Full Service K9 Handler Course
December 22 - January 30 2026 @ Gainesville, GA | Host: Custom Canine Unlimited
Full Service K9 Handler Course
December 22 – January 30, 2025
Gainesville, GA
The Full Service K9 Handler Course offered by Custom Canine Unlimited (CCU) allows U.S. Veterans to use their GI Bill® or other VA Education Benefits for tuition assistance. The course provides the training you need to become a certified Full Service Drug Dog Handler, Explosives & Tracking Dog Handler, or Explosives & Patrol Dog Handler.
COURSE OVERVIEW OF CCU K9 HANDLER TRAINING
The Full-Service K9 Handler Course combines classroom study and practical application and takes 240 hours over six weeks. Prospective certified dog handlers select a training path that best suits their career goals (see below) and attend the course with one of our trained dogs.
Each student may choose their path of study at registration in one of the following areas:
- Full-Service Drug K9 Handler
- Obedience
- Drug Detection
- Human Tracking
- Article Search
- Patrol
- Explosives and Tracking K9 Handler
- Obedience
- Explosives Detection
- Tracking
- Explosives and Patrol K9 Handler
- Obedience
- Explosives Detection
- Patrol
They were developed through the direct working dog experience of Custom Canine Unlimited training staff. This course allows students to reap the benefits of being prepared to deploy as a K9 handler from K9 trainers who have walked in their shoes. The staff’s experience combined with a proven curriculum taught at a 47-acre K9 training facility is among the key reasons Custom Canine Unlimited’s Full Service K9 Handler Course proves to reliably prepare each student for their career as a K9 Handler. Use your GI Bill® for K9 Training today and start your new career path.
*Final Approval of Enrollment in this course is based on the current availability of trained dogs.