Controlled Aggression

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The drive model of canine behavior.  Choosing your paradigm of how you look at any particular dog.  The clarity of boundaries, the expression of drive, and balancing reward and compulsion. Understanding how paradigm and training fit together.    Key Takeaways: The way in which you see dogs define your paradigm.  You can apply working dog training paradigm...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The blue ribbon emotions and how they show in canines.  Managing frustration in training.  Recognizing human interpretation of intentionality in relation to canine behaviors. The physical, mental, and emotional health of dogs.    Key Takeaways: Dogs have brain structures that produce emotions. In other words, those brain structures are similar to the emot...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The importance of working dogs in defense, without creating avoidance.  Pre-avoidance behaviors and how to read and manage them.  The role of a skilled decoy in defense training basics.  Understanding the dog is going to do what it has been trained to do. Addressing strengths in a puppy and working in those strong drives.   Key Takeaways: When you're work...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Timing the puppy training early and with directed purpose and handling the fear periods in dogs.   Habituation, spontaneous recovery, sensitization, and learned irrelevance.   When to reorient and when to address fears.  Understanding your dog's phobias to learn how to solve the problem.  Common fears and phobias seen in police and sport dogs.     Key Tak...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: How the grip can vary depending on the sport you're training for.  What it means to have a bad grip and why different ways bad grip may manifest. Teaching your dog to be unsatisfied with any bite that is not at the back of the mouth.  Teaching the basic fundamentals from a young age, including social interaction and teaching the dog to work with other tra...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The power of just showing up and investing in the outcome with a manageable solution strategy. Book references for being a better K9 entrepreneur.  What it means to be effective in your life and business.  Planning for the future and investing in yourself and diversifying your business.  Reflecting on life and doing the best that we can with our decisions...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Laying a good foundation for bite work from a young age.  Using a flirt pole to emulate prey action to entice the puppy.  Encouraging biting with the back teeth through bite progressions.  Training before and after, but not during, teething.  Focusing on bite mechanics during all aspects of training.    Key Takeaways: The puppy needs to know, from a young...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw & William Garrido discuss: William's journey into dog training and his professional journey to head trainer at Starmark Academy.  The value in working with dogs of all types and temperaments.  Continuing learning while keeping your focus and system of training.  Understanding the unchanging fundamentals.    Key Takeaways: You can learn a lot about dogs and behavior...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Knowing your dogs before trial and how to situate them at a trial.  Balancing training and showing.  Getting your dog in the right frame of mind.  How quality level decoys make a difference in training and trials.    Key Takeaways: As your dog gets older, you do need to pay attention to what they can handle and what they can take.  It is harder to train d...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Matt Hubble discuss: Jerry's childhood fear of dogs, how he got into dog training, and the start of Tarheel Canine Embracing the struggle moments and learning from the tough dogs.  Taking advantage of every opportunity that exists and positioning yourself as a student of all times.  Gathering experience from those you talk to.    Key Takeaways: As long as you kn...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Types of tables for training and their various purposes.  Progressions of training while integrating the traditional tables or bark boxes.  Skills that train well when properly utilizing the different types of training tables.  Individualizing each dog's training as you go through the progress.    Key Takeaways: The goal is to get the dog to understand th...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: What makes a good teacher and what makes a bad teacher.  Knowing what to teach and how to teach it to your specific audience.  Making your information stand out and be remembered - organization is key. Involving your audience in your lesson.    Key Takeaways: There is no substitute for experience. You have to have more than "knowing some things" you have...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: How to pick a sport puppy and what to look for in your choice.  Avoiding creating contextual conflicts during training and in how you are housing the dog.   Finding the balance between independence and handler focus.  Understanding the training system before you ask the dog to go through the system.  What to expect to work on at a good club with your pupp...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Running detection training on knowns, single blinds, and double blinds and how to know which to use.  The researcher behind handler knowledge on detection tasks.  Being self-aware as a handler and trainer on your own body language and behaviors. The difference between testing and training.    Key Takeaways: Training requires intervention.  When you're run...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The most important foundation skills as a handler and foundation exercises for your canine. Phase progression during tracks, including lengths and food rewards.  What to look for and deal breakers in green dogs.  Being creative in your hides during training.    Key Takeaways: Canned food on a tract will blend in better to the ground than the hotdogs. It c...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw, Cameron Ford, and Canine Paradigm discuss: Using markers in detection, the different types of markers, and training with those markers.  Upgrading to new efficiencies and technologies as science and research progress. Training dogs in drive and drive capping. Learning how to read dogs during training exercises.  The changing landscape of training due to current eve...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Brad Gillespie discuss: The basics of training tracking and the process of starting that process.  Challenges and benefits of laying master track, different reward systems, and tracking versus trailing protocols.  The factors at play in a live operation and the opportunities that tracking can bring. The importance of communication with the dog in any tracking be...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The importance of proper exposure training. Paying attention to fear periods in puppies and dogs. Systematic desensitization as a form of introduction and controlling the variables of the desensitization process. The process of exposure and how it is more effective and efficient. The process of passive desensitization.   Key Takeaways: You don't want to c...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: What science is, by definition, and how it pertains to dog training. How the science balances with the art of dog training. The infancy of canine research and studies. Having flexibility in training methods for innovation, individualized training, and further understanding of training. Classical conditioning versus operant conditioning.  Understanding the...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The themes of changing canine behavior. The genetic and learned aspects of behavior.  Understanding counterconditioning and training mutually exclusive behaviors and systematic desensitization.  Making systematic and planned changes and training scenarios. Having a strategy to deal with problem behaviors.   Key Takeaways: At the heart of a lot of behavior...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: What aggression is and how to see it in a dog. What it takes to solve an aggression problem in a dog. Drive theory of aggression. The dominance cycle.   Key Takeaways: Space is everything to a dog. When the dog can't create space, the aggression is often created when they can't get away, whether on a leash, in a car, behind a fence, etc. Growling is a goo...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Pat Stuart discuss: The challenge of training a PSA dog and acquiring strong dogs on an island continent. What is going on with IACP and how it represents a full spectrum of training. NePoPo® dog training and how the fusion of negative and positive reinforcement strengthens your training.  Primacy of results and taking whatever amount of time it takes to train i...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: How COVID-19 restrictions will affect business and conferences. Money shocks for small businesses and government agencies. The upcoming cash-crunch reality for many people and businesses. Taking smart, reasonable precautions during turbulent times.   Key Takeaways: During this turbulent time, there may be monetary reallocations for a lot of businesses and...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Orienting your dog to the person, not the equipment in training and in deployment. The purpose of a decoy and what to look for in a good decoy class. Understanding engagement in passive and prone passive targets. Differences in training beginner, intermediate, and advanced dogs in passive engagement.   Key Takeaways: If that becomes a habit of always help...

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: The evolution of the availability and maturity of dogs over the last 20 years. What it means to lack experience, and mental and physical maturity in a green dog. Knowing what is a training issue and what is a deal breaker when looking at a dog. Adjusting training to fit the dog.   Key Takeaways: Dogs are not genetically programmed. You have to understand...