{"id":1422,"date":"2019-10-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"4f82e78f6d434b85885977515c95d7f6"},"modified":"2019-10-31T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:00:00","slug":"targeting-your-k9s-muzzle-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=1422","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Your K9\u2019s Muzzle Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of muzzle training.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to install muzzle-wearing behavior in your dog.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best practices for targeting training \u2013 both primary and secondary.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Properly fitting the muzzle on your dog &#038; types of muzzles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muzzle work is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition to biting for real.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dogs are used to knowing they can control the world through their mouths \u2013 muzzles aren\u2019t comfortable for them and it takes time to get them used to having a muzzle on.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work with a decoy who really understands how to build good muzzle work.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muzzle work can be disorienting. Be careful about how you physically handle the dog when you\u2019re training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The same biting behavior that we have painstakingly taught him over months and months and months is still going to be used. Don\u2019t just allow the dog to go anywhere and everywhere and be sloppy about how he bites \u2013 this is biting without biting. We want the dog to use the same muscle memory, the same process to understand muzzle work that we do bite work on the bite suit.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014\u00a0 Jerry Bradshaw<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Get Jerry&#8217;s book <a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Controlled-Aggression-Girard-Bradshaw\/dp\/B005D2SAQ6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1529296853&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=COntrolled+aggression+book\"> Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contact Jerry:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href= \"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/\">controlledaggressionpodcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tarheel Canine Training: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\">\u00a0www.tarheelcanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Youtube: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tarheelcanine\">\u00a0tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelcanine\">@tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarheelk9\/\">@tarheelk9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarheelCanineTraining\">TarheelCanineTraining<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protection Sports Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/psak9.org\/\">\u00a0psak9.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patreon:\u00a0 <a href= \"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/controlledaggression\">\u00a0patreon.com\/controlledaggression<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Train Hard, train smart, be safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Audio production by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnkeypodcast.com\/\">Turnkey Podcast Productions.<\/a> You&#8217;re the expert. Your podcast will prove it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The purpose of muzzle training. How to install muzzle-wearing behavior in your dog. Best practices for targeting training \u2013 both primary and secondary. 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