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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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Listener Questions on Police Dogs and PSA

January 28, 2019 ciera 3396

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Handling distractions and the fluidity of training a dog.
The future of dogs in the current political climate and the changes of legalizing marijuana.
Overcoming challenges of training sport/protection dogs.
Training a PSA dog versus training a police dog, similarities and differences.

Key Takeaways:

Working with other people, especially seasoned trainers, can help as you are training your dog.
It takes a lot of time – people expect immediate results and that’s not how it works.
Don’t take yourself too seriously or compare yourself with others.
Be committed to your training. Be patient and work through problems.

“If you put the work in, you see the results.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Contact Jerry:

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Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Sleeve Progressions in Police K9 Training

January 21, 2019 ciera 1955

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The mechanics of a good bite.
Picking the correct sleeves for the level of the dog.
How a sleeve can be used in other types of training.
Getting the correct equipment, even if it is means going to different manufacturers to get the different types of equipment.

Key Takeaways:

Dogs that are taught to push, instead of pull, when encountering stress are going to be more successful in a street fight.
Everything is a piece of equipment – sleeves, bite suits, hidden sleeves, etc.
As a trainer, be aware of where the dog needs to start and don’t go backwards in your progressions.
Make the problem of where to bite easier for the dog to avoid choice paralysis – don’t be in a hurry to get on a bite suit if the dog’s not ready yet.

“Sleeves are designed to teach the mechanics of biting.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Contact Jerry:

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Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Civil Aggression – The Story of K9 Kira

January 14, 2019 ciera 2436

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The story of K9 Kira – the dual purpose Malinois.
The importance of proper training in defense.
Increasing the realism in your scenario training to increase a dog’s street worthiness.
Having a purpose to the training you are doing and understanding what the dog needs to become the strongest dog it can.

Key Takeaways:

Dogs can get bored with the training if you are doing the same thing over and over with no variation.
Prey drive is the drive of confidence. Threat is the trigger for defense.
Changing from defense to prey to defense repeatedly during training teaches the dog about the ebb and flow of the fight.
The reason a dog wants to fight a man, is because they learn they are successful when they fight a man. There’s no drive for fighting, fighting is taught.

“Decoys have to be really keen, paying close attention, as they do civil aggression. It’s so important for the dog to understand the story that you, as the decoy, are telling back to them, but then you must read the story that the dog is telling you.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Scientific Approach to Off-Leash Control

December 17, 2018 ciera 3355

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Understanding learning theory, types of conditioning, and systems of training.
Creating a habit so strong that it will hold up to distractions.
Consistency takes knowledge, effort, and discipline.
Having a picture in your mind of what is expected, and holding to that standard.
Reward is what replicates the habit.

Key Takeaways:

If you are struggling with certification level performance, you need to consider reaching out to get some additional help.
If you don’t understand theory about how a dog learns, you’re going to run into a difficulty in trying to teach a dog anything
Never abandon your training progression just to see what the dog will do.
When you have inconsistent training, you have inconsistent behaviors.
People who lack goal directed behavior become depressed. Dogs also have goal directed behavior.

“In the grand scheme of things, when you give a command, it happens.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Contact Jerry:

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Article: http://www.tarheelcanine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WDM_i6_Scientific-Approach-Off-Leash-Control.pdf

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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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Canine Temperament & Training

December 10, 2018 ciera 4070

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Key temperament traits that give information on how to train the dogs most effectively.
The levels of pubic sociability and how it impacts a protection or police dog.
Classifications of a dog’s nerves – their adaptability to change.
The big 3 drives: prey, social, and defense.
What people believe to be fight drive, why it might appear as a drive, and why it is not a drive

Key Takeaways:

In the dog world, distance means everything.
There will always be some relative weaknesses and some relative strengths. Look at what are going to be willing to work with as a trainer and what the dog is going to be doing.
In drives you find basis for motivation.
The harder the dog, the more motivational you have to be. The softer the dog, the more compulsion will have the desired effect.

