Description

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: 

• The negative space in training that will be addressed later on in training. 
• How to decide what to prioritize and what to purposefully leave out for the time being. 
• Creating a balance between handler focus and independence. 
• Decreased age in the desirability of police dogs compared to previous years. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Get the dogs hunting so you can experience how they are functioning in their environments. 
• Teaching the final response too early on will condition the lesson that it revolves around obedience, not about what they can find in the hunt. 
• You can always turn the volume down on the intensity later on, but you can't always turn it back up. 
• Understanding the temperament of an individual dog lets you know what you can do with that dog in training and the best way to train them. 

"I fear a lot people end up putting too much pressure on the dogs in the trained final response portion of training because they don't actually get to hunt a lot in the presence of the handler, they don't get to hunt a lot around people." —  Jerry Bradshaw 

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Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com 

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Train Hard, train smart, be safe.  

Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie 

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