Five Simple Steps to Set K9 up for SuccessTarheel Canine
Getting a new K9 unit, here are five things an administration can do to really help ensure that the K9 unit is set up for success by creating a culture that will lead to productivity and support!
Tactical Obedience Training for Police K9: IntroductionTarheel Canine
This article is an introduction to tactical obedience training for police K9s. Step out of the mire of certification obedience and train obedience skills more useful for deployment work. Includes photos and a QR code you can scan to see the work in action!
This article discusses the importance of decoy work to patrol training, and how good decoy work is more than just mechanics. Good decoy work involves understanding theory and being able to apply the development of drives and their interactions, targeting and key skill training. Tarheel Canine seminars are renowned for giving a thorough treatment of theory and how to apply it in the sleeve, suit and hidden sleeve.
Verbal Out, Out and Return and Tactical Removal Part 3Tarheel Canine
Part 3 of this series discusses proper training of a tactical release for a police K9. The proper use of the technique and training steps are discussed as well as handler and collar neutrality as a prerequisite.
This article explores how to select K9 handlers from the agency perspective. What work, family life, experience, and personality traits are most important to consider for a long term successful selection.
Using the power of reward to improve your police dog's obedience performance, includes how to deconstruct certification routines and break down exactly how to implement reward into your training to improve overall attention and response from your K9.
Tarheel Canine will be offering special workshops starting in the fall 2016 through next year 2017 on various topics of interest to the sport dog trainer.
This article published in The Journal explains how a K9 Unit can conduct quality in service training, which is the bedrock of a productive unit. Training to standards, choosing a training group, what to look for in a trainer to lead your group, instructor training is all covered in this informative article. A must read for administrators of new K9 Units or those in need of increased productivity within the agency.
Five Simple Steps to Set K9 up for SuccessTarheel Canine
Getting a new K9 unit, here are five things an administration can do to really help ensure that the K9 unit is set up for success by creating a culture that will lead to productivity and support!
Tactical Obedience Training for Police K9: IntroductionTarheel Canine
This article is an introduction to tactical obedience training for police K9s. Step out of the mire of certification obedience and train obedience skills more useful for deployment work. Includes photos and a QR code you can scan to see the work in action!
This article discusses the importance of decoy work to patrol training, and how good decoy work is more than just mechanics. Good decoy work involves understanding theory and being able to apply the development of drives and their interactions, targeting and key skill training. Tarheel Canine seminars are renowned for giving a thorough treatment of theory and how to apply it in the sleeve, suit and hidden sleeve.
Verbal Out, Out and Return and Tactical Removal Part 3Tarheel Canine
Part 3 of this series discusses proper training of a tactical release for a police K9. The proper use of the technique and training steps are discussed as well as handler and collar neutrality as a prerequisite.
This article explores how to select K9 handlers from the agency perspective. What work, family life, experience, and personality traits are most important to consider for a long term successful selection.
Using the power of reward to improve your police dog's obedience performance, includes how to deconstruct certification routines and break down exactly how to implement reward into your training to improve overall attention and response from your K9.
Tarheel Canine will be offering special workshops starting in the fall 2016 through next year 2017 on various topics of interest to the sport dog trainer.
This article published in The Journal explains how a K9 Unit can conduct quality in service training, which is the bedrock of a productive unit. Training to standards, choosing a training group, what to look for in a trainer to lead your group, instructor training is all covered in this informative article. A must read for administrators of new K9 Units or those in need of increased productivity within the agency.
There is a lot of misinformation about the 10,000-hour rule theory of self-improvement, and it turns out now all 10,000 hours are the same. We delve into the truth
behind the 10,000-hour rule and show you how to become great at anything.
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Delegate to Develop".
Puppy Training: The Comprehensive Guide to Puppy Training - A Step by Step Activity Guide to: Housebreaking, Crate Training, Puppy Sleep Training and More teaches you all the basics of puppy training.
