In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and Brad Smith discuss:   Brad’s professional journey to becoming one of the leading subject matter experts on SWAT and K9.  The S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS programs at K9TacOps.  The differences between civilian SWAT and military canine units.  Major tactical errors Brad sees regularly in tactical deployments.      Key Takeaways:   A patrol operation and a SWAT operation should be the same as far as how you search.  Take what you learn in classes, then go back and teach others in your department.   Keep everything slow and deliberate – it is safer for everyone involved in a search.  Never stop learning – things are evolving and changing and there is always something new that can be learned.      "You’ve got to do some sort of socialization before you jump right into the searches." —  Brad Smith     Connect with Brad:    Website: K9TacOps.com  Book: K9 Tactical Operations for Patrol and SWAT & K9’s in the Courtroom     Get Jerry's book  Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com      Contact Jerry:  Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com  Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com  Youtube:  tarheelcanine  Twitter: @tarheelcanine  Instagram: @tarheelk9  Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining  Protection Sports Website:  psak9.org  Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression        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.    

Brad Smith: Canine Tactical Operations and Consulting

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.

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In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:   Drills to teach your dog to give up something to get something.    Utilizing multiple types of reinforcement to increase positive behaviors.    Adjusting e-collar settings to change the type of pressure on the dog.    Differences in different models of e-collars and how your dog may react to them.    Pre-empting the mistakes that you can.      Key Takeaways:   A lot of common outing mistakes have to do with e-collars and the misuse of certain functions for outing behaviors.    Consider going lower on stimulation and longer on the taps of the e-collar rather than a high stimulation with an extremely short duration. This will change the type of pressure on the dog.    Avoid habituating your dog to the higher levels of stimulation. These dogs are bred to fight through adversity, you don’t want to stress innoculate the dog to the e-collar pressure.    Try a few different types of e-collars on and see which one they respond better to based on their temperament and the sharpness or bluntness of the e-collar. Experiment and see what works best with the minimum force rule.      "Outs must be rewarded. No behavior will be maintained without some form of reinforcement." —  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/  Tarheel Canine Student Portal: https://tcstudentportal.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/  The Drive Company: https://thedriveco.com/  The Drive Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrive.co    Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at https://htlk9.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.

Ten Common Outing Mistakes

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw and John Kirk discuss:   The benefits of being both a handler and a trainer.    Societal and departmental expectations of a canine unit in a large department.    Creating good training files for handlers and canines.    Utilizing all of your tools appropriately.   Procedures, protocols, and manuals.      Key Takeaways:   As a trainer, if your hand is off the leash for too long, it does make a difference and both the dog and your trainees will know it.    It is equally as important for handlers and department heads to understand what a dog is capable of and what they are not capable of doing.    As a trainer, you need to be able to speak with both the canine and the handler.    Set up for real-world training, not just for certification training. Create challenging training that will prepare your dog for the street.    Policing is changing, standards are becoming more stringent, and all of that needs to be communicated and supervised closely to ensure everyone stays safe.      "As a trainer, I need to focus on the dog, I need to focus on any improvement that the dog needs. When it comes to training a handler, our goal is to make sure that this handler has the confidence that he needs." —  John Kirk   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/  Tarheel Canine Student Portal: https://tcstudentportal.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/  The Drive Company: https://thedriveco.com/  The Drive Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrive.co    Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at https://htlk9.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. 

The Role of a Departmental Canine Trainer with John Kirk

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:   All the seminars packed into the first quarter of 2024!   The new handler-course-ready dogs from Tarheel Canine!   Check out https://streetreadyk9.com/ for all the events on the calendar!   Online training available     Key Takeaways:   Getting a handler-course-ready dog can save you time and manpower when looking for a new canine.    Great seminars are coming up and include amazing trainers such as Aaron Kemp, Brad Gillespie, and so many more!    For more information about foundational work, check out the Controlled Aggression Audio book!    There are so many ways that you can use 2024 to become the canine trainer that you want to be!     "Our pledge is to keep expanding our knowledge so that we can bring more to you year in and year out." —  Jerry Bradshaw   Get Jerry's book  Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com   Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at https://htlk9.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/  Tarheel Canine Student Portal: https://tcstudentportal.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/  The Drive Company: https://thedriveco.com/  The Drive Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrive.co    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. 

Upcoming Events in 2024!

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:   Obedience and capping in drive.    Leveraging reward systems and using queues in drive to prepare for capping.    Utilizing different tools and training progressions to properly train drive.    Drive training with different canines.      Key Takeaways:   Suppressing the dog’s behavior is not obedience or capping because it isn’t channeling their energy into something. We don’t want to suppress - this creates behaviors we do not want.    Dogs that are dirty in their outings are struggling in their drive capping.    Don’t be scared of the expression - it should not make you nervous. But you want them to also be able to cap and be quiet. Neither should be sacrificed for the other.    Make sure to train your dogs in all situations and around decoys in full kit.      "If all we ever do when we're doing obedience on a dog is just suppress the hell out of them, then we're not doing obedience in drive, nor are we doing drive capping." —  Jerry Bradshaw   Get Jerry's book  Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com   Episode References:    The Companion Dog Podcast - https://losthighwaykennels.com/podcast/    The Working Dog Depot Podcast - https://www.doublehcanine.com/the-working-dog-depot    Controlled Aggression -  Defensive Dogs in Protection   Detection Blueprint    Restraining Canine Drives      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/  The Drive Company: https://thedriveco.com/  The Drive Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrive.co    Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at https://htlk9.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. 

Mechanics and Applications of Drive Capping

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:   Developing training rituals that translate to travel and trial.    Basic positions and notifying judges in basic position variations.    What judges are looking for and the difference between minor errors and larger point losses.    Why consistency, speed, directness, and attention matter during your trail.      Key Takeaways:   One of the first things the judge looks for is if your dog is coming onto the field in the right state of mind. As the handler or spotter, you want to be aware of how you are presenting yourself as well.   Any time words come out of your mouth, they matter. You do not want to be giving double commands when you’re getting started.    Don’t make handler errors when it isn’t necessary.    Footwork drives what your upper body does. You want your dog to be able to read your body language.      "When I see things that are outside the rules, I have to assume they’re being done on purpose." —  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/  The Drive Company: https://thedriveco.com/  The Drive Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrive.co    Find out more about Hold The Line Conference 2024 at https://htlk9.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. 

Brad Smith: Canine Tactical Operations and Consulting

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