Protection Dog Podcast

Building Trust with Your Dog  Why do you care if your dog trusts you?  Certain scenarios will require your dog to overcome every natural instinct in order to assist you. Only a bond and trust between you and your dog will do.  How to build trust / bond  Stress exercises  Consistency  Trustworthiness, when you say it’s ok, it is 

Stop being a Bitch (pun intended) and use a Prong Collar (EXPLICIT!!) TRIGGER WARNING!! EXPLICIT!! One of my clients is Elliot Hulse, he trains with me regularly and has one of my pups.  Kevin Mi said, “Why do you use this animal abuse prong collar?” With the sad, head down emoji…  What I wanted to say was, “I don’t see how such a dumb ass pussy would want to follow Elliot. Man up and stop being a...

Canine Biathlon What is it? Where and When? Why you might want to do it How can you register? US Canine Biathlon https://www.facebook.com/caninebiathlon Logan Haus Kennels Annual Mud Run https://www.loganhauskennels.com/k9-mud-run

How to Develop a Bond with Your Dog Why it’s important  Time Touch Stress

In part 3 of Getting Into Protection Training, we are going to discuss... Recall & Out Advanced fighting

In this episode, we discuss part 2 of how we bring our dogs into protection training. Stress Inoculation Intermediate Fighting

Let's start talking some nuts and bolts. I go through our process of bringing a dog into protection work in this podcast. It ended up being a 3 part series. In part 1 we cover:   - Bring out a Puppy   - Building the Bite

This is a discussion on our blocks to learning and development People are afraid to be offended People are afraid to be wrong, especially when they lived according to a belief for a long time People are afraid to be rejected or feel rejected People are afraid to have their beliefs questioned People are afraid to modify their own beliefs to match reality The dog world is complex - people get passio...

Decoy  Bite and hold  Trainer is training, decoy is decoying  Very little fight  Low level stress  K9 Sparring Partner  Target threats / weapons  K9 SP is the one training the dog  How to fight a human  Moderate to high stress 

Why is it so difficult for people to think outside of their experience? NORMALCY BIAS You are conditioned  Pros of conditioning  Cons of conditioning  How are you can control your conditioning 

I love jack asses on Facebook and Instagram, they give me the greatest ideas for topics. Today I respond to a jack ass. Totally agree with his premise / TOTALLY DISAGREE with his conclusion Confidence Willingness to engage in fight Bond to their handler Socialization/Stabilization

Managing your time is critical if you want to accomplish anything significant. Here is what I do and how I organize my day, so I can organize my week, so I can organize my year and my life.

Training your subconscious series My Emotion Thought Action Loop Emotion Thought Action Do it all over again

Before you can accomplish something, you must be able to imagine it. If you don't now where you are going, any train will get you there. You cannot accomplish anything meaningful in life without first deciding to. Goal Categories: family, health, spiritual, security (dogs) Develop a long-term plan based on one clear, long term goal in each category. THIS REQUIRES AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MENTAL I...

Stop wasting your potential? ... YOU CAN’T!! I often hear people talk about how they “hate to see people waste their potential” We must view life and decisions through a realistic lens Every person and creature has wasted potential The desire to NOT WASTE POTENTIAL actually causes you to waste more potential, because your efforts are never focused to their greatest capability Two valid choices... ...

Why are so many dog trainers risk averse...scardy cats? (pun intended) You can not build a warrior by avoiding risk. We need to have a realistic discussion about training for high risk situations.   - Knife fight training - You're going to get cut   - Marshall arts training - going to get hit   - Gun training - You might get shot CAN YOU DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS AND WIN ANYWAY!?!?!?! You must t...

Why are so many stress drills in the sport world introductory? In my recent viral Facebook videos, I got a comment asking if we do stress drills they often see on other videos, things like loud noises, rattle cans and weird items around the dog. Many stress drills have fundamental misunderstandings of the dog's mental capabilities and rationale.    - Dogs can't reason the same way humans...

Many dogs are trained with sport training methods and then go on to do law enforcement or are sold as protection dogs. From my perspective, I don't recommend this approach because sport training is about teaching the dog in a consistent, repetitive and predictable environment where they know what is going to happen. In real world conflict, it is dynamic (ever changing), unpredictable and you...

Digging Deeper into Drives and My Issues with Them I finally discovered why I really don't like the "drives" philosophy and descriptions for dogs.    1. It over simplifies the dog to only base desires    2. The dog is a complex creature In today's episode, we discuss why I believe we should stop over simplifying a complex creature, how that tends to lead to a breakdown of &quot...

Let's Talk Breeding Line Breeding vs Diverse Genetics The big secret of the working line breeding world...we cross our lines What am I looking for in a breed and in a line? - Thinking - Ability to handle stress - Intensity/desire to work

What does your dog work for? Is praise enough? What about toys and treats? Which one should you choose? In today's episode we dig into some of the complexity of the dog and why I believe it is a disservice to the dog to over simplify their responses to simple drives. The dog is the only creature that bonds to mankind. The dog does need a reward to maintain its motivation to work. Many use tre...

Have you ever actually read the Declaration of Independence? Many people understand that it was one of our founding documents and that it is very important for our country, but almost no one has actually read what it says. In this Special Series, we will read through the Declaration and comment to help everyone understand just how special this nation is and how amazing the great men who founded it...

Have you ever actually read the Declaration of Independence? Many people understand that it was one of our founding documents and that it is very important for our country, but almost no one has actually read what it says. In this Special Series, we will read through the Declaration and comment to help everyone understand just how special this nation is and how amazing the great men who founded it...

Have you ever actually read the Declaration of Independence? Many people understand that it was one of our founding documents and that it is very important for our country, but almost no one has actually read what it says. In this Special Series, we will read through the Declaration and comment to help everyone understand just how special this nation is and how amazing the great men who founded it...

Have you ever actually read the Declaration of Independence? Many people understand that it was one of our founding documents and that it is very important for our country, but almost no one has actually read what it says. In this Special Series, we will read through the Declaration and comment to help everyone understand just how special this nation is and how amazing the great men who founded it...