Guard Dog Training (1956)

Altrincham, Manchester. Various dogs (mostly Alsatians) are taken through guard dog training at Britain’s only private guard dog school run by Alexander (possibly Alexandra) Bennett who we see in C/U. A firework is let off to test reaction to loud noises. “Kim“ is teased with a piece of cloth, she hangs on to it, shaking her head. A man with a gun pretends to attack Kim’s owner, the dog grabs his padded jacket. Guard dogs jump through hoops and over jumps. Fabric draped over a hoop is set alight and a dog called Fritz jumps through the ring of fire. Dogs are put into the back of a van marked “Stamford Guard Dogs“ and are driven away. The narrator explains how guard dogs are used in various situations and we see a guard dog in situ protecting a factory. He stands with his handler behind a wire fence barking. M/S of a man pretending to tamper with the load of a lorry - guard dog jumps out of the lorry window and attacks the man, grabbing his coat. Note: newspaper article about the guard