Detector Dog Training with Gary Haddon: Obedience to Odor

Podcast: The Police K9 Training Podcast with Jeff Meyer · Jeff Meyer

Opublikowano: 2026-06-09

Host Jeff Meyer sits down with longtime K9 instructor Gary Haddon for an in-depth episode on detector-dog operations, training philosophy, and real-world deployment. The conversation focuses on obedience to odor: how to bring the dog to the hunt, not the toy, and shape dogs to ignore visual and food distractions while staying laser-focused on scent. Gary and Jeff compare reward strategies (primary rewards vs. markers), building distance, leash-counter techniques, proofing with distractors, and practical ways to teach dogs to re-engage on source odor versus non-productive odors. To contact Jeff Meyer, email him at: Jef...