“Temperament characteristics are so important because they have meaning for how we train our dogs.” — Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Contact Jerry:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarheelCanineTraining

Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Becoming an Expert Handler or Trainer

December 3, 2018 ciera 2533

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The difference between being a handler and being a trainer.
How long it takes to become an expert.
Common elements of how talent is developed.
Getting out of your comfort zone and being enthusiastic about being bad.

Key Takeaways:

Pay attention to what other people are doing.
Don’t just train the finished product. Break down your routines into small pieces and practice the elements you want to be better at.
If you’re going too fast, you will not be able to pay attention to the little errors that are needing to be corrected.
Pick mentors who still get their hands dirty, training actively and developing their talents.

“Take every opportunity to observe training. Get your hands on dogs, it could be as a handler, it could be as a decoy, it could be watching training or being a part of training, being a backup person, while somebody else is running their dog. Maximize your potential from every hour you spend in training.” — Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Contact Jerry:

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Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

Book Recommendation:

The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. By Daniel Coyle

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.

K9 Selection

November 26, 2018 ciera 3776

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

Understanding your end goal and purpose before purchasing your dog.
What a green dog is and what to look for when getting a green dog.
Outcrossing versus line breeding puppies, and what to look for if choosing a puppy.
Some ways of evaluating/testing green dogs and what you’re looking for during those evaluations.
Understanding where your dog is, age appropriate.

Key Takeaways:

For green dogs, everything changes within a short period of time, sometimes only a couple days.
Scarcity rules everything in the world of dogs.
Don’t be afraid to take the dogs to a secondary location during testing to see how they react to the new situation.
Watch the dog’s response during all aspects of testing, including starts, stops, and transitions.
You want the dog to be able to meet aggression with aggression.

“The goal is to see, first, does the dog have the drives in evidence, are they present, and what are the intensity of those drives. You want both prey and defense present and intense. If you have that, you’ve got a lot.” — Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Contact Jerry:

Tarheel Canine Training: http://www.tarheelcanine.com/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ControlledAggressionPodcast/creators & https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=12751896

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarheelCanineTraining

Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Balancing Independence & Handler Focus in Obedience

November 19, 2018 ciera 3441

Balancing Independence & Handler Focus in Obedience

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The struggle between dog independence and handler focus, ways it comes up, and how to handle it.
Striving for balance in your training.
Every dog is different and you do not need to use every type of training and technology of training at every moment of training.
How the nature and temperament of the dog can affect the balance of independence and focus.

Key Takeaways:

Learning a new task, and successive repetition of the task, creates new neural pathways in the brain.
Habits that become deeply practiced become sharper and harder to extinguish.
Have balance in your training.
You don’t have to do everything in the first 6 months of the dog’s life.
Understand temperament and how it plays into training methodology.

“If we look at the symptom of lacking independence, the cause can be both too much pressure or just too much motivational engagement with the dog. You can’t tell the difference from the outside unless you know how that dog was trained as a puppy.” — Jerry Bradshaw

Get Jerry’s book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com

Book Referral: The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

Contact Jerry:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarheelCanineTraining

Protection Sports Website: http://psak9.org/

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.

Better Decoying for Police K9 and Sport

November 12, 2018 ciera 3733

Better Decoying for Police K9 and Sport

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

The difference between a trial decoy and a training decoy.
Ways to be a better decoy for your club and what you need to do to become a certified decoy.
Knowing your skills, the theory, and how to put them in practice
The importance of understanding defense.

Key Takeaways:

Know your training progressions and skills progressions to best train the dog.
There is more to learning to be a decoy than just experience. Search out other opportunities to learn, whether from video or books or seminars, not just experience.
Be predictable and systematic in your training. Understand successive approximation.
Everything you do in front of the dog must have a purpose.
Teach young dogs that they win every single fight. Teach the dog that they control everything.

“There’s no ‘shoulds’ in dog training, there’s just what is with that particular dog.” — Jerry Bradshaw

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Contact Jerry:

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