Our elite family and estate protection dogs are carefully-selected and specially-trained to provide real-world protection in worst-case scenarios, including home invasions and violent personal attacks.
Our elite family protection dogs are not designed to intimidate unnecessarily. They are, instead, trained to deter a threat before it escalates, while providing the tools required to protect you, your family, and your property responsibly while mitigating liability.
What separates our elite family and estate protection dogs from standard “guard dogs” is the balance between power and control they exhibit. While their protection capability is formidable, their daily demeanor is calm, stable, and socially appropriate. Much like our Executive Protection Dogs, the side of these dogs that you and your family will experience most often is obedient, reliable, and composed. Friends, children, guests, and staff interact with a well-mannered companion, not a liability. This is all a result of the process we use to source our dogs and, perhaps even more importantly, our specialized training methods.
In any true threat, whether a home invasion or a violent encounter outside the home, effective protection requires two non-negotiables: exceptional natural ability and advanced, proven training. One without the other has little value. Together, they determine how effectively your dog can engage an aggressor who is actively resisting, and for how long.
If the presence of your trained home protection dog does not immediately deter a threat, and the aggressor continues despite visible aggression, the encounter may escalate into a physical confrontation.
For that reason, we carefully select dogs with superior genetics, nerve strength, and fighting ability, then refine those traits through advanced handler-protection and engagement training. These skills are outlined in detail on our Training Program Comparison page..
Defending yourself, whether with a dog, a firearm, or your own hands, often leads to legal scrutiny. While survival is always the priority, reducing liability is critical. With estate protection dogs, liability mitigation begins at the point of purchase.
See what makes CPI different from other protection dog providers as it pertains to training dogs that are trained to minimize liability to the fullest extent possible.
In today’s world, everything is recorded. Smartphones, security cameras, and 911 audio capture events from angles that often miss the subtle beginnings of a threat. What is clearly visible is aggression (or a bite).
Without proper protocol, even a justified defensive action can appear excessive. Our approach ensures your response is defensible, controlled, and clearly framed as self-protection. When police arrive, clarity matters—especially when they may arrive with weapons drawn.
Your go-to command for protection from a threat will be our strategic command “POLICE”. At the first sight of a threat, the first thing you will do is move away from the threat. Move in the opposite direction to create distance. As you begin to move, you will give your dog the command “POLICE”. This will instruct your dog to run to your side, turn on (show aggression), and remain by your side regardless of whether you are moving forward, backward, or sideways.
This will all happen off leash without the need to hold your dog or collar them. You focus on getting to the safest place possible. Meanwhile, your trained family protection dog focuses on protecting you, your family, and your property.
What you do next after the command “POLICE” is just as important. You place your hands in front of your chest, palms out, as you are backing up, repeating over and over, “Police, Call the Police, I’m Afraid for my Life, Call the Police”. Whether the altercation is recorded, witnessed by innocent bystanders, heard by the 911 operator, or witnessed by law enforcement, it will be very clear who is the victim and who is the perpetrator.
We often have a sense when we are about to be threatened. Of course, that sense may or may not be accurate. Nevertheless, if you feel threatened and have the ability to deter the threat, you want to do so.
The only challenge is that if you turn your dog “on” (instruct to show aggression) before you are threatened, you actually make yourself the threat. As a result, if you are seen turning your dog “on,” there could be legal ramifications. This liability could have been avoided with the right command and handler protocol. At CPI, we help establish this protocol..
Our solution: teaching the covert command “Knock it Off”. You simply appear to reprimand your dog with “Knock it Off.” That covert command, like the “POLICE” command, instructs your dog to run to your side, turn on, and remain by your side regardless of whether you move forward, backward, or sideways.
You simply repeat, “knock it off”, “I said knock it off” a few times, and then make your apologies for your overprotective dog who has already bitten a few people. Then you helplessly suggest that this person move away or leave before there’s an accident.
You have not threatened anyone, nor have you acknowledged feeling threatened. You appear helpless, and you’ve successfully deterred a potential threat and, in turn, prevented any legal ramifications.
Every one of our estate protection dogs demonstrates impeccable manners and complete off-leash obedience. Commands are given once, in a normal tone, and followed immediately, regardless of distraction or environment.
While our protection training is exceptional, it’s often obedience that ultimately convinces families to invest in an elite protection dog.
The bottom line? These dogs protect when needed, and disappear into everyday life when they’re not, making them a treasured and valuable addition to any family.
Our Elite Family and Estate Protection Dogs start at $150,000.
