- I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to
enter the maul zone with a canine.
Ow, it hurts!
(screaming in pain)
(exotic music)
What's going on, guys?
Today we are on location in West Virginia,
and I'm here with J, from Makor K9.
And we're gonna do something a little bit different
today, aren't we?
- Yep.
- Normally, I'm bitten and stung by all sorts
of wild animals, but today, I'm going to be
bitten by what?
- A Malinois.
A Belgian Malinois.
- And this is like something between
a German Shepherd, a wolf, a coyote,
and maybe your worst nightmare if you're afraid of dogs.
But Mya, who is the dog that we're gonna be
working with today, is actually really friendly,
as long as they don't have on this specialized suit,
which we use to train her to what?
Take down criminals?
- Correct.
She worked law enforcement for four years,
and now she's kind of a demo for our company.
- So today I'm gonna be part of her exercise.
And I guess I'm gonna be a product of the demo,
to show exactly the capabilities of this dog.
- You're gonna be the victim.
This dog will not break skin on you.
You're gonna be wearing a Kevlar bite suit.
- Okay. - From Schweikert K9
out of Germany.
- Yeah I see Joe has it right over here.
Why don't we bring that, that jacket in here?
Man that is, that is durable.
But I'm still gonna feel some pressure inside there, right?
Here I'm gonna try this on real quick.
- You will feel every bit of the pressure
from the bite of the dog,
just no puncture. - Oh yeah.
That's legit right there.
Go ahead, put your arm out there.
- [Cameraman] Fancy, feel that?
- I can feel that.
- Oh, no. - You're don't have
a very strong grip. - That's my left hand.
- Still, not very strong as compared
to what the bite force of a dog is gonna be.
(imitating growling)
Now that's even weaker, man.
You gotta get to the gym. (laughing)
So J, when Mya hits me, I'm gonna try to run.
Is that okay?
Is she just gonna like latch onto me and pull me down?
- Absolutely, absolutely. - Now, what's gonna
prevent her from biting my legs, or my fingers,
or my face?
She's gonna go for my arm, you're pretty certain?
- Mya's trained to go for the arm.
She is what's called a sport dog,
which means Mya's not trained to bite a human for real.
She was strictly a drug dog.
But she's been trained in sport
to go after the equipment, so that's what she'll do.
But now you have a one to 2% chance
she may grab the leg.
- You know what this reminds me of?
When I wore the bee beard, and Chris said,
oh you might get one or two stings,
and then I got 32 stings.
So in my mind, I'm hoping that it's just bite pressure,
but I'm fully expecting to maybe take a
full on bite today.
So I think I'm ready for this.
And if I can pass the jacket test,
we've got one step up in the world of bravery.
And that's just the sleeve. (dramatic music)
And this just kind of goes on your arm, like this.
And so if I work my way up, I'm gonna take a bite
just like that. (growling)
Now do I have to worry about her pulling my arm
out of the socket?
- She's not gonna pull your arm out of socket, hopefully.
- Okay, okay. - But she will jerk
on you a lot, and swing you around a little bit.
- Okay. - So to be clear,
tackling Coyote is actually fun for her?
- It is a game.
Absolutely fun.
It's what she lives for.
- And this is exercise.
So she can do this over and over again,
all day long, just like a dog playing ball pretty much.
- Absolutely.
- Only I'm gonna be the ball today.
- I like this dog already. - Yeah, right?
If you're ready, let's get Mya out of her kennel,
and get up close with this incredible dog.
(marching drums)
- [Cameraman] All right, Coyote.
I think it's about that time.
Gettin' nervous?
- A little bit.
We're getting Mya out of her kennel right now.
And you may be thinking to yourself,
she's only 55 pounds.
That's not that big.
Yeah, until it's running at you full speed,
with an open mouth full of teeth,
getting ready to latch onto your arm.
I'm still thinking I'm gonna get pretty far
before she takes me down.
And I guess what I'm trying to determine now,
is when she grabs me, is she gonna actually take me
down to the ground, or am I gonna be able to take that hit
like this, stumble and have her latching onto me.
So it's gonna be really interesting to see
how this all goes down.
(Velcro scraping)
Okay. - Good to go.
- Oh man.
So I wanna keep my, can I hold onto the edge,
or do I wanna keep my hand just all the way inside?
- [Jason] You can hold onto the edge if you want, or inside.
She's gonna center here.
So when you hear her getting close,
just try not to go that way.
Because then you're gonna pull it where it
cuts you there. - Gotcha.
This is what you have to wear if you wanna
get taken down by a K9.
All right J, are we ready?
- [Jason] I think we're ready.
You ready, Mario?
(Mario speaking off microphone)
And we're rolling.
(dog panting)
- Hi Mya, hi Mya.
Oh boy.
This arm, this arm, Mya.
Right here.
This is the one that you want, right here.
Right there, that one.
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter
the maul zone with a K9.
You ready? - Go for it.
- One, two, I'm running to the telephone pole.
Three. (dog whining)
(Coyote groaning)
You coming out here?
