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Battling Equipment Fixation

November 8, 2024 suddeth08 1:18:05

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Using the right equipment for the right stage and type of training for your canine.
What equipment fixation looks like and how you can overcome it.
Equipment orientation drills and the peeling the onion drill.
Training your dog to alert on human odors and with man primacy.

Key Takeaways:

Equipment fixation leads to street failures. Focus on the human form instead of biting equipment.
Proper, methodical transitions from hard sleeves to hidden sleeves help to build confidence and create focus on the human decoy. You never want to go from a satisfying bite to a less satisfying bite.
You want to be using the lowest profile hidden sleeves that you can, such as the ALM hidden sleeves.
Train dogs to focus on human odor, not equipment odors.
Your dog does not need to get the bite every single time. Especially when doing muzzle work, taking it off to get the bite every time might just introduce a different type of equipment to fixate on.

“Dogs are great economists because they’re going to want to trade for something of equal or greater value. If it’s equal value, it usually means that you’re giving them something and adding something in by your behavior so you’re creating a reward event.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Foundations of Targeting – Triceps

October 14, 2024 suddeth08 1:06:04

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The evolution of training targeting, different target areas, and primary vs secondary targets.
Training bites with young puppies even before they start teething and when to start grip development.
When to teach drive, grip, targeting, and outs for the most success in biting behavior.
Making the right equipment choices for the different stages of bite training.
Progressions in targeting, why you should train rear and front targets, and how they affect launch.

Key Takeaways:

Tricep targeting is worth developing and is worth spending time on.
Take the time to learn how to work your dog on a leather strap and on a wedge during early training. Don’t expect perfection from the beginning, it is a progression.
If you’re doing your training properly, your dog should not have a fixation on the equipment that you can’t out them.
Training police dogs in biting legs can help remove hesitation and get a quicker bite on the suspects.

“Developing good targeting without developing multiple targets is a huge mistake.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Police K9 Utility of The Place Command

August 8, 2024 suddeth08 1:05:53

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Moving through the phases of behavior acquisition for maximum training potential and skill retention and generalization.
Developing Mark, Move, and Reward as your protocol.
Using markers, such as try again markers, to teach your dog variations of learned behaviors.
Making place a valuable and a safe place to be for your canine.
Using the place command to train perimeter neutrality.

Key Takeaways:

Dogs say “no” all the time – we have to have a way to make them want to go to place and compel them to go to place when we’re developing this command.
Depending on your dog, the place command can be used in different ways and with different rewarding protocols to improve the utility of the command.
Place allows us to work the dog away from us.
Don’t be married to only training one way. As you train more dogs, you will learn that different dogs train better in different ways. You, as a handler, will also evolve in your training.
This is the boring side of great training. Sometimes the greatest training starts with training the place command and neutrality.
Make use of your down time and dead time. Work on neutrality and train that using place commands instead of just doom scrolling.

“This is a really simple behavior that’s really hard to mess up, and it allows the handlers to get tons and tons of practice at using marker systems, at using both direct and indirect rewarding protocols. If there’s mistakes, there’s much going to be much less fallout than if we were in the context of detection or article indication or anything like that.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Problem Solving: Countering, Grip, Outs, and Neutrality

June 29, 2024 suddeth08 1:20:38

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

More content you can get on the Controlled Aggression Patreon or in the Street Readiness Seminars to to help you problem solve with your dog.
Luring and trading in training to build skills.
Staying in control and not allowing your dog to self-reward.
Leveraging every interaction with your dog.

Key Takeaways:

If you’re having troubles with countering – consider training outs. It may be that your dog doesn’t want to open their mouth once they get a bite.
Don’t get too stuck in your quadrants – sometimes you have to use different aspects of negative and positive reward and punishment combined to get the behavior you’re looking for.
Start training outs with mechanical outs. Leashes and lines are a great place to start – you don’t need to jump right in with ecollars.
You need to be able to have handler presence for both punishments and rewards. Make sure you are the one controlling your dogs eyes.

“Use the piece of equipment that’s going to get you the best results…When thinking about which tool to use, the property way to look at it is to experiment. Try one and see how it goes, then try the other and see if it is any better.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Mechanics and Applications of Drive Capping

December 8, 2023 suddeth08 1:20:54

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Obedience and capping in drive.
Leveraging reward systems and using queues in drive to prepare for capping.
Utilizing different tools and training progressions to properly train drive.
Drive training with different canines.

Key Takeaways:

Suppressing the dog’s behavior is not obedience or capping because it isn’t channeling their energy into something. We don’t want to suppress – this creates behaviors we do not want.
Dogs that are dirty in their outings are struggling in their drive capping.
Don’t be scared of the expression – it should not make you nervous. But you want them to also be able to cap and be quiet. Neither should be sacrificed for the other.
Make sure to train your dogs in all situations and around decoys in full kit.

“If all we ever do when we’re doing obedience on a dog is just suppress the hell out of them, then we’re not doing obedience in drive, nor are we doing drive capping.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Preparing for PSA 1 Nationals 2023

October 23, 2023 ciera 1:42:40

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Developing training rituals that translate to travel and trial.
Basic positions and notifying judges in basic position variations.
What judges are looking for and the difference between minor errors and larger point losses.
Why consistency, speed, directness, and attention matters during your trail.

Key Takeaways:

One of the first things the judge looks for is if your dog is coming onto the field in the right state of mind. As the handler or spotter, you want to be aware of how you are presenting yourself as well.
Any time words come out of your mouth, they matter. You do not want to be giving double commands when you’re getting started.
Don’t make handler errors when it isn’t necessary.
Footwork drives what your upper body does. You want your dog to be able to read your body language.

“When I see things that are outside the rules, I have to assume they’re being done on purpose.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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