We will use the term “coach” to apply to the people external to the district who provide ongoing support for a District Leadership Team and the people external to the school who provide ongoing support for a School Leadership Team. In some cases, the person is called a “coach,” and in other cases the term may be “capacity builder” or “specialist.” In coaching with Indistar®, your learners are primarily the principal and School Leadership Team. Or, if you are coaching a district team, then your learners are the superintendent and District Leadership Team. Of course, the work of the Leadership Team fans out to engage everyone in the district or school community, so the coach is always mindful of the ways the Leadership Team’s lessons learned are internalized by others, how the Leadership Team’s objectives are explained to everyone, and how the Leadership Team supports each person’s mastery and application of effective practice.
What a Fire Fighter taught me about the Culture of AnalyticsTony Clement
Analytics in Modern Marketing can be high-risk stuff. Lots of metrics, lots of stakeholders and those BIG questions that need fast answers.
Here are 7 lessons I learned from a Fire Fighter on leading Analysts through a forest of data, where fires can flare up at any given moment.
How People Work and how you can help them to give their bestRoderic Gray
Roderic Gray's book "How People Work and how you can help them to give their best" explains why people at work behave the way they do, and how managers, business students and consultants can get the best performance from their people and from themselves
Get A Coach Be A Coach The New Coaching Approach to Accelerate Individual Suc...Lucky Gods
Unlocking Your Inner Coach & Crushing Goals like a Champion! ✨ Get A Coach, Be A Coach is here!
Tired of feeling stuck? Yearning to tap into your full potential and skyrocket your personal & professional game? Buckle up for a coaching revolution!
This power-packed book isn't just about **finding a coach (though it's got amazing tips for that too!), it's about becoming the ultimate coach of yourself and others!
Get ready to unlock:
The secret sauce of world-class coaches: Dive into the core principles and frameworks that drive impactful coaching, both for yourself and others.
Transform your mindset: Ditch limiting beliefs and unlock the power of positive thinking, growth hacking, and goal-setting magic.
Communication mastery: Learn how to build trust, spark powerful conversations, and give feedback that empowers, not discourages.
Leadership on fire: Ignite your inner leader, learn to inspire and motivate others, and create a culture of high performance.
Building thriving teams: Discover the secrets to fostering collaboration, resolving conflicts, and unlocking synergy within your team.
From coachee to coach: Master the skills to guide and empower others, whether you're building a coaching career or simply want to elevate your relationships.
Get A Coach, Be A Coach isn't just a book, it's a game-changer! Whether you're a self-starter seeking personal growth, an aspiring coach dreaming of building a life-changing career, or a leader looking to elevate your team and organization, this guide is your blueprint for success.
Get ready to unlock your full potential, become a champion for yourself and others, and achieve results you never thought possible! ✨
Successful attributes for making you a valuable IT asset. Rolta
In IT industry there is a myth that only technical knowledge can deliver you success. But, a general research shows that only 15% success is dependent on technical knowledge. Other 85% is dependent on some other attributes. Presentation speaks of these traits.
Introducing training your dog. inside this ebook, you will discover the topics about training basics,what equipment do you need, start with easy commands, Moving on to more advance commands,house training, makes sure to use rewards and not punishment and the trouble with not training your dog.
This companion course to our High Risk Deployments / Tactical Building Search Course can be scheduled either before or after the Tactical Building Search class. It deals primarily with suspect encounters to ensure the highest likelihood of K9 engagement and proper tactical applications for street encounters. Three day class, 24 hours of instruction, working slots open to LE only, approved civilian auditors are also welcome.
High Risk Deployments & E-Collar Harrisburg PA April 2023.docTarheel Canine
This class will take place over 3 nights, 24 hours of instruction, and be open to Law Enforcement K-9 handlers and supervisors. The class will be open to up to 15 handler/dog teams. Spectators, including supervisors are welcome to attend. The class will comprise both classroom instruction and practical street work. Classroom work will cover tactical approaches, deployments, and apprehensions, using trained police dogs in building/area searches, felony vehicle stops and other scenario based high risk applications. Instruction will also cover the tactics of integration of K9 teams with back-up officer in high risk scenarios. Additional instruction will cover proper decoy techniques for HRD applications, including proper use of bite suit, hidden sleeve and muzzle. The methods taught in this seminar allow for safer approaches to high risk deployments, easier integration into tactical units, and significantly reduced liability exposure. Additionally we will cover progressive use of e-technology for distance control of K9s both in training and under deployment. Explanations of how to train with e-collars, and integrate them into the functions of your K9 unit will be covered in detail.
