{"id":149720,"date":"2026-07-22T22:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=149720"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:42:48","slug":"attention-at-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=149720","title":{"rendered":"Attention at a Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The importance of mandatory eye contact and how to generalize for distance work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving from negative reinforcement to positive punishment to move from escape to avoidance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training progressions to train mandatory eye contact with your dog.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transitioning from lure to reward to variable reward.\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>To get your dog to pay attention to your face, consider putting a food reward in your mouth &#8211; like hot dogs, cheese, or chicken.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build duration before you build distance in your training progression. If they aren\u2019t paying attention at 2 feet, they\u2019re not going to pay attention at 20 feet.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have to take the training wheels off as you move between training progression levels.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you get to trial, you have to operate on an extinction condition &#8211; there is no reinforcement or rewards on the field, so it is better to have your dog on a very, very thin variable reward schedule by that point. That only comes through training progressions and systematic generalization.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;If we never get to the point where the dog understands there&#8217;s a correction for inattention, then that&#8217;s not going to be a very reliable tool for us for attention at a distance. We want to generalize it. We want to continue to create a systematic desensitization to all the things that the decoy might do.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>\u2014&nbsp; Jerry Bradshaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode References:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Working Grip Foundation: <a href=\"https:\/\/workinggrip.org\/\">https:\/\/workinggrip.org\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stewart Hilliard\u2019s Kynology: <a href=\"https:\/\/kynology.org\/\">https:\/\/kynology.org\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get Jerry&#8217;s book<\/strong><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\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Jerry:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:<a href=\"http:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/\"> controlledaggressionpodcast.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com\">JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Training:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\"> &nbsp;www.tarheelcanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tarheelcanine\"> &nbsp;tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelcanine\"> @tarheelcanine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarheelk9\/\">@tarheelk9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarheelCanineTraining\"> TarheelCanineTraining<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protection Sports Website:<a href=\"http:\/\/psak9.org\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/psak9-as.org\/\">psak9-as.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patreon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/controlledaggression\">&nbsp;&nbsp;patreon.com\/controlledaggression<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slideshare:<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: <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/tarheelcanine\">https:\/\/calendly.com\/tarheelcanine<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Seminars: <a href=\"https:\/\/streetreadyk9.com\/\">https:\/\/streetreadyk9.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine Student Portal: <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: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almk9equipment.com\/\">almk9equipment.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSA &amp; American Schutzhund: <a href=\"https:\/\/psak9-as.org\/\">psak9-as.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarheel Canine: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarheelcanine.com\/\">tarheelcanine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive Company: <a href=\"https:\/\/thedriveco.com\/\">thedriveco.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive Company Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedrive.co\">instagram.com\/thedrive.co<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog Armour: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogarmour.com\/\">dogarmour.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog Armour Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/dogarmourpro\">instagram.com\/dogarmourpro<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogue Arsenal: <a href=\"https:\/\/roguearsenal.com\/\">roguearsenal.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogue Arsenal Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rogue_arsenal_official\/\">instagram.com\/rogue_arsenal_official<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirby K9: <a href=\"http:\/\/k9irby.com\/\">k9irby.com<\/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>Audio production by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnkeypodcast.com\/\"> Turnkey Podcast Productions.<\/a> You&#8217;re the expert. 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