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Everything you want to know about training pups and adult dogs We are a family business specializing in dog training. We train in a positive way using rewards.

Dick Staal has developed a training system that is suitable for every dog. https://dogtrainingdickstaal.com

22/07/2025

👇Tutorial on making your dog hyper-motivated to work…

I’m always looking for dogs that go CRAZY for toys.

Yes, I also train with treats a lot – but bigger rewards can unlock ultimate motivation.

They know that if they perform well, they won’t just get any reward…

They’ll get their FAVORITE reward.

But still… you have to be careful with this method.

Training with a ball often leads to problems.

Just to name a few:

𝟭. 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹

𝟯. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

Your training, on the other hand, should be controlled.

Your dog needs to learn how to share the ball with you.

Teach them that if they let go of the ball on command, they immediately get it back.

This makes them much more likely to NOT get overexcited by the ball, since they know they’ll get it eventually.

If you want a full guide on motivating your dog to work, comment “Formula” (of Systeem Video voor Nederlands) and I’ll send you a free video.

21/07/2025

How you’re unintentionally ruining your detection progress…

Some dog trainers use all kinds of scents to teach detection.

They teach a dog to look for explosives, money, cadavers… all kinds of things.

If you want your dog to be highly successful at detection work, that is something you DON’T do.

Let’s say your dog is trained on 3 scents.

What happens when you’re deployed in a collapsed building and you need to save people?

Your dog makes a find, and…

… you’re not even sure what they found.

It could be a person who needs help, but it could also be a mere banknote.

Always train your dog for ONE scent… and you’ll get highly specialized dogs.

Highly specialized = successful.

Another tip I can give you is to train on very small scent sources.

Yes, it’s much harder for the dog – but when push comes to shove, it’ll be much easier for them to find the object or person, since the scent will be stronger.

As you can see, detection work is a very serious task, where every mistake can potentially end a life.

If you want to see how you can avoid these mistakes…

Comment “Foundation Video” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands), and I’ll send you a free video on our training system.

20/07/2025

Never, EVER help out your dog when doing detection work…

… or at least, not in the way you might think.

I only help my dogs when they’re NOT asking for it.

I can already hear you say:

“Uh, Dick… what?”

But bear with me, this idea alone can transform your dog training skills.

If you start helping as soon as they ask for it, you’ll teach the dog to focus on YOU.

That leads to dogs that are dependent on the handler and don’t work on their own.

You definitely don’t want that.

You want dogs that search independently, while also understanding that you might occasionally help them.

Let me give you a real-life example.

In this video, we’re doing detection work – and Dana is searching independently.

HOWEVER!

I still occasionally point out specific spots where she could search.

Not because she asked for it, but because I decided to help her.

Promise me you’ll do this next time you train.

If you want a full breakdown of our world-renowned training system…

💬Just comment “Foundation Video” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands) and go check your DMs.

18/07/2025

How to guide your dog remotely in high-stakes missions…

If you don’t do this, you’ll be glued to your dog when they’re searching an area.

You don’t want that.

You want to have a dog that can search independently, so you can spend your time elsewhere in the mission.

There are two main drills we do to train independent detection work dogs.

The first one is something we show all the time…

Directing the dog from a distance with the laser to make it search a SPECIFIC area.

That comes in handy in real-life situations when you suspect where the object you’re looking for could be.

But what if you don’t know where the object could be?

What if you want your dog to search an ENTIRE area?

Enter… drill number two.

First, you send the dog to one location… and then guide it across to the opposite side using the laser.

That way, your dog searches a much wider area, without YOU needing to be there.

Detection work isn’t easy – and yet, it’s extremely important – so I’ve made a free video explaining the exact pillars behind our training.

You can become a better dog trainer and save more lives just by watching it now.

Comment “Formula” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands) and I’ll send it over.

15/07/2025

👇Read this if you can’t keep your dog from jumping on you.

If your dog does a certain behavior, it’s probably because it was taught to do it.

You might not be doing this consciously, but YOU’RE teaching it to jump.

I see dog trainers get this wrong all the time.

Here’s how it usually goes:

You tell your dog to sit, and they sit. Nice.

But then, as you grab your treat, the dog gets excited, and it starts jumping.

Still, you reward it because it listened to the ‘sit’ command.

Do you see how you’re actually rewarding the wrong behavior, instead of the one you wanted to reward?

You want to reward the MOMENT the dog sits down.

