Police K-9 Decoy Seminar
Idaho Elite K-9 · Three-day seminar
Idaho Elite K-9 is excited to host Jerry Bradshaw of Tarheel Canine Training for this event.
Patrol K-9 performance is only as strong as the decoy work behind it. In this three-day seminar, you will learn the decoy skills that build confident, reliable patrol dogs, through classroom instruction and hands-on practical work.
- Dates
- Feb 9 – 11, 2027Tuesday through Thursday
- Location
- Rigby, IdahoIdaho Elite K-9 facility
- Spots
- Working or auditWorking and audit spots: law enforcement only
Jerry Bradshaw
Jerry has spent more than 30 years in professional dog training, building law enforcement K-9 teams and teaching protection work. He teaches what he has seen hold up under pressure, and he shows you how to build it into your own team.
He runs Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. and leads the Protection Sports Association (PSA) as its founder and executive director.
- Tarheel Canine Training, Inc.Founder and owner
- Protection Sports Association (PSA)Founder and executive director
- 30+ years in the fieldProfessional training, law enforcement K-9 development, protection work
Classroom and hands-on
In the classroom
- Reading K-9 behavior during controlled aggression
- Drive manipulation
- Setting clear goals for each training session
On the field
- Proper technique in the suit and the hidden sleeve
- Safe mechanics for catching police dogs in training
- Working dogs toward their goals in foundation and skills training
Skills you'll learn
The decoy as a training tool
- Using the decoy for operant conditioning
- Bringing out civil aggression
- Drive channeling
- Alerting on passive suspects with no equipment
Eliminating equipment orientation
How to remove equipment orientation in any dog, and why it comes from the decoy and not from the sleeve. You will learn proper foundational sleeve mechanics.
Equipment and technique
- Prosthetics, gauntlets, hidden sleeves, and leg sleeves
- Bite-suit targeting and catch mechanics
- Decoying technique for muzzle work
Control commands
Decoy technique for training and maintaining outs, guarding, hold and bark, redirects, and call-offs (recalls).
Scenarios built for limited training time
Learn to fold fundamentals and skill exercises into real-world police K-9 scenarios, so every hour you spend with your decoys counts.
Stronger decoy work, stronger dogs
On the street
- Patrol dogs that make apprehensions with confidence
- Better protection for your handlers
- Dogs free of equipment orientation
In certification
Handlers who are better prepared for certification, with clean, conflict-free outs and recalls.
Built for working teams
Working and audit spots are open to law enforcement only.
Reserve your spot
Working and audit spots are open to law enforcement only. Checkout is handled securely through our store.
Working spot
Law enforcement participant
- Classroom instruction and hands-on practical decoy work, February 9, 10 and 11
- Full seminar curriculum
- Direct instruction from Jerry Bradshaw
Audit spot
Law enforcement observer
- Watch and learn all three days
- Full seminar curriculum
- Direct instruction from Jerry Bradshaw
Seminar dates: February 9, 10 and 11, 2027. Location: Idaho Elite K-9, Rigby, Idaho.
Questions about this seminar or want more information? Contact Idaho Elite K-9 at 208-569-1627 or email support@idahoelitek9.com.