{"id":107053,"date":"2026-03-19T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=107053"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:07:39","slug":"navigating-fears-and-phobias-in-working-dogs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=107053","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Fears and Phobias in Working Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Timing the puppy training early and with a directed purpose, and handling the fear periods in dogs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Habituation, spontaneous recovery, sensitization, and learned irrelevance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When to reorient and when to address fears.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding your dog\u2019s phobias to learn how to solve the problem.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common fears and phobias seen in police and sport dogs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Too many people restrict social and experiential learning in puppies during the critical stages of development out of fear.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a decoy, as a handler, as anyone working with a young dog, you need to be attentive to what you\u2019re doing and always be surveying your environment to avoid unintended consequences.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid creating a problem that doesn\u2019t already exist. Take a systematic approach to expose your dog to everything they need to be exposed to.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generally, fear periods are short-lived. Take your dog into more familiar places, more natural spaces, where it\u2019s not going to encounter a lot of things that are going to be super unusual or might provoke a fearful response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;I have a phobia about creating phobias. I don&#8217;t want to create a phobia in my dog, because the road is going to be super long to try and systematically desensitize to any type of stimuli that&#8217;s been created as an avoidance response.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<strong>\u2014&nbsp; Jerry Bradshaw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get Jerry&#8217;s book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Controlled-Aggression-Girard-Bradshaw\/dp\/B005D2SAQ6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1529296853&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=COntrolled+aggression+book\">Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book Reference:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Decoy Book by William Garrido &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Decoy-Book-Collaborations-Some-Industry\/dp\/B08T6YGWSD\">amazon.com\/Decoy-Book-Collaborations-Some-Industry\/dp\/B08T6YGWSD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training by Stephen R. Lindsay &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Handbook-Applied-Behavior-Training-Vol\/dp\/0813807549\">amazon.com\/Handbook-Applied-Behavior-Training-Vol\/dp\/0813807549<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excel-erated Learning by Pamela J. Reid &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Excel-erated-Learning-Explaining-plain-English\/dp\/1888047070\">amazon.com\/Excel-erated-Learning-Explaining-plain-English\/dp\/1888047070<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Jerry:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/\">controlledaggressionpodcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com\">JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Training:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\">&nbsp;www.tarheelcanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tarheelcanine\">&nbsp;tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelcanine\">@tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarheelk9\/\">@tarheelk9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarheelCanineTraining\">TarheelCanineTraining<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protection Sports Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/psak9-as.org\/\">psak9-as.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patreon:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/controlledaggression\">&nbsp;&nbsp;patreon.com\/controlledaggression<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slideshare:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/gwbradshaw12?utm_campaign=profiletracking&amp;utm_medium=sssite&amp;utm_source=ssslideview\">Tarheel Canine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calendly:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/tarheelcanine\">https:\/\/calendly.com\/tarheelcanine<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Seminars:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/streetreadyk9.com\/\">https:\/\/streetreadyk9.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Student Portal:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tcstudentportal.com\/\">https:\/\/tcstudentportal.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsors:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALM K9 Equipment:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almk9equipment.com\/\">almk9equipment.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSA &amp; American Schutzhund:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/psak9-as.org\/\">psak9-as.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\">tarheelcanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive Company:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thedriveco.com\/\">thedriveco.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive Company Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedrive.co\">instagram.com\/thedrive.co<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog Armour:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogarmour.com\/\">dogarmour.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog Armour Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/dogarmourpro\">instagram.com\/dogarmourpro<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogue Arsenal:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/roguearsenal.com\/\">roguearsenal.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogue Arsenal Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rogue_arsenal_official\/\">instagram.com\/rogue_arsenal_official<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Train hard, train smart, be safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio production by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnkeypodcast.com\/\">Turnkey Podcast Productions.<\/a>&nbsp;You&#8217;re the expert. 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