There is a lot of misinformation about the 10,000-hour rule theory of self-improvement, and it turns out now all 10,000 hours are the same. We delve into the truth
behind the 10,000-hour rule and show you how to become great at anything.
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Delegate to Develop".
Puppy Training: The Comprehensive Guide to Puppy Training - A Step by Step Activity Guide to: Housebreaking, Crate Training, Puppy Sleep Training and More teaches you all the basics of puppy training.
We will use the term “coach” to apply to the people external to the district who provide ongoing support for a District Leadership Team and the people external to the school who provide ongoing support for a School Leadership Team. In some cases, the person is called a “coach,” and in other cases the term may be “capacity builder” or “specialist.” In coaching with Indistar®, your learners are primarily the principal and School Leadership Team. Or, if you are coaching a district team, then your learners are the superintendent and District Leadership Team. Of course, the work of the Leadership Team fans out to engage everyone in the district or school community, so the coach is always mindful of the ways the Leadership Team’s lessons learned are internalized by others, how the Leadership Team’s objectives are explained to everyone, and how the Leadership Team supports each person’s mastery and application of effective practice.
What a Fire Fighter taught me about the Culture of AnalyticsTony Clement
Analytics in Modern Marketing can be high-risk stuff. Lots of metrics, lots of stakeholders and those BIG questions that need fast answers.
Here are 7 lessons I learned from a Fire Fighter on leading Analysts through a forest of data, where fires can flare up at any given moment.
How People Work and how you can help them to give their bestRoderic Gray
Roderic Gray's book "How People Work and how you can help them to give their best" explains why people at work behave the way they do, and how managers, business students and consultants can get the best performance from their people and from themselves
Get A Coach Be A Coach The New Coaching Approach to Accelerate Individual Suc...Lucky Gods
Unlocking Your Inner Coach & Crushing Goals like a Champion! ✨ Get A Coach, Be A Coach is here!
Tired of feeling stuck? Yearning to tap into your full potential and skyrocket your personal & professional game? Buckle up for a coaching revolution!
This power-packed book isn't just about **finding a coach (though it's got amazing tips for that too!), it's about becoming the ultimate coach of yourself and others!
Get ready to unlock:
The secret sauce of world-class coaches: Dive into the core principles and frameworks that drive impactful coaching, both for yourself and others.
Transform your mindset: Ditch limiting beliefs and unlock the power of positive thinking, growth hacking, and goal-setting magic.
Communication mastery: Learn how to build trust, spark powerful conversations, and give feedback that empowers, not discourages.
Leadership on fire: Ignite your inner leader, learn to inspire and motivate others, and create a culture of high performance.
Building thriving teams: Discover the secrets to fostering collaboration, resolving conflicts, and unlocking synergy within your team.
From coachee to coach: Master the skills to guide and empower others, whether you're building a coaching career or simply want to elevate your relationships.
Get A Coach, Be A Coach isn't just a book, it's a game-changer! Whether you're a self-starter seeking personal growth, an aspiring coach dreaming of building a life-changing career, or a leader looking to elevate your team and organization, this guide is your blueprint for success.
Get ready to unlock your full potential, become a champion for yourself and others, and achieve results you never thought possible! ✨
Successful attributes for making you a valuable IT asset. Rolta
In IT industry there is a myth that only technical knowledge can deliver you success. But, a general research shows that only 15% success is dependent on technical knowledge. Other 85% is dependent on some other attributes. Presentation speaks of these traits.
Introducing training your dog. inside this ebook, you will discover the topics about training basics,what equipment do you need, start with easy commands, Moving on to more advance commands,house training, makes sure to use rewards and not punishment and the trouble with not training your dog.
This companion course to our High Risk Deployments / Tactical Building Search Course can be scheduled either before or after the Tactical Building Search class. It deals primarily with suspect encounters to ensure the highest likelihood of K9 engagement and proper tactical applications for street encounters. Three day class, 24 hours of instruction, working slots open to LE only, approved civilian auditors are also welcome.
