Professional Dog Training Competitions - Inside K9 Street League with Mike Jones | Mike Drop #189

About this video

Mike Jones discusses K9 Street League, a dog sport competition he created to be cross-compatible with existing training disciplines like PSA, Ring, and Mondio. Jones explains that Street League aims to be family-friendly and accessible, with events where competitors can win prize money and where proceeds support troubled youth and human trafficking survivors. He also describes Valor K9, a nonprofit he helped develop with Scott Crawford that provides service dogs to human trafficking survivors and helps veterans through dog training.

Key takeaways

• Jones designed Street League to allow handlers from various dog sport disciplines to compete without abandoning their primary training systems, using decoys trained in multiple catching styles.
• Jones states his vision for Street League includes becoming a world sport with regional hubs, a full season structure, club competitions, and sponsorship opportunities for decoys similar to professional fighters.
• Jones recounts how his involvement with human trafficking survivors led to the creation of Valor K9, a nonprofit that sources and trains service dogs for survivors and helps rehabilitate veterans through dog training.

Episode details: published May 29, 2024 · 1.7K views · 9:34 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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