Detection Topics with Cameron Ford & Canine Paradigm

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw, Cameron Ford, and Canine Paradigm discuss:

Using markers in detection, the different types of markers, and training with those markers.
Upgrading to new efficiencies and technologies as science and research progress.
Training dogs in drive and drive capping.
Learning how to read dogs during training exercises.
The changing landscape of training due to current events of police/working dogs.

Key Takeaways:

Focus on the task, not the cosmetics of the indication. You don’t want to take away from search or odor recognition.
Good training is good training, no matter what you do.
Independence is great! You do not want the dog to be completely dependent on the handler.
Put the focus on the hunting, the detection. It’s not called finding. You don’t want to be focused on the end.
The earlier you train the final response, the more you have to worry about flashing.

“You have to be flexible as a trainer and train to the dog in front of you. If you do that, you will get the result you’re looking for.” — Cameron Ford

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