High Risk Deployments & E-Collar Harrisburg PA April 2023.docTarheel Canine
This class will take place over 3 nights, 24 hours of instruction, and be open to Law Enforcement K-9 handlers and supervisors. The class will be open to up to 15 handler/dog teams. Spectators, including supervisors are welcome to attend. The class will comprise both classroom instruction and practical street work. Classroom work will cover tactical approaches, deployments, and apprehensions, using trained police dogs in building/area searches, felony vehicle stops and other scenario based high risk applications. Instruction will also cover the tactics of integration of K9 teams with back-up officer in high risk scenarios. Additional instruction will cover proper decoy techniques for HRD applications, including proper use of bite suit, hidden sleeve and muzzle. The methods taught in this seminar allow for safer approaches to high risk deployments, easier integration into tactical units, and significantly reduced liability exposure. Additionally we will cover progressive use of e-technology for distance control of K9s both in training and under deployment. Explanations of how to train with e-collars, and integrate them into the functions of your K9 unit will be covered in detail.
HME & Large Hide Seminar 2023 May 12 Tarheel Canine.docTarheel Canine
This is a one day seminar in association with Tripwire Operations Group where we will break down the class among 4 Police K9 instructors to provide exposure to both home-made explosives (HME) as well as large quantity high/low explosive hides. The class will be open to up to 18 handler/dog teams in order to maximize the number of repetitions and scenarios we can provide. LE, registered security companies, or Military only. Spectators, including supervisors and trainers are welcome to attend at the audit rate. The class will mainly be hands on runs of the HME and large hides. The opportunities to run your operational dogs on these hides don’t come around often! Trainers Thomas Blandino, Jerry Bradshaw, Courtney Mills and Taylor Jones will address any deficiencies noted in the teams, and provide problem solving and training plans moving forward.
Police K9 Decoy- Mitchell County NC March 2023.docxTarheel Canine
A lack of decoy skill will reflect in the poor performance of patrol dogs. There is no way around it, decoy skills in the police K9 world need to improve to have the performance of patrol K9s improve. The good news is, these skills can be taught.
This class will take place over 3 working days, 24 hours of instruction, and be open to Law Enforcement/Military participants. The class will be open to up to 15 participants. Supervisors are welcome to attend. The class will comprise both classroom instruction and practical decoy work. Classroom work will cover reading K9 behavior during controlled aggression, drive manipulation, and goal setting for training sessions. Practical instruction will include proper technique in the suit and hidden sleeve. Proper mechanics for safely catching police dogs in training, and techniques to work dogs to their goals in foundation and skills training will be covered in depth.
Police K9 Decoy- Deschutes County OR April 2023.docxTarheel Canine
A lack of decoy skill will reflect in the poor performance of patrol dogs. There is no way around it, decoy skills in the police K9 world need to improve to have the performance of patrol K9s improve. The good news is, these skills can be taught.
This class will take place over 3 working days, 24 hours of instruction, and be open to Law Enforcement/Military participants. The class will be open to up to 15 participants. Supervisors are welcome to attend. The class will comprise both classroom instruction and practical decoy work. Classroom work will cover reading K9 behavior during controlled aggression, drive manipulation, and goal setting for training sessions. Practical instruction will include proper technique in the suit and hidden sleeve. Proper mechanics for safely catching police dogs in training, and techniques to work dogs to their goals in foundation and skills training will be covered in depth.
HME & Large Hide Seminar 2023 February 9 Tarheel Canine.docTarheel Canine
This is a one day seminar in association with Tripwire Operations Group where we will break down the class among 4 Police K9 instructors to provide exposure to both home-made explosives (HME) as well as large quantity high/low explosive hides. The class will be open to up to 18 handler/dog teams in order to maximize the number of repetitions and scenarios we can provide. LE, registered security companies, or Military only. Spectators, including supervisors and trainers are welcome to attend at the audit rate. The class will mainly be hands on runs of the HME and large hides. The opportunities to run your operational dogs on these hides don’t come around often! Trainers Thomas Blandino, Jerry Bradshaw, Courtney Mills and Taylor Jones will address any deficiencies noted in the teams, and provide problem solving and training plans moving forward.
