Liesel Weapon is a sleeve biting, man tracking, scent detecting, obedience rocking, badass little German Shepherd. She (and I) literally eat, breathe and sleep training (she actually has yet to eat food out of a bowl…it all comes from training). Now 6 months old, this 36 pound lean, mean (but actually really nice) fur missile is well on her way to becoming a 'super dog'. Thursday Oct 13th we are embarking on a journey. For 2 weeks we will be trading the mountains of Western M

I saw this video awhile back… I thought…ok that’s pretty badass. I want to train my next shep to do that. Now, I am by no means ‘tactically’ trained like the gentlemen in the video above, but I still think the notion of having a dog with obedience/bitework control paired with a firearm in this manner is pretty slick. Liesel Weapon has therefore been learning the ‘Stealth’ command. Essentially it is a modified attention heel between my legs. To illustrate her progress see be

Liesel Weapon : WEEK 6 of the Top Tier K9 working dog puppy imprinting program. Distance, duration and distractions were added this week as Liesel continues to improve on her obedience, nosework, tracking and bitework. She has also started seeing more of the world as a trail running, atv riding, river swimming GSD! This dog is fearless... #dogtraining #dogtrainingmissoulamontana #germanshepherd #workingdog #workingdogintraining #missoulamontanadogtrainer