Priority 1 Canine vs Scott's K9
Short answer: Scott's K9 is a volume business run well. Priority 1 Canine is a selection business. Scott's site claims more than 4,000 dogs delivered and 20 to 24 placements a year, hand delivered with a two day handler course, no published price. Priority 1 Canine places twelve finished adults a year, delivered and integrated by Wade Morrell until the dog is working in your home, at $150,000 in writing. Everything below comes from their site and ours. Start with trained protection dogs if you want ours first.
Volume versus selection
Scott's K9, founded by Steve Scott, says it has delivered more than 4,000 dogs, trains one to three at a time, and sources from European breeders. Their homepage lists 24 dogs available per year; their consultation form says 20 placements per year. Ask which number is current.
Priority 1 Canine places twelve dogs a year. Each is selected from thousands and finished in a real American home before it is offered. Fewer dogs is the point. Wade evaluates every one and delivers every one.
Delivery: a handler course versus integration
Scott's K9 hand delivers and runs a two day handler course at your home, and publishes a one year health guarantee and a ninety day performance guarantee. Priority 1 Canine delivers through Wade Morrell, who stays in your home until the dog is integrated with your routines, property, vehicles, and people. A course teaches you the dog. Integration makes the dog yours. Lifetime support follows from the person who placed it.
Price, in writing
Scott's K9 publishes no price. Priority 1 Canine is $150,000, on every page. If a company will not write the number down, the number is whatever they think you will pay. Read what $150,000 buys.
Rankings they write about themselves
Scott's K9 publishes a list of the best protection dog companies and ranks itself first. That is marketing, and it is good marketing. Read it, then read our comparison of seven protection dog companies, and judge both the same way: what does each company put in writing?
Who should choose Scott's K9
You want a wide choice of German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois from European lines, you value a published guarantee, and a two day course with the trainer fits how you learn.
Why you will not find our client reviews online
We do not ask clients for Google reviews, Yelp reviews, or public testimonials. We do not post their names, faces, homes, or dogs on social media. Our clients buy a protection dog because they have something to protect. Publishing who they are would undo the purchase. If you need to hear from a client, ask Wade. References are given privately, by introduction, when a placement is being considered. A company that posts its clients' photos and reviews is telling you how it treats privacy. Judge that the way you would judge any other security provider.
Who should choose Priority 1 Canine
You want a finished adult that has already lived in an American home, one founder from first call to delivery to lifetime support, a choice of five breeds including Doberman and Rottweiler, and the price in writing. See the dogs available now or begin a private conversation.