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 

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Train Hard, train smart, be safe.  

  

  

Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie 

  

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