Highland Canine Training will be instructing two Police Canine Decoy Seminars in the near future. These seminars are great for handlers who want to learn more about proper decoy techniques as well as how to improve grip and targeting. During the seminars, we will also work on other skills training such as the “out” and “recall” or “call-off” Both seminars will be held in conjunction with the American Police Dog Tactics Association.

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I have conducted dog training seminars throughout the country and even worldwide.  During these seminars, I have seen a great number of police dogs and protection dogs that do excellent bite work.  I have also seen even more of the dogs that didn’t.  The excuse for the poor bite work is never the same.  He has a weak grip, his drives are bad, female dogs don’t bite well, etc.  It’s easy to blame the dog for poor performance, they really can’t argue. A majority of the time however, the dog has been worked by a poor decoy to the point that the dogs bite is suffering.  A good decoy can easily change a mediocre dog to one that is excellent.  With that said, a poorly trained decoy can turn a great dog into one that will not bite at all.

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