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The Sheepdog Concept is the warrior point of view that human beings fall into three distinct categories Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs.

The Sheepdog Concept is an easy to grasp fundamental look at people as a whole. Based on the essay written by LTC Dave Grossman. Author of On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society And the second book On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace in which the Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdog excerpt can be read.

The majority of people are likened to "sheep". They are the gentle kind hearted sort that do not want trouble. They keep their heads down and dwell in a thought process that tells them "bad things happen to other people, in other places". These people are not prepared for violence or emergencies either mentally or physically.

The "wolves" are people that prey upon the sheep. They are the common street thug career criminal, murder, rapist and all around bad guy. The wolf is a predator by nature and seeks out the weak and unaware. This is behavior that

The "Sheepdogs" are the people that watch over the sheep and guard against the wolves, they are the police, military and first responders within the community. More importantly they are the everyday citizen that has the instinct of watching over their fellow man. They are the folks that may legally carry a firearm. They are the people that perform heroic selfless rescues of people they don't even know. They may be the child that stands up to the school yard bully. Sheepdogs are the people that prepare themselves mentally and physically for potentially tragic events within their community.