Month: February 2023

Building a Relationship with Communication & Emotion with Derek Beckelman

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Derek Beckelman discuss:

  • Building a relationship of trust with your new dog, both pet and working. 
  • Being consistent with the rules with your dog. 
  • The emotional nature of dogs and handlers. 
  • The clash between attention and anticipation. 
  • Increasing the effectiveness of your communication with your dog. 

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Using food, treats, or toys to motivate, especially in the early stages of building the relationship is not a bad thing. But you want to avoid becoming a treat dispensing robot. 
  • There are two sides to training – classical and operant. You do not want to focus only on operant conditioning and forget about the aspects of classical conditioning that can help with your training. 
  • Dogs will try to anticipate everything. We, as humans, fall into routines. These can clash and create conflict within the training. 
  • Training can be frustrating. But the dog just wants to do dog things. You can’t get mad at them for being a dog. 
  • You have to pay attention to where your dog’s head is at in any given moment. Sometimes they aren’t listening, not because they don’t want to, but because they cannot due to other circumstances. 

 

“It’s not up to me how quickly a dog makes progress. It’s up to the dog. But as long as we’re paying attention, and we’re reading what the dog is trying to tell us is going on, we can make jumps and progress when they’re ready. But you have to see it. You have to feel it, and that just takes experience.” —  Derek Beckelman

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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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Notes on Neutrality

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

  • The importance of neutrality in all aspects of dog training (not just obedience).

  • Creating reflexes, capping at the right time, and building a powerful dog.

  • Reversing reflex actions with desensitization – and doing it properly.

  • Developing behaviors then pushing the threshold.

  • Training neutrality at your PSA club.

Key Takeaways:

  • Create more neutrality than you need for the level that you are in.

  • Capping is the first stage in creating neutrality and allows the dog to hold on to the emotionality for a short period of time before they express it.

  • Start training neutrality with dead equipment. You can start training capping around the objects on the ground.

  • Training neutrality will work at different paces and through different variables depending on your dog. Be patient, maintain technique, and don’t rush.

“Different dogs will be more or less susceptible to creating neutrality. Don’t compare your dog to others. Twitchy, reflexive, or defensive dogs are going to be tougher to manage neutrality in.” —  Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Contact Jerry:

[email protected]

Tarheel Canine Training

Tarheel Canine Seminars

Find us on social:

Youtube, TwitterInstagram, Facebook,

PSA (Protection Sports Association)

Patreon

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Thanks to our sponsors:

ALM K9 Equipment

PSA & American Schutzhund

Tarheel Canine

Superior Canine Website

Aaron’s Superior Canine Email

Superior Canine Facebook

Superior Canine Instagram

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.