Who We Are, and How We Pick a Dog
Sufian Rahim and David Parrish on how they got into this, what they select for, and why every dog lives in their own homes first.
Three minutes with both owners. It covers the part of this business that is hardest to show in a photograph: what a dog has to be like at home before it is allowed to be good at anything else.
The line worth pausing on is at 1:32. Selecting for "extreme levels of confidence" is what every vendor says; living with the dog in your own house until you would put your own family next to it is the part that is expensive, slow, and impossible to fake in a demonstration. It is also the reason we place fewer dogs than we could.
Every Word, Timecoded
Sufian RahimI’m Sufian Rahim. My background is actually in IT … but for the past eight to nine years, when I first started protection dog training …
David ParrishMy name is David Parrish, co-owner of Superior Protection Dogs. I got my start in dogs … I watched a video of a German Shepherd bite a bad guy … and immediately I asked myself, how did they make it do that?
A great family dog honestly gives you peace of mind, gives you companionship — something you only know you have once you experience that yourself. I saw the impact of a dog, and I wanted to share that with everybody.
A good dog doesn’t matter if the dog is a pain to live with, if it’s a chore to let out in the morning, if you can’t take it out in public. So it has to have both: an amazing family companion, and be able to turn it on if need be.
A very common misunderstanding is that these dogs are dangerous all the time. We do want a potential level of aggression in these dogs, but most of the time these dogs are going to be hanging out on the couch, in the backyard.
For selection we look for extreme levels of confidence, and we rigorously test the dogs to see how they hold up. Aside from being extremely selective, the dog actually integrates within our own homes and is around us far before it’s around your family and your friends.
Some prerequisites for a dog to be ready for its new owner: it has to be a fantastic member of my family … a dog living in our house.
We provide dogs to dog lovers — whether you run a professional security business where you need a very serious dog guarding a gate, or you’re a family that is looking for an added layer in their home.
David ParrishWhen a family takes one of our dogs home, I want them to be proud of the new family pet, knowing that they have that steadfast guardian at their side — to be happy to wake up in the morning and live life with a well-trained dog, on the couch, and enjoy time with man’s best friend.
Selecting carefully for the right home and the right family is extremely important.
Superior Protection Dogs is based in Texas, but we are proudly serving the entire country.
Transcribed from the captions in the film. An ellipsis marks a caption we could not read cleanly — we would rather leave a gap than fill it in with a guess.
More Films
A Dutch Shepherd holds a down-stay at a live intersection in downtown Dallas while its handler takes a phone call, then heels out through traffic.
Turbo, a Malinois, is sent from his handler to a decoy in a bite suit, lets go, sits watching the decoy, and heels back off the field.
Zorro lying on a dog bed at home, grooming and play-wrestling with a black-and-white cat, both of them relaxed.
All 9 films, with a line on what each one is worth watching for.
Video Is Not Evidence
Every company in this business posts footage, ours included, and footage is the one thing a seller has complete control over. Watch it, then ask to see something you did not see on camera — here is how to ask.