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Training Police Dogs
Anybody remember our discussion on the use of the Kong for training police
dogs, search-and-rescue-dogs, and drug enforcement dogs? I was thoroughly excoriated for suggesting that the Kong was used in such training, and that the first order of business was teaching the dog to play fetch with the Kong. Check this out, from the Discover Channel website: According to Sargent Steve McEdwards, trainer for Metro Toronto Police Dog Services, "Our main training tool is a "Kong. It's a rubber toy that looks like the cover over a trailer hitch. It's a little bit chewable and it bounces in ten different directions because of its weird shape. Whenever they do good, they get to play with the Kong." Training a dog to track scents - either human scent, or the scent of drugs or guns - just means sharpening a sense that's already mostly there. "They have naturally good sense of smell," maintains McEdwards. "But most dogs never have to use that sense, so it's lazy. You just want to bring it out." Handlers use the Kong, or a piece of cloth, to do that - holding it in their hands to give it a human scent, or using gun oil, cleaning fluid for guns, shell casings or "pseudo-drugs" to give it those scents. Then they just start to play. "You play tug-of-war with the Kong, and fetch," McEdwards says. "Then you start to hide it. The dog learns if it finds the odour, it gets the Kong. You make it fun. It's a game - the more you keep it a game, the better the dog will be." |
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LeeCharlesKelley wrote: Anybody remember our discussion on the use of the Kong for training police dogs, search-and-rescue-dogs, and drug enforcement dogs? I was thoroughly excoriated for suggesting that the Kong was used in such training, and that the first order of business was teaching the dog to play fetch with the Kong. OMG. How come you aren't crying about discovering that the alpha theory is a crock on this newsgroup, like you are on the AOL behavior board? Is it book pimping time again? Or are you just off your meds? |
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"Ronna" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
How come you aren't crying about discovering that the alpha theory is a crock on this newsgroup, like you are on the AOL behavior board? Heh. Because most of us already know that the popular alpha theory is mostly a crock? And have been discussing it for years? -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Rocky wrote: "Ronna" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: How come you aren't crying about discovering that the alpha theory is a crock on this newsgroup, like you are on the AOL behavior board? Heh. Because most of us already know that the popular alpha theory is mostly a crock? And have been discussing it for years? -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. Oh no Matt, HE has been telling us that for years (on another board) and we all supposedly ridiculed him. The people on that board have also been discussing it for years, but according to LCK, none of has. @@ |
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