Don’t even give it the time to jump.

And if it DOES jump, don’t reward it.

That’s how you make a dog learn from its own behavior.

You’re jumping?

Okay, no treat.

You’re not jumping? Perfect, here’s your treat.

13/07/2025

If you’re not playing with your dog after training… I have bad news.

“What do you mean by ‘play’? I’m here to WORK with my dogs”, you shout.

I hear you – and I am as well.

But you have to think about motivation ALL the time.

If your dog doesn’t get to play with their favorite toy, how will they be motivated by it?

Everything we do in our training system has a reason behind it.

But still, as crazy as our Dana is about her ball, she’s calm and focused until she’s allowed to take it.

She immediately releases the ball on command and focuses entirely on it… until she hears the command:

“Take it!” (“vast” in Dutch)

Then, she’s allowed to grab it again and happily goes for it.

Next time you train your dogs using toys, actually spend some time playing with them after the training.

It pays.

11/07/2025

“How are your dogs always so motivated to work?”�
I get this question a lot.

When you can’t motivate your dog properly, you can only train when they “feel like it”.

That is NOT acceptable if you’re a working dog trainer who trains dogs for important tasks.

Of course, some dogs have more prey drive than others.

Some dogs will do anything for some food, while others don’t care as much.

So, what do you do if your dog struggles with motivation?

First, find a reward they LOVE. It could be a specific toy or a specific food. Every dog has something they go crazy about.

You just haven’t found it yet.

With the reward, you want to lure the behavior out.

Once you’ve done that, you mark it (e.g., with a clicker) and then reward it.

This type of training allows you to make many, many repetitions – where the dog doesn’t need to guess what they did correctly.

They know because you marked it!

Also, with this training style, the dog is put in a so-called “low drive” mode.

This helps them think more clearly and make better, individual choices.

You don’t want to raise a dog who can’t think independently. If they always need your input, your missions won’t go well.

If you want my exact step-by-step training system to raise dogs that end up saving countless lives…

💬Just comment “Foundation Video” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands) and I’ll send it right over.

10/07/2025

👇𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…

It’s not the breed.

It’s not the age.

And it’s definitely not the “personality type”.

It’s the way you reward them.

Take the example of the “barking on the box” exercise.

Lucy needs to find the box, stand on it, and bark until the handler comes.

But how do I teach Lucy to bark not just once or twice – but for a much longer time?

Again… motivation and rewards.

I don’t just walk over there hoping she barks.

No.

I walk with her favorite toy to motivate her, and if she stops barking… I stop walking.

This way, she learns from her OWN behavior, and learns the correct behavior much faster.

(May I add, this also makes her perform the exercise MUCH more consistently.)

Comment “Foundation Video” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands), and I’ll send you a free breakdown of my training method.

07/07/2025

“You can’t train a family dog.”

I think Danger proves this theory completely wrong 😅.

He heels, lies down, and returns to his crate like a professional working dog.

He’s trained so well, even the Australian military wanted to meet him.

(Is that why his name is Danger? That’s a cool coincidence.)

But how did we manage to train such a normal dog to such a high level of obedience?

I mean, this dog can even do bite work!

We did the same thing with Danger that we do with our Belgian Malinois.

Of course, Danger will never be a police dog that looks for cadavers. That’s not my point here.

Some breeds are simply better at working tasks – and they’re the ones who should carry the responsibility of high-stakes missions.

My point is…

If our working dog training system can train Danger to such a high level, how well do you think you could train more suitable breeds with this method?

If you’d like to find out for yourself, I’ll send you the entire step-by-step system I use to train working dogs to ‘elite’ status.

👇Just comment “Foundation Video” (Of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands) and I’ll send it over ASAP.

01/07/2025

𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭. 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝!

We’re teaching Roy to search an entire area — using just a laser.

In this video, you see the early phase: Roy gets sent to a single location where the laser points.

But soon, we’ll take it much further…

Roy will learn to search vast zones he hasn’t visited yet— guided from a distance with pinpoint accuracy.

It’s a game-changing upgrade for detection work…

You cover more ground.

Miss fewer spots…

And direct your dog like a precision tool.

(And yes… Roy’s already starting to get it!)

Want to see how we train dogs to master advanced detection skills — in a structured, positive way?

We made a free video revealing the foundation of our entire method.

👇 Comment “System” (or “Systeem video” in Dutch) and we’ll send it right away.

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