Muzzle Aggression Foundation 1

In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses: Teaching your dog to bite through the muzzle. Recognizing conflict behaviors during muzzle work and how to fix them. Five types of muzzles, their use through progression, and other prerequisites for muzzle work. Modifying muzzles and using them safely for all involved in the training process. Evaluating muzzle engagement and decoying properly for muzzle fighting with your dog. Utilizing training progression for habituation and duration, and developing muzzle training across multiple prerequisites.    Key Takeaways: A proactive dog is trained, not born. Muzzle work takes a step further to prepare your dog to engage a human without any manifestation of prey, whether that's equipment or prey cues, including movement. We aren't just trying to gain tolerance from our dogs while wearing the muzzle; we want them to predict good things when it is on and come to love it. An initial evaluation should be brief and controlled, with attention to whether the dog attempts to bite through the muzzle. If engagement is lacking, revisit foundational work and gradually adjust the picture rather than rushing the progression.   "If your muzzle work is showing any of those signs of conflict - barking, spinning, fading in intensity, and pawing at the muzzle - we've got to go back and fix it." —  Jerry Bradshaw   Episode References:  The Working Grip Foundation: https://workinggrip.org/  Stewart Hilliard's Kynology: https://kynology.org/    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 The Drive Company: thedriveco.com  The Drive Company Instagram: <a