Police K9 Decoy Seminar Rock Hill SC October 2022.docTarheel Canine
A lack of decoy skill will reflect in the poor performance of patrol dogs. There is no way around it, decoy skills in the police K9 world need to improve to have the performance of patrol K9s improve. The good news is, these skills can be taught.
This class will take place over 3 working days, 24 hours of instruction, and be open to Law Enforcement/Military participants. The class will be open to up to 15 participants. Supervisors are welcome to attend. The class will comprise both classroom instruction and practical decoy work. Classroom work will cover reading K9 behavior during controlled aggression, drive manipulation, and goal setting for training sessions. Practical instruction will include proper technique in the suit and hidden sleeve. Proper mechanics for safely catching police dogs in training, and techniques to work dogs to their goals in foundation and skills training will be covered in depth.
Police K9 Decoy Seminar DE State Police 2022.docTarheel Canine
The decoy is the mechanism for operant conditioning of patrol behaviors, learn how to properly work Police K9 Patrol Dogs at this seminar. Proper catch techniques for suit, hidden sleeve, upper body and leg targeting, fendeds, passive subjects, prone passive techniques, redirects, as well as properly decoying for outs, recalls and ground fighting!
Police K9 Decoy Seminar Meagher County MT 2022.docTarheel Canine
This is a 3 day police k9 decoy seminar where students will learn catching technique, upper and lower body targeting, ground fighting, proper technique for decoying patrol skills of out/redirects/ recalls. And much more!
Police K9 Decoy Seminar DE State Police May 2022.docTarheel Canine
This will be a 3 day police k9 decoy seminar where participants will learn the skills of upper and lower body targeting in a bite suit, proper use and delivery of hidden sleeves, civil aggression techniques, and more!
This is a week-long seminar, 5 training days, where the first 3 days will consist of a police K9 decoy seminar and the last 2 days will be High Risk Deployments seminar where we will use the decoy skills in scenario based training.
High Risk Deployments & E-Collar Seminar Sanford NC Tarheel Canine
Scenario based training in high risk K,9 scenarios including building search, area search, high risk vehicle stops, skills transitions in a night training setting.
Police K9 Decoy Seminar will cover foundation work, drive channeling, catching drills on the suit, triceps, biceps, legs (primary and secondary targeting), fended, skills such as decoying for out, redirect and recall drills, stopped apprehensions, ground fighting, and more!
This is a one day seminar in association with Tripwire Operations Group where we will break down the class among 4 Police K9 instructors to provide exposure to both home-made explosives (HME) as well as large quantity high/low explosive hides. The class will be open to up to 18 handler/dog teams in order to maximize the number of repetitions and scenarios we can provide. LE, registered security companies, or Military only. Spectators, including supervisors and trainers are welcome to attend at the audit rate. The class will mainly be hands on runs of the HME and large hides. The opportunities to run your operational dogs on these hides don’t come around often! Trainers Thomas Blandino, Jerry Bradshaw, Ben Lipinski and Taylor Jones will address any deficiencies noted in the teams, and provide problem solving and training plans moving forward.
Police k9 decoy_seminar_louisville ky october 2021Tarheel Canine
Police K9 Decoy seminar covers sleeve and suit work for the police K9 decoy with an emphasis on both safe catching technique as well as applications to patrol skills such as redirects, equipment orientation, outs and more!
High risk deployments e collar seminar (ocean city pd november 2021)Tarheel Canine
HRD seminar for police K9. Tactical Building search, area search, vehicle extractions, in a scenario driven seminar. Challenge your dogs in training so you are ready operationally.
PSA Handling & Problem Solving Seminar June 2021Tarheel Canine
Jerry Bradshaw & Ben Lepinski host a PSA handling & problem solving seminar for all levels in PSA. Get tuned up for competition, and get feedback and a training plan for any issues you have been struggling with in obedience or protection! Two of the most accomplished PSA trainers of the last 5 years will help you build your training program to achieve your goals.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
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Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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The Talented K9 Trainer:
Becoming an Expert Handler or Trainer
In 2010 in a blog for the Harvard Business Review, work
performance guru Tony Schwartz wrote that a minimum of 10,000
hours of deliberate concentrated practice is necessary to become
an “expert” in any complex task.
