Drive Management in Working Dogs

You got home from work yesterday, opened the door, and found your couch shredded. Or maybe it was the curtains, the drywall, the third expensive dog bed this month—name the thing.

You decided one day to get a German Shepherd, a Belgian Malinois, a Dutch Shepherd, or another high-drive working breed. You wanted the loyalty, the intelligence, and the look. But right now, you feel like you’re living with a captive predator that is slowly dismantling your house, your sanity, and your yard.

Here is the hard truth: Your dog isn't being 'bad.' They are being underemployed.

Working breeds are engineered with massive biological drives—prey, play, and defense. That energy is a physical force. If you don't give that engine an intentional, structured job to do, the dog will create its own job. And usually, that job is demolition.

Join us at the fairgrounds to look at the actual mechanics of…