HOW TO PICK A POLICE DOG, MARKER TRAINING & BITEWORK | K9 MIKE

Canada’s Top Trainer, Elite Decoy, & Police Vendor Mike Nezbeth has a wide range of experience in all things dogs. He is the owner/founder of GrassrootsK9 in Toronto and GrassrootsK9 in Maryland. He’s also an established Police Vendor who carefully selects ideal candidates that would make strong, level-headed, and confident members in the police force and trains them to go into duty whether it be for detection, tracking, bitework, etc. Mike has a background in Psychology and Sociology which has played a role in his thorough understanding of operant conditioning. He is also passionate about training real world experiences which led him into the police world. In this live we discuss: - Police Vendor Role - Qualities to look for in candidates - Puppy selection - ‘Activating’ a dog - Proactive vs. Reactive - Most expensive dog 😅 - Ideal bite grips - Bitework foundation - Bitework Exercises - Backties and Bunjee training - The difference between operant & classical conditioning - Markers - Behavior questions - Scentwork - Favorite Memory & a lot more. Thank you so much, @k9_mike! Good luck with the puppy search and hope all goes smoothly crossing the border. We don’t want another Vito situation!