom , (call name Ronan), owned by Charlie Tucker Photo by catahoula leopard dog dog behaviors Meri Barrioz (MGB Photography) Dominance will show in the puppy's temperament at a young age. You will see growling around the food bowl and growling when you try and take his toys away. These are signs of dominance. When a working bloodline puppy bites your pant legs or bites your hands when you are roughhousing with it, this is not a sign of dominance. These are signs of prey drive. Prey drive and dominance are also two different things. If you need dog behaviors dog behaviors to learn