About guard dogs:

         Guard dog is a type of dog that is being employed to watch and guard against unexpected and unwanted animals or people. They used to bark to give alarms on their owners about the presence of unwanted intruders. Barking is also their other way on scaring the intruder away. A watch dog usually barks to scare trespasser away and it will ends there. The service that a watch dog usually provides is up to scaring their opponents. On the other hand, a guard dog can be trained to attack or restrain an intruder. A dog that is assigned to guard livestock is usually using strong and large that is enough to fight and drive away predators like wolves. There are some cases that intruders are human, these guard dogs are trained to just only hold back the human intruders with the guidance of their human owner. Although it is illegal, there are some guard dogs that were trained to attack human intruders. There are some dog breeds that are good as a watch dog but not excellent as guard dogs. These watch dogs bark loudly as they can just to get the attention of their owners but they were not able to attack their opponents because they are not trained to do so.

First, ensure your dog knows and have mastered all the basic obedience commands such as sit, stay... etc. 

Training step #2

Encourage your dog to bark whenever people approaches near the house. Praise the dog for the response.

Training step #3

Stop your dog from chasing intruders when the intruder is out of the house area. Let the dog knows where the property line ends. Do this by stop the dog whenever it reaches the house boundary. 

Training step #4

Train the dog to attack clothing, not flesh meat. This is to ensure your dog not to kill the intruders. After praising, give the command "drop it" or "stop" or whatever you feel comfortable. Then stop the dog from biting.

Guard dog training tips:

Training tips #1

If the trainer is not serious on enforcing the command, he or she should not give it. 

Training tips #2

Dog awareness is necessary for the dog to maintain control. Being aware will help the owner whether their dog is doing that is appropriate. 

Training tips #3

Some dogs may get carried away with barking, so it may be necessary to also teach them a “quiet” command. Do this by saying "quite" to your dog, then do whatever to stop it from barking.

Training other dogs besides guard dog, click here

Completed Dog Training Course

Teach your dog to bark and then to go to a family member when something unusual happens. To do this, after it barks, call it to you and reward it with a treat or chew toy. You want to develop a reflex so that when a dog senses something unusual, it barks and then goes to a family member.