Why Us?
Meet Wayne Simanovich. National Champion. World Champion. 48 years of unmatched passion for protection dogs at the highest level.
Protecting Your Most Valuable Assets Since 1978.
Award-Winning Dogs from an Award-Winning Program.
Delivering our passion to your door.
48 Years. One Standard. The Man Behind Every Dog.
My name is Wayne Simanovich, and I have been training protection dogs passionately since 1978. I have competed against the world's premier dogs and handlers across six countries, and I've placed dogs with Fortune 500 executives, government officials, politicians, entertainers, and elite athletes. But the placements that matter most are the ones like yours — families who simply want to feel safe at home.
Many of the people I work with live under real threat: public figures who are always visible, professionals whose work follows them home, families who no longer feel at ease after a break-in or rising crime close by. The world is not a safe place, and I hear the stories daily.
A properly trained protection dog changes that. It turns constant vigilance into quiet confidence and gives you back the freedom to relax in your own home. It's also security, companionship, and fun you can take with you wherever you go.
I founded this company in 1978 — before most of my competitors were born — and I still personally select all genetic material for breeding and set the standard every dog has to meet. But I don't do this alone. My staff spends months with each dog, day in and day out. Some of them have been with me for more than thirty years. They are a big part of why this standard holds, and it hasn't moved in 48 years.
When your dog arrives at your door, it will be the product of my time-honored system, and of a staff that has raised hundreds of dogs for people just like you. We've changed lives with Huggable Security™.
Why 48 Years Matters More Than You Think
There is no license to earn in this industry, no board to answer to, and no minimum standard anyone has to meet. A person can call himself a protection dog trainer on Monday and be selling dogs by Friday. Search online and you'll find exactly that - businesses a few years old, marketing dogs from trainers whose credentials no one can actually verify.
I have been competing at the world championship level since before the internet existed. The trophies are real. The titles are documented. The relationships with Europe's finest working-dog kennels took decades to earn - and so did my staff. My client roster speaks louder than anything I could put in an ad. My record isn't a claim - it's public, verifiable, and 48 years long.
Competing at the Highest Level Against the Toughest Competition
My record in the toughest working-dog competitions on earth isn't background decoration. Winning at that level is how I earned relationships with the best breeders, evaluators, and trainers alive - and those relationships decide which dogs I can put in your home. It's also how I built the staff I have here: trainers good enough to hold my standard when I'm not the one holding the leash, some of them with me more than thirty years. You aren't buying from one man. You're getting my staff here and a network of experts worldwide, all working on your behalf.
National Titles
National Champion - 3× winner
North American Champion - 2× winner
Regional Champion - 6× winner
World Team Champion 2x Winner
Ralston Purina - 12 Years, Field Representative for the Working Breeds Sponsored Influential
World Championship Appearances
Cologne, Germany
Bensheim, Germany
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nijmegen, Holland
Hradec, Czech Republic
Helsinki, Finland Champion
Lucerne, Switzerland Champion
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The Process - Time-Honored. Award Winning. Huggable Security from our family to yours. Let's get started.
Step 1
Let's have a converation
Wayne or a member of his team speaks with you directly about your household, lifestyle, security needs, and your home. No two placements are identical - the right dog for a single executive in New York is not the same dog as the right dog for a family with three children on a ranch in Texas. We know this.
Step 2
Selection
Based on your lifestyle we identify the right dog from current availability - adult, adolescent, or puppy. This is all dependent on your security concerns, your budget and your own passion for owning a great dog.
Step 3
Delivery
We deliver worldwide This is not a shipping arrangement. It the start of something special. Our handler arrives, introduces the dog, and works with you on the principles of management and the handling techniques required for integration into your home. It's a time-honored process that has performed for almost 50 years.
Step 4
Ongoing support
You are not purchasing a product - you are beginning a relationship with one of the world's most experienced and decorated protection dog trainers and a system built with years of experience. We're here to help.
What "Huggable Security™" Actually Means
Huggable Security™ is not a marketing phrase. It is the standard every dog must meet before it leaves our facility.
The protection dog industry has a problem: internet marketers importing brokered dogs that may or may not look impressive on a training field that are simply unmanageable in the home. Dogs that perform in a demo video but you simply cannot live with them. Dogs trained for a video, not for life.
Every dog we place has to pass comprehensive tests that have nothing to do with protection work. It must be easy for a non-trainer to handle with confidence, every day. If a dog cannot pass both, it does not leave our facility - no matter how impressive its protection work is.
Protection capability and family temperament are achievable when done right. Premium genetic material, raised correctly and trained by people who know what they are doing produces both. We have been doing exactly that since 1978. That is what Huggable Security™ means.
Our Philosophy
The world has become increasingly more and more unsafe. Security has become a real concern for families, individuals, and organizations alike - and the bond between people and working dogs is one of the most effective, and most rewarding ways to meet it. Our mission is simple: to deliver genetically superior, expertly trained dogs that make your family both safer and happier.
For more than 48 years we have competed in - and won - the world's top international working-dog competitions. Along the way we have built relationships with the finest breeders, trainers, and stewards of working German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois anywhere in the world.
Working German Shepherds have been evaluated for companionship and security traits for over a century. The elite dogs from our program give you more than an alarm and a formidable defense against threats - they bring genuine emotional support, ease anxiety, and are a joy to live with. That's the difference between a dog that protects a property and a dog that becomes part of your family.
Our North Carolina Facility
Our training facility is located in Conover, North Carolina, where every dog in our program is raised, trained, and evaluated before delivery. You are welcome and encouraged to visit -to meet Wayne, see the facility, and see what we mean by Huggable Security. We know you'll be impressed with our work.
If you have read this far, you are serious about personal security. So is Wayne. Contact us today and see how we can help.
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Fill out the contact form and our office will forward information on our protection dogs and training. Schedule a call and we'll discuss a good fit for you and your family. Our team is ready to answer your questions, and to learn more about your individual situation. Learn how we can place a dog by your side and on your side. Welcome to Huggable Security™.
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2618 Emmanuel Church Rd. Conover, NC, 28613
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866-726-2810
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