(Coyote yelling)
- [Cameraman] What does it feel like?
- Ow, it hurts!
(painful yelling)
Man she is a lot stronger than you would think!
Spinning me around in circles.
I can see how this would easily take down a criminal.
(yelling)
- [Cameraman] Tap out, tap out.
(trainer giving foreign commands)
You all right, buddy?
(groaning)
- She started low on my arm.
Moved her way up near my elbow.
That hurt the worst.
When you can feel the K9 teeth actually hitting the bone.
(groaning)
J, you weren't kiddin', man.
(trainer giving foreign commands)
Ow, ow, my butt!
She bit me in the butt!
It's a bad bite!
Mya.
Oh man.
Well, I got this camera.
I don't know, do you think I'm ready to
move up to just the sleeve?
- [Cameraman] I think you're ready to graduate.
You look like you're handling it pretty well.
I'm impressed.
- All right, let's go to the sleeve.
(Velcro scraping)
Definitely feel my arm is gonna swell up.
You can see, there's a little blood coming out there.
All these puncture marks.
Definitely hurts.
- [Cameraman] Take a look at champ.
You coming, (yells), you coming out here?
Ow, it hurts!
(painful yelling)
- That's definitely intense.
All right, I think I've graduated past the Kevlar jacket.
Thank you, Joe.
And now...
I'm going to the sleeve.
You guys ready for this?
- Let's go left arm. - Left arm, okay.
Beating up both arms today, I guess.
All right.
First bite is actually not the most painful.
She bites, she lets go, and then she goes
for another bite, and a better grip.
Now, the Kevlar suit was slightly loose on my skin.
This is a little tighter.
So I may feel slightly more increased impact.
- Try to bend your arm.
Perfect.
- Keep your arm moving side to side.
Try not to go up and down.
Try to make it this way. - Side to side.
Okay. - Now lift it down.
- [ Jason] Regardless of how trained she is,
she's still an animal. - Yeah, I understand.
- [Jason] Girl, here.
All right, you ready for this?
- Okay, I'm ready.
Let's do this.
Mya right here.
This arm right here.
Come on!
(yelling)
- You feel it? - Oh, yeah!
I can definitely feel that.
Oh man, she's got a good hold on the sleeve.
You can feel all the pressure (yells), of the teeth,
going into my arm.
Okay let's bring her off!
(heavy breathing) - How was that?
- That was about as intense as it gets.
Much scarier to have the dog on your arm
with no other protective body cover.
Honestly, the bite did not feel as bad
as the Kevlar jacket, but I was way more nervous
with my fingers being exposed.
She got about to here on my wrist,
and that's when I said okay, call her off.
I was afraid she slipped a little bit further,
I may lose a finger.
Wow, that was incredibly intense.
I cannot believe that.
Dude.
Okay, I think I'm good.
That was absolutely an experience with an animal
that I'm never gonna forget.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave, stay wild.
We'll see you on the next location.
Woo!
I think you guys need to try this.
- I don't know Mario, what do you think?
- [Mario] Are you next?
- Rock, paper, scissors for it?
- Yeah. - Ready?
One shoot, ready? - Yeah.
- One, two, three, shoot.
One, two, three, shoot.
Oh!
Looks like you're next, buddy.
- Oh man, there she is.
Dude, I'm actually pretty nervous.
- [Cameraman] Starting to rain a little bit.
I might get rained out.
(dramatic music)
All right, you ready?
- Yeah.
- All right Mario.
- Are you ready?
- Yep, let her go!
Right here, Mya, right here!
Oh my gosh!
- Hold on!
- Oh man!
- [Coyote] Oh, you're ripping!
Oh, you did it buddy!
- Woo!
Oh, boy!
- How'd that feel?
Let me see your arm.
- That hurt.
Oh man, you can feel the punctures.
The pressure.
- All right.
So I wanna give her this?
- When you do this, you wanna kind of stretch out,
and then bend it.
- Okay.
Stretch out, and bend it.
All right, Mya.
Right here, Mya.
Oh boy, oh boy.
(groaning)
Got me on that one!
All right, I'm good, I'm good.
- Let her down some.
Slip it.
Unvelcro it.
- Woo!
Oh man, oh man! - That hurt, right?
- Ooh man, that send shivers up your spine.
- [Mario] That was some pressure man.
- Oh my goodness.
- Oh yeah. - Oh yeah,
that's gonna bruise. - Oh yeah.
She got me.
- You gotta good bite.
It's a bad bite! - That's a bad bite!
- It's important to remind everyone that while
getting taken down by Mya looked incredibly
aggressive and violent, this is all a part
of her daily training routine.
Behind the scenes, Mya and I were the best of friends.
And I can truly say that I have an incredible
love and respect for this brilliant and beautiful animal.
Makor K9 of West Virginia, continues to
set the standards that others aspire toward
in the field of K9 training, and related
technical innovations.
The love and care of their animals,
has brought them international recognition.
And the reputation is widely coveted as having
no equal in the profession of K9 training.
If you thought getting taken down by a K9 was intense,
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