The Personal Protection Dog is usually referred to as being the one that bites. A personal protection dog protects from it's knowledge of training which the dog has received. These dogs are trained to quickly become friendly toward a once threatening man when he becomes friendly. Another example would be when an agitator who has just gotten bitten by a dog during a training lesson while wearing protective underclothing gear, walks over to the same dog in a friendly manner after the lesson is over (with gear still on) and pets the dog without getting bitten. This is why protection dogs are best. The protection dog is put in many scenarios during their training which the dog may encounter when in a real life threatening situation. These scenarios prepare the dogs for anything that could happen. Unlike the attack or guard dogs which aren't likely to be ready for any situation they encounter when threatened because these dogs are surprised since they had no training to prepare them for many real life situations. This will cause the dog to incorrectly protect in order to sufficiently stop a dangerous man. The more experience a dog has, the better they will work, which holds true for other training besides protection training.
 
 

The Hold & Bark Protection Dog is basically the same as a personal protection dog but without a bite. These dogs will hold a person in place by corning them or knocking them down and standing on them while barking in a monotone bark (one bark right after the other). They are trained to never bite in any situation. The use of muzzle agitation training is vital for these dogs so they will learn to not fear touching the bad guy and to knock them down correctly if the situation warrants the dog to do this procedure. During the muzzle agitation training the dogs are trained when to apply the knocking down procedure and when not to. With this type of protection dog there will not be any bite liability to worry about. To be sure the dog does not bite, underclothing protective gear is used in the training.
 
 

The Police Dog is an advanced personal protection dog. They are trained more extensively to different real life situations. They learn to walk on uneven and unstable ground, grating, jump over 6' fences, go under buildings, and chasing and biting the bad guy in various places from into a car to moving elevators and on crowded streets.
 
 

The Schutzhund Dog is a dog that has been or is being trained to go through three phases of a training test which consists of tracking, obedience, and protection. There are three titled routines with all three phases of training. The three titled routines are Schutzhund I, II, and III. Here I will only discuss the protection phase which applies to this post. Schutzhund training only focuses on prey items not on people. The dog chases after the burlap sack, puppy tug, or jute sleeve not the person holding the item. If a person wearing a jute sleeve throws the sleeve while the dog is in pursuit, the schutzhund dog will go after the sleeve. However, if the dog was a personal protection dog the dog will go after the person because people are it's prey. A schutzhund dog is not put through real life situations which will cause the dog to improperly respond toward real life situations. A dog must be put through real life situations in order to be trained to react properly toward them when these situations do actually happen. This turns a schutzhund dog into a protection dog. Unless the dog is trained with underclothing protective gear, the dog will not bite. So, the dog then has become a Hold & Bark protection dog.
 

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