DECOY INSTRUCTION
Decoy Workshop July 12 & 13 2025
- Introduction to protection dog sports (IPO, PSA, KNVP, Ring, SDA)
- Selection of equipment (bite suit, sleeves, hidden sleeve and muzzle, etc)
- Decoy safety
- Primary targeting and secondary targeting
- Fundamental movements and “catch” mechanics
- Opposition reflex during bite work
- Alerting on passive suspects
- Decoy’s role of the “out”
- Discussion of theory and practice of proper decoy skills
- Eliminate useless movements / Promote useful movements
- Applying decoy skills from theory to practice
- And more!
ADVANCED DECOY INSTRUCTION
- Applying and relieving pressure / channeling drives
- Prey guarding and decoy body language
- Adding distractions to bitework
- Implementing decoy fundamentals into bite work scenarios (Police – Sport)
- Advanced targeting and countering techniques
- Muzzle Fighting
- Passive bites
- Seated bites
- Civl bites
- Eliminate equipment orientation man orientation exercises (sleeves do not create equipment orientation, decoys do)
- And more!
Police K9 Decoy Instruction
Our Police K9 decoy program is designed for Police K9s.
- Discussion of the theory and practice of proper decoy skills
- Decoy safety
- Opposition reflex
- Chaneling drives
- Man orentation / Civil bites
- Proper catch mechanics
- Passive bites
- Eliminate useless movements, promote useful movements
- Proper use of break sticks
- Prey guarding
- Deployment exercises
- And more!