Want to learn about K9 obedience, police dog training, learning theory and more? Jerry Bradshaw has been a sports competitor and police dog trainer for 25 years, and as the executive director of the Protection Sports Association he's been around the world competing and training K9s. Welcome to the Controlled Aggression podcast.
Scientific Approach to Off-Leash Control
In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Understanding learning theory, types of conditioning, and systems of training. Creating a habit so strong that it will hold up to distractions. Consistency takes knowledge, effort, and discipline. Having a picture in your mind of what is expected, and holding to that standard. Reward is what replicates the habit. Key Takeaways: If you are struggling with certification level performance, you need to consider reaching out to get some additional help. If you don’t understand theory about how a dog learns, you’re going to run into difficulty in trying to teach a dog anything. Never abandon your training progression just to see what the dog will do. When you have inconsistent training, you have inconsistent behaviors. People who lack goal directed behavior become depressed. Dogs also have goal directed behavior. "In the grand scheme of things, when you give a command, it happens." — Jerry Bradshaw Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Tarheel Canine Training: www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube: tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon: patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine Tarheel Canine Seminars: https://streetreadyk9.com/ Sponsors: ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Superior Canine Website: https://superiorcanine.ca/ Aaron’s Superior Canine Email: aaron@superiorcanine.ca Superior Canine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superiorcanineinc Superior Canine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superiorcanineinc/ That Scent Dog Box: https://www.thatscentdogbox.com/ That Scent Dog Box Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatscentdogbox/ That Scent Dog Box Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscentdogbox/ That Scent Dog Box TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thatscentdogbox Train Hard, train smart, be safe. Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
7/28/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 41 seconds
Defensive Dogs in Protection
In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Having patience with your puppies. The three types of defensive dogs. How decoys can affect defense or prey. Identifying early signs of avoidance in your defensive dog. Tips for working the dog in defense properly. Key Takeaways: Once the dog’s foundation work is where you want it, then you can start adding in skills. Don’t rush the foundation work. All drives have intensity. The intensity will be completely dependent on your experience. Working with and seeing more dogs will give you a better understanding of what is high, medium, and low. The avoidance threshold does not come out of nowhere. You want to watch carefully for where the defense is breaking down into avoidance. The younger the dog, the touchier the training will be. The thinner the margin between defense and avoidance, the more difficult it is to train the dog. "You’d be surprised by what you can get out of defensive dogs when you really understand how to work them." — Jerry Bradshaw Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Tarheel Canine Training: www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube: tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon: patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine Tarheel Canine Seminars: https://streetreadyk9.com/ Sponsors: ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Superior Canine Website: https://superiorcanine.ca/ Aaron’s Superior Canine Email: aaron@superiorcanine.ca Superior Canine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superiorcanineinc Superior Canine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superiorcanineinc/ That Scent Dog Box: https://www.thatscentdogbox.com/ That Scent Dog Box Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatscentdogbox/ That Scent Dog Box Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscentdogbox/ That Scent Dog Box TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thatscentdogbox Train Hard, train smart, be safe. Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
7/27/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 44 seconds
Pat Stuart: Low Level Stim E-Collar Conditioning
In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Pat Stuart discuss: Utilizing e-collars for more than just negative reinforcement. Understanding what low-level actually means with the e-collar. Creating learning phases and utilizing more than one tool in your training tool kit. Negative reinforcement and positive punishment. Activation in e-collar training. Key Takeaways: The level of e-collar stim needs to be at a level where it doesn’t derail the dog from what he was going to do anyway. Duration matters with e-collars, and with pressure in general. Intensity and time both matter when it comes to the pressure being applied. The e-collar is a tool in the tool kit, not the only resource available. E-collar requires a mental reframing. Negative reinforcement can become playful for the dog, and they cannot win with an e-collar in the same way they can with a line. Just because somebody is using a tool incorrectly does not make the tool inherently bad. "I think the way that people make a dog e-collar aware is by not using the collar enough, and by that I mean not wearing it enough, not necessarily using it and being on the buttons enough." — Pat Stuart Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com Connect with Pat: Twitter: https://twitter.com/canineparadigm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecanineparadigmshow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecanineparadigm/?igshid=rhle8hrgp6tx Website: https://www.operantcanine.com.au/ Show: http://www.thecanineparadigm.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4i8paQFojTy25xPRAR7LoA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecanineparadigm Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Tarheel Canine Training: www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube: tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon: patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine Tarheel Canine Seminars: https://streetreadyk9.com/ Sponsors: ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Superior Canine Website: https://superiorcanine.ca/ Aaron’s Superior Canine Email: aaron@superiorcanine.ca Superior Canine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superiorcanineinc Superior Canine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superiorcanineinc/ Train Hard, train smart, be safe. Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
4/22/2022 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 36 seconds
Heuristics of Reward and Punishment History
In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: What a heuristic is and how it applies to rewards and punishments. Allowing for mental development during your training. Training multiple commands for the same actions. Differences in training obedience and detection. Key Takeaways: Histories create biases. You also need to understand your dog’s temperament and how they are going to generalize behavior. You do not need to perfect the behavior you are training all at once. Allowing time between working on a skill often allows for mental development. “All the time” and “never” are going to create problems. You need to find a balance in your training. A variable reward scheme is the key to balanced training. "if you're struggling with that call off, what you're lacking is balance. If you wait too long to create that behavior, you can also have some problems, because you've created such a reward history. Dogs that have out problems have a reward history that is massive in terms of biting and possessing the bite equipment or biting and possessing the decoy." — Jerry Bradshaw Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Street Ready K9: https://streetreadyk9.com/ Tarheel Canine Training: www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube: tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon: patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine Sponsors: ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Superior Canine Website: https://superiorcanine.ca/ Aaron’s Superior Canine Email: aaron@superiorcanine.ca Superior Canine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superiorcanineinc Superior Canine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superiorcanineinc/ Train Hard, train smart, be safe. Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
3/10/2022 • 57 minutes, 28 seconds
Dr. Jessalyn Klein: You’re Great at Dogs but You Suck at People
In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Dr. Jessalyn Klein discuss: Strategies for improving your people skills. The building blocks of emotional intelligence. The power in taking a pause. Asking for (and processing) feedback, open ended questions, and how to connect with those you’re working with. Key Takeaways: Emotional intelligence is the key to understanding people, including yourself. Self-awareness involves both taking the time to check in with yourself physically and emotionally, and paying attention to your tone of voice and body language. What is second nature to you, maybe incomprehensible to someone else. All humans need positive feedback, usually in a three positive to one negative for optimal learning. If you know your stuff and can communicate it, age doesn’t matter. "You're going to have to communicate what the dog can do, you're going to have to talk the person through things that they're doing right or things that they need to work on. If you can't figure out how to be aware of your own delivery style, how you're doing, and how the person you're working with is doing, you're not going to be able to meet in the middle to ultimately achieve your goals - which are ultimately for the dog, and probably keeping your business going." — Dr. Jessalyn Klein Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com Contact Jessalyn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessalynkleinphd/ Contact Jerry: Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com Email: JBradshaw@TarheelCanine.com Tarheel Canine Training: www.tarheelcanine.com Youtube: tarheelcanine Twitter: @tarheelcanine Instagram: @tarheelk9 Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining Protection Sports Website: psak9-as.org Patreon: patreon.com/controlledaggression Slideshare: Tarheel Canine Calendly: https://calendly.com/tarheelcanine Sponsors: ALM K9 Equipment: almk9equipment.com PSA & American Schutzhund: psak9-as.org Tarheel Canine: tarheelcanine.com Train Hard, train smart, be safe. Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
