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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

28/07/2025

The secret I use to ‘trick’ my dogs into a longer indication…

Roy is already amazing at detection work and can indicate very small scent sources, but this isn’t enough.

When you’re training dogs for real-life missions, the bar is high.

I’m also teaching him to indicate for a full minute.

To do that, you need to take a step back, and use somewhat of a larger scent.

If you use a small scent right out of the gate, your dog might become unsure.

It will just continue searching, start doubting, and begin barking.

Not what you want.

However, when you’re using a larger scent source, things might become a bit too ‘easy’.

It certainly does for us.

So, I make it a bit more difficult for Roy by gently pulling on the leash to distract him.

Then, I only mark and reward when Roy keeps referring calmly – and without making any noise.

This is just one of the tricks I have up my sleeve to turn everyday puppies into masters of detection.

👇 To get more tricks, just comment “Foundation Video” (of “Systeem Video” voor Nederlands) and I’ll send you a free video containing all my best-kept secrets.

27/07/2025

You can’t call yourself a pro working dog trainer until you can do this…

In real-life missions, a suspect won’t always run in nice and easy environments.

Sure, your dog will track in forests sometimes.

But have you thought…?

What if…?

… They start running on concrete?

On hard surfaces, there are WAY more smells, since many more people walk there and the scent is harder to smell.

This makes it exponentially harder for your dog to follow the scent.

Is this more difficult to train?

Yes.

But is it an absolutely essential skill for professionals?

You bet!

Until you can tackle any environment, you can never be fully confident in your dog’s tracking.

The best starting point is our free tracking video.

You’ll learn how to master the fundamentals, what your next steps should be to conquer ANY terrain – and become one of the best trainers in your region.

💬Just comment “Tracking Video” (of “Speur Video”) and you’ll get it immediately.

25/07/2025

👇What happens to your training when you go on holiday?

If you’re training properly… then nothing much needs to happen at all!

Our ‘Flying Dana’ is also taking a little break.

At the time you're reading this, I’m soaking in the sun in Barcelona, and I don’t really worry about the consequences.

Whenever I come back, I’m AMAZED at how well the dogs remember everything.

You often won’t even remember how fat you got with a particular exercise when you come back…

… and that’s okay.

Your dog will show you where you left off

You just immediately ‘pick up’ at the level you ended on before the holiday.

I know it might be hard to take some time off, but you need it to do your best work.

You can still learn while on holiday, just don’t worry about the consequences of not training for a week.

24/07/2025

It’s invisible, but it kills your tracking.

If you’ve ever thought:

“Why the HELL did my tracking go well yesterday, but today we can’t get anything right!”

I might have the answer for you.

I mean, there are LOTS of factors that influence your tracking, but there is one – invisible and unpredictable – that can totally ruin your progress.

Especially if you’re in the beginning stages.

Nobody accounts for this ‘random’ variable in real-life missions, as it is not something you can control.

And that’s exactly why it kills your progress in the beginning, especially if you can’t ‘tame’ it.

Before I tell you what it is (bear with me)...

If your tracking results are inconsistent, you have the RIGHT to be frustrated.

Inconsistency is one of the most stressful things you could go through as a working dog trainer.

Lives are at stake, and you can’t have random things such as…

… the wind is killing your confidence.

Yes, I’ve been talking about the wind.

If you’ve been struggling with inconsistency and you don’t know why, the wind might be to blame.

But that’s far from the only thing you need to think about.

𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫).

💬Comment “Tracking Video” (of “Speur Video” voor Nederlands) and I’ll send it immediately.

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.

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