In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:  The negative space in training that will be addressed later on in training.  How to decide what to prioritize and what to purposefully leave out for the time being.  Creating a balance between handler focus and independence.  Decreased age in the desirability of police dogs compared to previous years.     Key Takeaways:  Get the dogs hunting so you can experience how they are functioning in their environments.  Teaching the final response too early on will condition the lesson that it revolves around obedience, not about what they can find in the hunt.  You can always turn the volume down on the intensity later on, but you can’t always turn it back up.  Understanding the temperament of an individual dog lets you know what you can do with that dog in training and the best way to train them.     "I fear a lot people end up putting too much pressure on the dogs in the trained final response portion of training because they don’t actually get to hunt a lot in the presence of the handler, they don’t get to hunt a lot around people." —  Jerry Bradshaw     Get Jerry's book Controlled Aggression on Amazon.com      Contact Jerry:  Website: controlledaggressionpodcast.com  Tarheel Canine Training:  www.tarheelcanine.com  Youtube:  tarheelcanine  Twitter: @tarheelcanine  Instagram: @tarheelk9  Facebook: TarheelCanineTraining  Protection Sports Website:  psak9.org  Patreon:   patreon.com/controlledaggression        Train Hard, train smart, be safe.         Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.