Let’s assume that dog training and handling is one of those
complex tasks. If we were to do 40 hours of deliberate practice a
week (impossible) it would take 250 weeks to become an expert.
There are 52 weeks in one year, so that comes to about 4.8 years
of deliberate practice (at an impossible rate of 40 hours of practice
a week). Let’s say, we do something more reasonable, but equally
unlikely, such as 20 hours a week, then that means we are looking
at 9.6 years to become an expert in any complex field such as dog
training or handling.
For police dog handlers, we require as an industry standard,
4 hours per week of in service training, for a rate of 16 hours a
month. How off the mark are you at being an expert dog handler
if you do just the minimum? The answer is, a lot off the mark
according to Schwartz. It is well known that the best handlers
put in a lot more than the minimum. The best handlers work hard
at the practice of their craft every day, and as such are probably
doing well over the 20 hours a week that will get them on their
way to being the best they can be in their field. The same holds
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for trainers, but in my opinion, even more so. Every opportunity
to observe training, think about it, and to get your hands on dogs,
brings you closer to maximizing your potential. However, it’s not
just how much we practice to become experts, but in fact the way
in which we practice may have even more of an impact on how we
become skilled and talented. This is good news for those of us for
whom time is a very real constraint.
Daniel Coyle writes in The Talent Code (Bantam Books,
May 2009) a book that explains how talent grows in the brain
and how you can nurture excellence in any complex craft, that
the key to growing talent is what he calls “deep practice.” Deep
practice is the essential component of growing the neural network
and the resulting myelin insulation of those neurons, which
solidifies a skill or task in the brain that is observable as talent.
Thus growing talent happens as part of a biological process.
He explains that deep practice, when you are in the “zone” that
allows these neural pathways in the brain to grow and become
permanent, you are doing a few important things (below) that
are essential to deep practice. Coyle visited talent “hotbeds”
across the globe that are producing the best tennis players,
golfers, classical musicians, among others, and found these
places where talent was grown in abundance had some things
in common about how the students learned and practiced skills:
1. “Chunking” is the breaking down into smaller
compartmentalized tasks the essential tasks of the skills
you are growing, such as handling a detection dog on a
traffic stop on the side of the road or deploying a patrol
dog in a building search, where you have to manage a line
and a flashlight for example, both complex tasks. When
practicing you break the skills down (both for you and the
dog) into manageable mini-skills you can practice. Only
after mastering these “chunks” do you put the whole
task into a complete unified routine. I wrote a series of
articles for K9 Cop Magazine on compartmentalizing
training (chunking skills if you prefer) in obedience,
tracking, patrol and detection which are available on the
media area of my website (www.tarheelcanine.com).
2. “Absorb the whole” is spending time watching (and
listening to) the task you are trying to master in its
coherent whole. So often at in service training, handlers
lose focus and stop watching other handlers work
their dogs, and get into unrelated side conversations.
Developing a habit of deep practice requires this
visualization, especially when talented, fluid handlers,
decoys and trainers are at work, flowing effortlessly
through routines or solving common problems. In other
words, if you want to be a great tennis player you
must watch great tennis players play tennis. So from
now on, after working your dog, watch others work
theirs, and work on absorbing the whole, remembering
this is an essential part of your development.
3. “Slow it down” means sometimes walking through a skill
without your dog, so you can capture the movements
you must make in training or deploying without the added
distraction of a high drive dog in your hands. When we
get excited working our dogs, we tend to get adrenalized
and move too fast, this causes us to not pay enough
attention to errors we are making, or even sometimes
notice them at all. Part of the skill of deep practice is
making errors and correcting them over and over again,
until they are eliminated from the flow of your practice.
A quote from quarterback coach Tom Martinez in The
Talent Code drives home this point, “It’s not how fast you
can do it. It’s how slow you can do it correctly. (p.85)”
Speed will come with the fluidity of the task, as it becomes
habitual. Coyle also notes that going slowly also has
the additional benefit of gaining a complete perception
of the “shape” and “rhythm” of the skills components.
