{"id":1451,"date":"2018-11-19T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"24dd823bbb1a4324af471295133524a0"},"modified":"2018-11-19T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T07:30:00","slug":"balancing-independence-handler-focus-in-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=1451","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Independence &#038; Handler Focus in Obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Balancing Independence &#038; Handler Focus in Obedience<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The struggle between dog independence and handler focus, ways it comes up, and how to handle it.<\/li>\n<li> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Striving for balance in your training.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Every dog is different and you do not need to use every type of training and technology of training at every moment of training.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How the nature and temperament of the dog can affect the balance of independence and focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Learning a new task, and successive repetition of the task, creates new neural pathways in the brain.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Habits that become deeply practiced become sharper and harder to extinguish.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have balance in your training.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You don\u2019t have to do everything in the first 6 months of the dog\u2019s life.<\/li>\n<li> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Understand temperament and how it plays into training methodology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;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\u2019t tell the difference from the outside unless you know how that dog was trained as a puppy.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 \u00a0Jerry 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>Book Referral: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown-ebook\/dp\/B0026OR1UK\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1542513421&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=daniel+coyle+the+talent+code\"> The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contact Jerry:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href= \"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/\">https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tarheel Canine Training: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\">http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Youtube: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tarheelcanine\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelcanine\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarheelCanineTraining\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarheelCanineTraining<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protection Sports Website: <a href= \"http:\/\/psak9.org\/\">http:\/\/psak9.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patreon: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ControlledAggressionPodcast\/creators\"> https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ControlledAggressionPodcast\/creators<\/a> &#038; <a href= \"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user\/overview?u=12751896\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user\/overview?u=12751896<\/a><\/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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balancing Independence &#038; Handler Focus in Obedience \u00a0 In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The struggle between dog independence and handler focus, ways it comes up, and how to handle it. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Striving for balance in your training. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Every dog is different and you do not need to use every type of training and technology of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}