Marlon: Meet Vader,
son of Hulk,
lord of the dark side.
Today we have the ultimate test,
let's see if he can perform,
when it counts the most.
This is not a game now,
does he have what it takes right?
Is he going to bite?
Lisa: Vader, you're supposed to catch them.
This is Vader,
he's a little over a year old.
He's off of Hulk and Portia.
He's owned by a couple in
Texas.
Marlon: Meet Vader,
lord of the dark side.
So a lot of people think what we do
is just for the cameras,
but this dog training we do
is a serious business.
Lisa: So he's come back for
real protection training.
The family has been through some
traumatic experiences in their past, so
they truly need the protection for
their own peace of mind.
So being Hulk's son
you can see a lot of similarities in him,
as his dad.
he's a very powerful dog,
he's ready to work when he needs to
and he's also a very sweet dog as well.
And he's not even done growing yet.
So we're going to be doing Home Protection,
Personal Protection,
I'm going to be taking his sister Storm to the vet.
but Marlon and Kareena are going to take,
Vader up to the training room.
Marlon: Listen,
Let me tell you something about bite club.
If you can't get up this ramp,
you can't train,
period.
can't train,
can't film, can't nothing.
today we have the ultimate test,
Let's see if he can perform
when it counts the most.
Kareena: The training that we're going to do today,
is going to determine
whether Vader is suitable.
for Protection work or not.
Marlon: Is this dog balanced?
Main thing.
Like is he a dog that I can send out
into the public?
Does he have what he takes?
Is he going to bite?
Is he going to commit to the bite?
He's friendly, you know what I mean?
Like he's smiling at me, is normal.
Everything is normal.
So what I'm going to do is
I'm going to pretend to be the attacker,
and I'm going to see how he reacts,
now that he's had a bit more training.
Kareena: Good boy ...
Good boy.
Marlon: This was the first time that we allowed,
the cameras to film us training with
you know, somebody else's dog.
So it's a bit different.
I'm really kind of pushing the boundary
at him.
That dog will bite for real.
100% that dog will bite you
I'm not going to stick my hand in his mouth
but if you want to see, good
but I promise you look,
that dog will bite you.
all right good.
I'm walking around for a second,
walk him up to me.
Kareena: Good boy, come here.
Marlon: There we go, come here boy.
Kareena: Come on.
Marlon: Everything's good
And there's lots of reasons why people want,
protection dogs.
You can be in a situation where you're
out and about, you need a dog with you, you know?
It can be something, where you travel a lot
you want to have your dog at home you know if the family
you know, it's a lot of different types of situations
where people need you know, protection.
So that ain't no bullshit,
and here we can show you it's 100% civil,
a word that we, I don't know if we've, highlighted,
but civil meaning there is zero equipment involved
in this training.
I'm not making noise with nothing.
I'm just walking up to the dog,
she's giving him the command
and he will be on guard.Tell him.
Marlon: Dark-side.
Now we're going to give him a bite because he's real flustered.
Marlon: He's used to realising the equipment
which is good.
So basically like I need him to start to understand
to double sleeve.
You know? Which is basically,
teaching him to not hold equipment
and to come off and on to the next bite.
You know which in turn will teach him,
if the perp drops the jacket,
drop the jacket, chase the ass.
That's the overall ...
you know, idea behind that.
Chase that ass.
I'm over here, here's where the threat is.
So like I said this is not a game now.
So it's real serious that he understands.
So yeah so overall I mean,
I'm very happy with Vader,
He's doing very well, so ...
now I'm going to just bring in a hidden sleeve,
and you know I'm just going to confirm that
you know, no equipment,
now this dog is ready to bite.
Kareena: An attacker is not going to be wearing
any equipment.
So Marlon will tease him,
without the sleeve
and see if he actually like jumps
and lunges at him.
Marlon: If you were going to rob me
like are you going to like
come with the bite sleeve on, or a suit?
and try to like go ahead? No.
So it's important that a dog sees reality,
as much as possible.
So now,
So now we're going to test.
if I put my arm in his mouth,
what would happen right?
So
ready?
I'm going to stick this arm in an open section of his mouth,
you're ready? Ready? Just kidding
Vader is ...
He came close to biting me today.
My finger kind of rolled into his mouth
I could feel like his jaw was closing, but you know,
it's part of the game, you know?
its like a dangerous dance,
it's like,
watching somebody trying to subdue the cobra
into the little ...
basket, you know what I mean?
It's just what I do.
Marlon: Very good, very very good.
you win I lose.
you're the winner, I'm the loser.
Mm-hmm.
force is strong, with you it is.
So now,
What I want to do it's is important is,
Walk him up, let him come up to me over here.
Kareena: Good boy.
come here, good boy.
Kareena: Good boy.
Marlon: Good, good job.
Overall it was good.
He showed progress
in the areas that I wanted him to show progress in.
coming off the bite quickly,
and re-engaging the threat,
very important.
So overall yeah, I mean he did great.
He did great, good job Vader.
Dark-side.
Kareena: I think the client is going to feel very safe
with Vader around.
Marlon: 8+ for him, he did really good.
8+ for him,
and 8+ for Kareena too,
we'll give Kareena an 8+ too, see guys? I'm nice.
at the end of the day.
8+ for Lisa too even though she wasn't in it.
Yeah, everybody gets A's.
And a plus sign.
Even though Vader is not a finished product yet,
I'm glad he's shaping up to potentially be
one of the best dogs that I've ever trained.
You have passed the test young Padawan learner,