Confident Working Protection Dogs: Training Chat With Matt Folsom of Modern Malinois #211
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
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Social media sensation and protection dog trainer Matt Folsom of Modern Malinois, joins me to chat about dog training. Matt is a skilled trainer dedicated to continual growth and uses luring to achieve brilliant results. Although we approach dog training with different methods for different reasons, including how our minds work, we have mutual respect and a lot in common in the way we create a great relationship with dogs and use the things individual dogs love as reinforcers. Enjoy this extract from our livestream celebrating 200 episodes of Shaped by Dog.
In the episode you'll hear:
• Why I want you to meet my friend Matt Folsom of Modern Malinois, master protection dog trainer.
• How Matt’s autism and my dyslexia influence our approaches to dog training, including luring vs. shaping.
• The difference between Matt’s luring mastery compared to typical luring and how he fades the lure.
• Matt’s philosophy on raising puppies, including why he does not want a professional puppy but a professionally trained adult dog.
• Our shared philosophy on relationship first and using what a dog loves most to create brilliant behavior.
• Why to push the boundaries when training dogs for their benefit.
• About Matt’s commitment to continually improving dog training and leaving tools like prong collars behind.
• Insight on a training game that makes people say WOW and how it creates a dopamine release for dogs.
Catch the 200 Episodes Celebration Replay and After Party Opportunities
Click Here for the Livestream Replay, PDF Downloads and Special Online Program Opportunities - https://dogsthat.com/sbd-celebrate-episode-200/
Resources:
1. Modern Malinois on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@modernmalinois
2. DogsThat on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dogsthat
3. Modern Malinois on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@modernmalinois
4. Modern Malinois on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/modernmalinois/
5. Podcast Episode 50: Can Your Worst Challenge Make You a Better Dog Trainer? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/50/
6. Podcast Episode 175: Food Luring VS Shaping In Dog Training: How Science Changed How I Teach Dogs - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/175/
7. Podcast Episode 196: Why Mastering Reinforcement Is The Linchpin To Reinforcement Based Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/196/
8. Podcast Episode 194: The Invisible Reason Your Dog Is Ignoring You - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/194/
9. Podcast Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/176/
10. YouTube Video: Two Dog Training Experts 70+ Years of Experience Talk Reinforcement (Chat with Steve White) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaRcHN2CUQ
11. Podcast Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/174/
12. Modern Malinois YouTube Live Video: Bitework with Matt Folsom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf7ge7teyU
13. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/327yASVbU4s
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I have got a special guest that I want this community to be introduced to. |
| 0:15.1 | His name is Matt Bolson and he's a certified master dog trainer who I'm going to read his bio and I'm going to tell you a little bit about him and then I'm bringing him on. |
| 0:24.5 | He has 4.5 million TikTok followers. Put it in perspective, I think we've got like 60 or 70,000. I don't know. |
| 0:30.6 | I think he's close to a million on YouTube as well. His dogs are really impressive. We've got a couple of videos we're going to share with you. So Matt's known for his science-based positive reinforcement training methods, which he's |
| 0:40.0 | applied through his training company, the modern Malin-Wa. And if you've been on TikTok, |
| 0:45.2 | if you've been on any social media and you're looking at dog training, you would have seen |
| 0:49.8 | Matt's dogs. And he's really an engaging guy on camera too. So his expertise in training include |
| 0:55.5 | socialization techniques, high level obedience, on command response, other strategies to help |
| 1:00.2 | increase security and personal safety for high level executive and law enforcement professionals. |
| 1:05.3 | He launched his training company after his friend's experience with a brutal home invasion |
| 1:09.6 | and is the owner of the most famous |
| 1:12.8 | melon wild puppies in the world. So Matt is, as he said, he doesn't train for competition. |
| 1:18.8 | He trains for protection. And he is a reinforcement-based dog trainer. He uses reinforcement |
| 1:25.3 | and almost every single aspect of his training. And he's |
| 1:29.1 | working extremely hard to, and that's how we met. He reached out to me, said, he wanted to jump |
| 1:35.5 | on a Zoom session, ask me questions about a certain behavior. He was having, you know, wanted to |
| 1:40.2 | think about different approaches. And we've been friends ever since. So Matt, I'm bringing you on. |
| 1:45.9 | Hello, my friend. How are you? Welcome. Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, I am so happy that |
| 1:52.1 | you're here. And anything I disclose about, Matt, you can know that I've been given permission. |
| 1:56.1 | And one of the things that there was this kindred spiritness obviously I love a dog that's animated and |
| 2:03.6 | loves to do what he's doing and I love a handler who you can tell that's what they want to do. |
| 2:11.6 | They want to be training their dog right now and it just shows that there's nowhere else |
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