In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:

• Understanding the flow channel to make your dog (and you as a trainer) better.

• How handlers and trainers decide the skills to prevent to the dogs at different skill levels.

• Exceeding the requirements of certification and organizational policy in your training.

• Training tools to make for a stronger dog in operational settings.

• Setting up building searches for different scenarios, not just bite situations.

Key Takeaways:

• As the skill levels grow, it is important to have a challenge that fits with that skill to keep your dog engaged and involved with the training.

• Obedience for the sake of obedience is not practice.

• Obedience is the framework that provides boundaries to a dog's behavior.

• Hands-on removal in policy doesn't mean you don't want to practice other releases. If you do a chokehold removal every time, it will create frustration.

• You need to train a call off with your dog. It is more than just something that is used in certification, it is a safety skill.

"As your dog's skill levels increase, you can challenge them more - you can challenge them more with scenarios, you can challenge them more with training." — Jerry Bradshaw

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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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