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Posted on 02/05/2026 8:35:42 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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Yet “personal protection dogs” like Cassidy are bought, sold and trained every day in the UK. At the top end of the market, purpose-bred animals trained to bite, hold and release on command are sold for tens of thousands of pounds, marketed as family pets that double as live-in security solutions. Demand for these dogs, once the preserve of the ultra-rich and security professionals, seems to be growing, fuelled by celebrity endorsements, social media and widespread anxieties about crime.
This is also a largely unregulated corner of dog ownership, raising difficult questions about public safety, animal welfare and where responsibility lies when a dog trained to protect ends up causing harm.
The premium tier of protection dogs are purpose-bred German shepherds, Belgian malinois like Cassidy, dobermans, rottweilers and cane corsos, trained to respond to perceived threats, deter intruders and even physically restrain them on cue.
Among those who have bought such dogs in recent years are former pop stars Rochelle and Marvin Humes, reality TV personalities Molly-Mae Hague and Katie Price, actor Barry Keoghan and a number of footballers, including John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling. Many were motivated by recent burglaries or other security threats. Australian fitness influencer Kayla Itsines, who acquired two dogs from a UK-based company after being stalked for months, said in a promotional video that she had “never slept more soundly”.
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I have 2 attack trained cocker spaniels that will grab hold of a pair of balls and won’t let go regardless of what command given.
This is what happens when citizens can’t easily have guns.
Muzzies won’t like this.
Britishers can’t even carry pepper spray for self-defense. It is illegal. The UK police instead recommend a whistle (seriously).
My fearless prediction: Eventually a trained guard dog will badly injure or kill a member of a protected class. Then such dogs will either be heavily regulated or banned.
No worries. Then just go buy yourself a whistle.
Aren’t some UK townships already banning dogs?
Seems like a high lawsuit risk, especially if demand leads to more diluted quality of dogs and trainers, and owners.
Cops will be shooting some of them.
Articles like this give away the end game of gun control. Its not about gun control. Or in the case of the UK, its not about “knife control”. Now it will be about dangerous dog control. Its really about a population that has no way to defend itself and will obediently comply with whatever the government commands.
Personal protection dogs are not pets. This is not Hollywood. It’s real life. When an unfamiliar grandchild suddenly runs at grandma to give her a hug, that dog won’t know the difference.
The real concern is, of course, that dogs are haram and in order for newcomers to feel welcome to the countryside, the English must give up their dogs.
Big downside to this is people getting dogs they can’t (don’t know how to) handle.
Sometimes guys get their marshmallow wives/girlfriends guard breed dogs and the mismatched dogs and handler wind up making their lives miserable.
Cocker Spaniels?
I could not have a “protection pet” for that specific reason because I’d be afraid of any harm that would come to him.
Other than a barking dog at my home, I’d rather let S&W protect me.
My Democratic neighbors have two Labradoodles.
They won’t bite but they will jump up vigorously on persons who aren’t family.
German Shepherd plus backup. I sleep really comfortable at night.
Tips for Tube safety:
Always be on your way to play cricket.
You need that hammer to hang a picture in your office.
And a long screwdriver because your desk drawer gets stuck.
The AWFULs with their “fur babies” have been a bulwark against banning breeds but if normal people start using them to protect themselves from the left’s criminal shock troops you may actually see pitbulls and rottis outlawed.
“raising difficult questions about public safety,”
Translation:
Dogs are haram in Islam. Muslims hate dogs and defenseless white women. Que the meme with Amalia and Hatchet girl being protected from muslim rapists by a big deerhound and a great dane.
raising difficult questions about
(nothing difficult about these)
“public safety”- If this were true you could not have police dogs
“animal welfare” - dogs with engaged serious owners who spare no expense on housing, vets and training are somehow neglectful now?
“responsibility lies when a dog trained to protect ends up causing harm.”
Where does responsibility lie when any dog causes harm?
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