Criminals prey upon the weak. Having a .45 in a holster is nice, but are you willing, or even fast enough to deploy the weapon? What about moral questions? Everyone is afraid psychologically of a guard dog, and being bitten.
There is no larger intimidation factor that two pair of fangs ripping into your flesh. I have the scars to  prove it from working with some really tough Czech and Slovak German Shepherd Dogs.
Fear, from the angle of the predator trying to take your money or life, and the psychology of being seriously injured by a Personal Security K-9. I have worked in some bad places, where armed security were routinely fired upon, and local Police would not debus their vehicles, if their was not a Tactical Sgt. or Air Unit on station. But when I operated in these areas the bad guys upon seeing a well trained K-9, patrolling, surveilling, and aggresively pursuing them, would just move to a soft target.
Please note the average price of a funeral to a Personal Security K-9 from CQB K-9™.
FBI 2005 Crime Statistics |
