In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

•         The importance of quality decoy work in training suspect encounters.
•         Complex behavior chains as a story.
•         The critical nature of hide placement and multiple suspects.
•         Variations in hot searches, warm searches, and cold searches.

Key Takeaways:

•         The searching piece can be irrelevant if you don’t have a proper start.
•         Using multiple entry points makes the site a new picture for the dog.
•         Be systematic, use a line to create a level of boundary with the dog so you can clear the rooms closest first.
•         Don’t stack too many variables on top of each other. Make sure the dogs get big wins during training.
•         Pick the best dog that’s available for you at the time, no matter what it looks like, what breed it is, what gender it is.

“I don’t believe in one-and-done. When you’re working on building searches you must do multiple repetitions, just like when you’re doing tracking.” —  Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Contact Jerry:

Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com

Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com

Youtube:  tarheelcanine

Twitter: @tarheelcanine

Instagram: @tarheelk9

Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining

Protection Sports Website:  psak9.org

Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression

Train Hard, train smart, be safe.

Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: 

• Prerequisites and sound fundamentals for having a sound building search. 
• Muzzle desensitization and dead equipment neutrality. 
• Passive and active suspect encounters. 
• Finding balance in your searching. 

Key Takeaways: 

• You want a proper start – the dog needs to understand what it is doing in any particular search. 
• Generalize the dog’s response to finding a subject in the search, you don’t want them to be surprised by finding someone. 
• Make sure the dog understands that passivity equals threat. 
• If you wouldn’t do it in detection, don’t do it in bite work. 

“You, as the handler, have no control over when your dog perceives a threatening encounter. Based on how we train these dogs and their capacity for prey work, one of the things we have to keep in mind is that we don’t control what that dog perceives in any given moment.” —  Jerry Bradshaw 

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com  

Contact Jerry: 

Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com 

Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com 

Youtube:  tarheelcanine 

Twitter: @tarheelcanine 

Instagram: @tarheelk9 

Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining 

Protection Sports Website:  psak9.org 

Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression 

Train Hard, train smart, be safe.  

Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie 

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You’re the expert. Your podcast will prove it.  

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Brad Smith discuss: 

• Brad’s professional journey to becoming one of the leading subject matter experts on SWAT and K9. 
• The S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS programs at K9TacOps. 
• The differences between civilian SWAT and military canine units. 
• Major tactical errors Brad sees regularly in tactical deployments. 

Key Takeaways: 

• A patrol operation and a SWAT operation should be the same as far as how you search. 
• Take what you learn in classes, then go back and teach others in your department.  
• Keep everything slow and deliberate – it is safer for everyone involved in a search. 
• Never stop learning – things are evolving and changing and there is always something new that can be learned. 

“You’ve got to do some sort of socialization before you jump right into the searches.” —  Brad Smith 

Connect with Brad:   

Website: K9TacOps.com 

Book: K9 Tactical Operations for Patrol and SWAT & K9’s in the Courtroom 

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com  

Contact Jerry: 

Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com 

Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com 

Youtube:  tarheelcanine 

Twitter: @tarheelcanine 

Instagram: @tarheelk9 

Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining 

Protection Sports Website:  psak9.org 

Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression 

Train Hard, train smart, be safe.  

Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie 

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You’re the expert. Your podcast will prove it.