2021 Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs
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$65.00 $48.75
2021 Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs
Skill Level: Intermediate
Length: 6 Modules
Access Period: Unlimited
Price:
$65.00 $48.75
About
Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs
With Ed Frawley & Kevin Sheldahl
89 Videos
3 Hours of Content
This course was produced in 2021 by Kevin Sheldahl and Ed Frawley. Back in 2005 Kevin and Ed produced a DVD by the same title.
Working police K9's in muzzles has come a long long way in the past 16 years.
Video Podcast: The Evolution of Muzzle Fighting in Police K9 Training
29Mn 50 Sec
Teaching a new or experienced dog to work in a muzzle has obvious advantages. Besides eliminating protective equipment which in and of itself is important, more importantly, muzzle training allows us to teach decoys to work dogs without offering a presentation.
A presentation simply means the decoy offers an arm (or leg) for the dog to bite. Do that enough times and we have a dog that looks for a presentation when engaging the decoy or the suspect. It doesn't take long to search YouTube to find a video of police dogs bouncing along next to a fleeing suspect looking for a presentation to bite. Most are not bad dogs, they are just dogs that have not had correct training.
Good muzzle training eliminates that problem.
Kevin is a qualified Police Service Dog Teaching Judge (Utah POST) with extensive experience teaching police officers to become service dog trainers.
Kevin is a retired police K9 handler/instructor. He is also an internationally recognized Police K9 judge and is certified as an expert witness in state and federal court on police K9 cases.
He has trained police K9 handlers all across America. Twice a year he holds six-week classes for new police dog handlers. In the past 25 years, Kevin has taught over 65 of these six-week courses.
This course has in-depth and detailed segments on the following subjects:
- How to correctly measure a dog for a muzzle
- How to condition a dog to willingly accept wearing a muzzle, using reward-based training methods
- Training the decoy.
- The foundation of teaching your dog to punch the decoy while wearing a muzzle
- Training scenarios that reflect real-world deployments for police dogs.
Our course will only be offered in this online format. There is simply too much information to fit on a new DVD disk.
89 Videos | 187 Minutes of Video
TARGET AUDIENCE
Anyone
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
This course is designed for working police/military k9 service dogs. A heavy-duty muzzle designed for muzzle fighting will be needed to complete the work in this course. An additional/alternative muzzle should be kept in case of vet/grooming or emergency visit.
Course Outline
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MODULE 1: Why Train a Police Dog in a Muzzle
Training a police, military, or even a sport dog in muzzle has advantages no other technique can offer. This module explains the WHAT and WHY of muzzle work for the practical dog.
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SEGMENT 1: A Note From Ed
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SEGMENT 2: Who is Kevin Sheldahl and K9 Services
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SEGMENT 3: Why Use a Muzzle in Police K9 Work
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SEGMENT 4: Terminology
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SEGMENT 5: Training Requirements Before Muzzle Work
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SEGMENT 6: Muzzle Training Vs Hidden Sleeves
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SEGMENT 7: The Evolution of Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs
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SEGMENT 8: Recommended Equipment
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SEGMENT 9: Troublesome Toxins for Operational K9s
Presented by Lisa Converse DVM, DACVECC and Lyn Schuh CVT
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MODULE 2: Measuring & conditioning to a muzzle
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SEGMENT 1: Types of Muzzles
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SEGMENT 2: Measuring muzzle
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SEGMENT 3: Reward Based Training - what is it?
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SEGMENT 4: Conditioning using Free Shaping or Luring.
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SEGMENT 5: Adding duration
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SEGMENT 6: Fastening the muzzle straps
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SEGMENT 7: Walk in Muzzle
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SEGMENT 8: Think outside the box
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SEGMENT 9: Dogs that resist the Muzzle
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SEGMENT 10: How do you know when your dog is Conditioned.
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SEGMENT 11: Test the muzzle before scenario training
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SEGMENT 12: Condition your dog to more than one style of muzzle.
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SEGMENT 13: Leaving a dog Unattended in Muzzle
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MODULE 3: Role of the decoy & handler in muzzle fighting
Developing a dog in muzzle fighting starts with short, successful sessions and build until doing practical scenarios.
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SEGMENT 1: Handling a dog in Muzzle
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SEGMENT 2: Training Your Decoy
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SEGMENT 3: Going to the ground
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SEGMENT 4: An accidental REAL BITE
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MODULE 4: Foundation in Muzzle Fighting
Before the muzzle can be used in scenarios and general police training these steps must be mastered.
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SEGMENT 1: Training step 1 -Obedience in muzzle
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SEGMENT 2: Step 2 - Static line agitation in muzzle
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MODULE 5: Scenarios for practical working dogs
Here we have some typical deployment training scenarios for the police dog. It should be noted, the handlers/decoys are not self professed professional training decoys. These people are typical handlers for the most part. It shows how well things can go without the need for a professional decoy IF the teams have professional instruction in how to do this work
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SEGMENT 1: When to start Scenario Training
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SEGMENT 2: Encounters
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SEGMENT 3: Vehicle Stop
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SEGMENT 4: On leash area searches in muzzle
We progress from windscenting (scouting) through directed asrea searches in this segment
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SEGMENT 5: Off leash area search in muzzle
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SEGMENT 6: Building Search - bark at door
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SEGMENT 7: Building Search - working toward a passive suspect
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SEGMENT 8: Hidden non-active passive suspect
In these scenarios the instructios to the handlers were that they were searching an area for a suspect that had fled and were seeking a serious/potentially dangerous suspect.
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SEGMENT 9: Muzzles in Dog Sport
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SEGMENT 10: Leerburg Leather Muzzles
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MODULE 6: Where Do I Go From Here?
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SEGMENT 1: ** Certificate of Completion **
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FAQ
Who is Kevin Sheldahl?
Kevin Sheldahl is a Police Dog Teaching Judge.
He is a Police Service Dog Teaching Judge (PSP/DPO/WPO Patrol, narcotics, explosives, human remains, Police S&R, Game Detection Dog, Tracking/Trailing, and SWAT).
Kevin has trained police service dogs since the mid-1980's, he was a full time police K9 handler for the Bermalillo County Sheriff's Department in NM from 1992 until his retirement in 2014.
Kevin has been the head instructor for over 58 six-week police K9 handler classes since 1992. Prior to this he was an assistant instructor for a large police dog vendor.
K-9 SERVICES is owned and operated by Kevin Sheldahl. Kevin has more than 30 years of experience in training law enforcement officers, corrections officers and military handlers and their service dogs. There is no substitute for experience. Kevin and the other instructors at K-9 Services embody that approach to K-9 operations. Field, tactical, and investigative experience is a prerequisite for all instructors.
He has been involved in the training of working dogs as both a hobby and professionally for 35 years. He has taught numerous handlers from agencies throughout the United States, Judged Certifications and Competitive events, and been a guest speaker and instructor for various organizations. Kevin is a Master Instructor (NMDPS) for the above specialties.
How long will this course take to complete?
The course is your typical self-study course that can be taken at your own pace. There is no time limit on the course.
Does this course expire?
You will have lifetime access to this course, even after completion.
Will this course be offered in a DVD or stream format?
This workshop will only be available in an online format. It will not be offered as a DVD or video stream.
How much content is in this course?
There are 89 videos totaling a little over 3 hours of content in this online course.