Wade and Lori Morrell, owners of Priority One Canine in Columbus, Ohio, raise and train dogs for home protection. Who needs a canine bodyguard at home, you ask? The Morrells say you might, citing the average police response time in America is 7 to 10 minutes.
For approximately $40,000 per dog, Priority One Canines will hand-select a dog and train it in these areas:
- Advanced on and off leash obedience
- Alert on command and show aggression towards threat
- Engage threat
- Release threat on command
- Guard threat on command
- Territorial guard/home invasion (protection of family from inside residence)
- Defense of handler/family in everyday situations (park setting, public setting)
- Defense of handler/family from vehicle (carjacking)
- Perimeter search of grounds
- Interior check (office, hotel, residence)
- Place command
- Exposed to living environment
- Certificate of Health from licensed Veterinarian
- 6 month health guarantee
- 1-5 day handler course at residence of client
