the mission of the organization and sport is to provide a competitive outlet for obedience and protection training in a scenario based program of dog sport. each level of the sport increases in complexity in pressure on the dog from decoys and environmental distractions as well as the handler must navigate scenarios involving risk-reward tradeoffs. the higher levels of competition have more surprise scenarios in both obedience and protection presented to dog and handler teams. psa consists of an obedience …

“founded in 2001, psa is the premiere surprise scenario protection sport in north america, and is quickly growing in popularity and participation worldwide. in 2009, i was still in chicago having a blast learning about psa, french ring, and ipo. it was the passion he had, explaining the exercises. when i decided to move to california in 2015, one of the big motivations was the year round training weather, that lent to a tremendous amount of french ring trainers and …