Month: September 2018

016: Police Dog Q&A: Targeting, Outs, and Street Readiness

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discuss:

Targeting for police dogs, in training and in deployment.
Verbal outs verses other types of outs for police dogs, positives and negatives to the different types of outs.
You should train and certify using the same equipment they would have in a deployment.
Proofing a police dog for the streets.

015: Keys to Narcotics Detection Success

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discuss:

Importance of training scenarios that will mimic the actual deployments.
Balancing reward frequencies between training and deployment.
Strategizing how the scenario or deployment will go before jumping into the task.
Being systematic in your approach to how you’re doing your work, both in preparation and in execution, but don’t forget to watch the dog and their behaviour.