{"id":5382,"date":"2025-07-17T12:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:52:39","slug":"the-evolution-of-police-dog-training-with-dr-stewart-hilliard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlledaggressionpodcast.com\/?p=5382","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Police Dog Training with Dr. Stewart Hilliard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Dr. Stewart Hilliard discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The influence of European sport dogs in early North American working dog training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefits and challenges of introducing KNPV-trained dogs to the American market.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evolution of Eastern European working dog trade.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sourcing and importing working dogs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutional breeding programs, increased costs, and decreased quality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The future of dog training with kynology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KNPV (Royal Dutch Police Dog Association) dogs were the gold standard for transitioning sport dogs to dual-purpose police dog prospects.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KNPV dogs were not trained to distinguish between equipment and humans, which gave those early Malinois dogs a bad reputation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dogs that come from a deprived background with limited experiences often need to be deprogrammed before they can be taught to forget, then taught to learn what they need to know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t kill your dog by playing with it. The dog\u2019s reward is not a toy; it\u2019s a reward. Toy implies play, and these are working dogs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malinois and German Shepherd dogs are not fully adult dogs until 2.5-3. Younger dogs are more vulnerable to mistakes and stress, leaving you, as the trainer, with the technical burden of not making many mistakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I think the future is going to be agency-based breeding, heavily informed by scientific practice, but also with strong participation of practitioners &#8211; practical dog people who know how to produce results. Those are the agencies that are going to do really well.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp; Dr. Stewart Hilliard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Stewart:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caninetrainingsystems.com\/\">https:\/\/www.caninetrainingsystems.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schutzhund, Theory and Training Methods &#8211; A Book by Susan Barwig and Stewart Hilliard, Ph.D. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caninetrainingsystems.com\/product\/B-SCH-BAR\/Schutzhund-Theory-and-Training-Methods-A-Book-by-Susan-Barwig-and-Stewart-Hilliard-PhD\">https:\/\/www.caninetrainingsystems.com\/product\/B-SCH-BAR\/Schutzhund-Theory-and-Training-Methods-A-Book-by-Susan-Barwig-and-Stewart-Hilliard-PhD<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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><\/p>\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\/\">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\">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>Sponsors:&nbsp;<\/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\/\">https:\/\/thedriveco.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive Company Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedrive.co\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedrive.co<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/htlk9.com\/\">https:\/\/htlk9.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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnkeypodcast.com\/\">Turnkey Podcast Productions.<\/a>&nbsp;You&#8217;re the expert. 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