In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Brad Gillespie discuss: 

• Following principles, not just techniques and procedures. 
• Distraction is zero sum. 
• “Then what” not “now what.” 
• Balance horsepower and breaks – horsepower first. 
• Detection, muzzle work, and tracking. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Always be learning – the goal is to suck less tomorrow than you do today. 
• If you are too worried about your dog biting your back up officers that you are not able to do your job, it becomes a problem. 
• Let the dog learn to learn! Let the dog want to learn!  
• Experience is making mistakes and learning from those mistakes. 

“The behavior, ultimately, is all that matters in the end. Is it reliable? Is it repeatable? Can we use it operationally? How you got there doesn’t really matter.” —  Brad Gillespie 

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 discusses: 

• Needs verses wants. 
• Tapping into the genetic needs to create fixed action patterns. 
• Creating a heavily rewarded fixed action pattern. 
• Thinking about foundations before getting wrapped up in methodology of training. 

Key Takeaways: 

• All dogs have needs, but the intensity of those needs can vary between the dogs. 
• A dog’s needs are theoretical; a dog’s wants are practical. 
• No matter what you think of your genetics and your breeding program, good quality puppy raising from the time they are born until they go to their home matters. 
• Dogs look at the world as a probability distribution. 

“What we really want are not needs. What we really need to focus on are wants. These are how to take these needs, these biological needs, and craft them, through training, to serve our purposes. When we take a need and create a want, now we have something that really can serve our purposes.” —  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 discusses:

• Why to train targeting in police dogs.
• Using fendeds in training.
• Training secondary targets.
• How to decoy the dog while training targeting and fendeds.

Key Takeaways:

• Create a dog that has a habit to bite in a place and doesn’t have to make decisions at the last minute.
• Be patient when teaching secondary targets – the dog will often not recognize it as a target at first.
• Repetition is the key – the dog will get faster, more confident, and more fluid the more you practice.
• Notate the targeting training in your training records.

“We are trying to create a dog that doesn’t think when he comes in for a bite. What we are trying to do is create a muscle memory habit in the dog.” —  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.