4. “Repeat it” means that to build a skill one needs attentive
repetition, meaning that these skills whether the chunks
or the flowing strings of these chunked skills, must be
repeated over and over, attending to errors, correcting
those errors, and beginning again. Too often in dog
training, we do “one and done” practice. Instead we
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must practice chunks or flowing skills again and again,
giving us the opportunity to perceive errors, correct
those errors, and continue to master the skill. Coyle
notes that deep practice is more than being repetitive,
it is pushing yourself to the edge of your abilities during
practice, while fully mentally engaged, and allowing
errors to happen, be perceived, corrected, and the
skill attempted again. Being mentally engaged at the
edge of your capabilities, takes a lot of concentration,
meaning that one can only properly practice deeply for a
few hours a day. This is good news for those of us who
have limited time, and it means how we spend that time,
training and practicing efficiently is of most importance.
This kind of practice or training is explained by Coyle as
follows: “1. Pick a target. 2. Reach for it. 3. Evaluate the gap
between the target and the reach. 4. Return to step 1. (P. 92).” In
order to get better at something, Coyle says, you must be willing
and even enthusiastic about being bad, as you hone your skills,
by making errors, correcting those errors, and reaching for new
targets. Staying in a comfortable place, as many K9 handlers
tend to do, working on things that they and their dogs are good
at already, and avoiding problem areas, doesn’t lead to improving
skill much less mastering it. Moving out of your comfort zone,
reaching for new skills, and following the guidelines of this deep
practice will.
Dogs, as humans, make errors in their practice. This process
of building talent and skill is a biological process, and as such
should and does apply to learning in animals as well as people.
Thus another lesson of The Talent Code is that in teaching things
to your dog, breaking up the tasks into component parts, slowing
the learning process down for the dog, allowing him to make errors
and giving him the opportunity to try again to correct the errors
(even if there are strings of mistakes) is what leads to learning the
skills. Many handlers are quick to intervene and correct physically
before a dog really understands a task, and this can interrupt real
learning. Making errors and learning how to correct them, is a huge
part of learning a new skill for both humans and dogs. Training
must involve sufficient opportunity for repetition as well because
only through repetition can errors be identified and corrected and
fluidity of proper responses nurtured and sped up. Thus doing
something only once is about as useful as doing it not at all. Your
dog needs the opportunity for deep practice as well.
So, don’t think of how many months or years you have been a
dog trainer or handler as reason enough to prove what you know.
What really matters is how often every week you get your hands
(or mind) engaged in the deliberate practice you need to develop
your skills to the “expert” level. Hands on, reaching beyond your
grasp out of what is comfortable and easy, correcting those errors,
and beginning again, makes all the difference. There is another
lesson, pick as mentors those trainers who are still training actively,
still developing their own talent, by training their own dogs. Train
hard by practicing deeply!
Reference
Coyle, Daniel. The Talent Code. Bantam Books, 2009.
Jerry Bradshaw is Training Director & President of Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. in Sanford,
North Carolina. Jerry has been training dogs for competitive protection sports since 1991, and
has competed in National Championship trials in both Schutzhund and PSA, winning the PSA
National Championships in 2003 with his dog Ricardo v.d. Natuurzicht PSA 3. Jerry has trained
many Belgian Malinois to the highest titles in the sports in which he competed including Arrow of
Tigerpaws , SchH 3, BH; Ben von Lowenfels, SchH 2, BH; Rocky de la Maison Des Lions PSA 3;
and Ricardo v.d. Natuurzicht PH 1, PSA 3.
Tarheel Canine Training Inc. is a nationally renowned training facility for police service
dogs, and has placed trained police dogs at federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
nationally and internationally since 1993. Jerry is often a featured speaker at national police K9
conferences, and travels extensively giving seminars to police departments, the US Military, and
sport trainers across the United States. Jerry has written a book, Controlled Aggression, which
is rapidly becoming the standard text for understanding the fundamentals of canine aggression
training for police service, personal protection, and competitive dog sports. Jerry also maintains a
free blog at www.tarheelcanine.com.
Many of the training concepts mentioned in this article are covered in depth in published
articles available on the Tarheel Canine website at www.tarheelcanine.com/media-area/training-articles/
Please feel free to make your handlers, trainers, and training groups aware of this resource.