Protection training 

Magic Dog Academy offers civil and sport protection training and welcomes both dog owners and professional dog handlers who want to get started with bite work and protection. Our training strategy relies on developing dogs’ drive and confidence without use of aversive tools and building protection skills through play and stimulation. Magic Dog Academy prioritizes positive reinforcement-based techniques to building foundations of protection and has been working with a variety of dog breeds, exhibiting different levels of drive, confidence, and aptitude for protection work. In Magic Dog Academy, we advocate for protection training being accessible not only to large powerful breeds but also pet dogs, for which bite work may serve as a confidence booster. It is important to note that tools do not train dogs, handlers do. Therefore, it’s up to us whether we will create a well-balanced, stable, and reliable protection dog that can perform in all environments.