Brian Opdenkelder

An introduction to the foundational principles, strategies, tactics and techniques of Sheepdog Survivals Defender, Protector and Responder programs.

Bio: Brian Opdenkelder
Founder / Director

Brian is a Canadian, federal correctional officer, and the founder and director of Sheepdog Survival. Over the course of his 22+ year career in corrections, Brian has served as an Emergency Response Team member and instructor, use of force trainer and first aid instructor at his institution. Brian has also served as a volunteer firefighter in his home community of Severn Township.

Growing up, Brian spent much of his free time helping his parents grow and preserve food, mucking about in the woods with his friends, and competing in the combat sports of wrestling and judo. This laid the foundation for a lifelong love affair with all things combat and survival. To date, Brian has actively trained in over a dozen natural movement, functional fitness, combatives, bushcraft and emergency management methodologies, eastern and western, traditional and contemporary  and has earned instructor credentials in several of them. 

Its is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.

~ Chinese proverb