New year’s Training Resolutions
Finally Completed……
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Are you rewarding your dog inappropriately?
Detection Training
Interesting Detection Specialty
I saw this on my Google news alerts the other day, and thought it was interesting and fairly clever how these folks managed to train the dog to detect low glucose levels in diabetic patients – can you imagine the … Continue reading Interesting Detection Specialty
Detection: Look before you Leap
You can spot a seasoned detection handler by how he approaches a search area, whether on a deployment or in a certification. They look at their area before they leap into action. New handlers tend to step off at 100 … Continue reading Detection: Look before you Leap
“Arguing” with your Police K9
Have you ever got into a verbal altercation with another person who argues back very forcefully, or turns the argument around to attack you? Yes, we all have, and usually it makes you even angrier, and prolongs the fight. Have … Continue reading “Arguing” with your Police K9
Controlled Aggression
by Jerry Bradshaw
Canine Dominance Facts
Dominance is a pack-relative social behavior. As pack animals, dogs expect all relationships to be unequal, in other words, somebody has to be in charge. Expecting otherwise is foolish and naive. Many new handlers are "shocked" that a dog would … Continue reading Canine Dominance Facts
Taking Control
Detection Training
Uncovering Patterns in your Training
A long time ago when I first started in dog training I was part of a Schutzhund club in North Carolina, and I was one of the main training decoys for the group. I worked with a woman who … Continue reading Uncovering Patterns in your Training
Training Efficiently
This article is meant to get you to think about your training, and is not a how-to or fix-it article, but one meant to get you to think about what you would do to make more out of your … Continue reading Training Efficiently