Standards Of Our protection Dogs

Located in Boise, Idaho, Valor Protection Dogs® is dedicated to providing the world’s most elite Family Protection Dogs. Bred from top European bloodlines, home-raised, professionally trained, health-tested, and guaranteed, our dogs are the best of the best.

We set the standard higher than anyone else in the industry—no shortcuts, no compromises. We know what the protection dog world looks like, and we’re raising the bar. Every dog we raise and train is held to the highest standards for safety, obedience, and capability. If a dog doesn’t meet our rigorous expectations, it doesn’t move forward—excellence is non-negotiable.

OWNERS​

Valor Protection Dogs is a family-owned business founded in 2021 by husband-and-wife team Justin and Amy Pishner, combining their decades of experience to raise and train elite Family Protection Dogs.

Amy Pishner and Justin are highly experienced professional dog trainers with extensive backgrounds in working with family, military, and police dogs. Amy served in the Air Force and the Wisconsin National Guard, and has over thirteen years of training experience, having worked with thousands of dogs. She discovered her passion for training as a young girl in Wisconsin and has continued to refine her skills throughout her career. She is triple certified as a Professional Dog Trainer, including Dual Purpose Certification for Military and Police Dogs, and has been the driving force behind Valor K9 Academy since its founding in 2014. Today, Valor K9 Academy has three nationwide locations and a dedicated team of 15 trainers.

Justin served 21 years in the Air Force and Idaho National Guard as a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) Instructor, including multiple overseas deployments. He has extensive experience working with Special Operations K9 teams both stateside and abroad. Together, Justin and Amy bring a combined wealth of military discipline, knowledge, and hands-on experience to every dog they raise and train, dedicated to achieving the highest standards of quality and excellence in protection dog training.

Four German Shepherds lying on grass.

Valor Protection Dogs specializes in elite, highly trained, and home-raised Family Protection Dogs for individuals and families seeking an added layer of security for their home and loved ones.

We specialize in raising and training Family Protection Dogs with the highest standards of care and expertise. We carefully select and breed our own dogs from top European bloodlines through our in-house breeding program. From day one, we personally raise and train each dog—from puppy socialization and basic obedience to home manners, off-leash training, and protection work. We handle every aspect ourselves, including training our own decoys for bite work, ensuring each dog develops the temperament and skills required for family protection. Starting at around eight weeks old, our dogs grow up on our 67-acre ranch in the Boise foothills, receiving hundreds of hours of hands-on training to meet our exacting standards. Each dog is then custom trained to match the unique needs of its future family.

Our dogs are our passion and our legacy. We are deeply committed to every protection dog we raise, ensuring each one is expertly trained and perfectly matched to meet the unique needs and lifestyle of its future family.

1. Our Dogs Are Safe
Gentle with people of all ages and fully socialized with dogs, cats, and other animals, our protection dogs are completely safe and trustworthy. Safety is never compromised—no exceptions.

2. Our Dogs Are Capable
We begin developing our puppies’ protection instincts from an early age, fostering fearlessness, courage, and confidence. As they mature, they are exposed to a variety of real-life scenarios—including armed robbery, carjacking, and child abduction simulations—so they know exactly how to respond.

3. Our Dogs Are Obedient
Our protection dogs receive top-level obedience and manners training. They respond reliably to commands both on and off leash, remaining fully under your control while protecting you, your home, and your family.

Protection dog performing obstacle training

Our Training Philosophy

We begin by building a solid foundation with our puppies, focusing on socialization and exposure to people, places, sights, sounds, surfaces, animals, and new experiences using positive reinforcement. During this stage, we teach basic commands and behaviors through a reward- and relationship-based training system. As the puppies progress, we introduce training collars and begin proofing commands around distractions to create bombproof obedience both on and off leash.

Once the dogs reach the appropriate age and maturity, we begin defense-based protection work that harnesses each dog’s natural instinct to protect. As they develop, we gradually increase expectations and train them in a variety of protection scenarios, including hidden sleeve work, muzzle fighting, carjacking, child abduction simulations, and home invasion scenarios.

Our full training process typically takes 18–24 months, tailored to each dog’s individual maturity and skill progression. We invest close to a thousand hours in every dog to ensure they meet our high standards and perform beyond expectations. Every stage of training is personally overseen and executed by Justin and Amy, combining decades of experience and proven methods to raise elite Family Protection Dogs.

Check out our fine selection of Czech German Shepherds currently in training. Reserve one today for you and your family before someone else snatches them up.

We will travel to any location to deliver our dogs.

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