Intro Police K9 Hard Surface Tracking

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:  Commonalities and differences between tracking and trailing.  What tracking is and what it isn’t.  Training a dog that is easy to read as he is tracking.  Tips and tricks for laying a track and evolving the track as your dog progresses.     Key Takeaways:  Tracking or trailing is tacking to you danger – ask yourself, how do you want to be taken into danger?  Train and work on fundamentals more often – go back to basics, compartmentalize your training, tighten up the training that way.  When luring with food, make sure it is significant enough to entice, but not too much to satiate after only a couple tracks.  Do not put jackpots at the end of the track, that encourages speed, not finding the track.     "You can make some good arguments as to why a particular method might be preferred. A lot of that’s going to come down to handler preference of how they want to work their dog, tactical advantage, as well as what your dog is well adapted to." —  Jerry Bradshaw     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.