Who is this course for?

Become an asset to your agency’s training group by improving your skills and enhancing the performance of your department’s police service dogs. This is a 24 hour hands-on class with personalized and individual training. Students will spend 3 days working the Basic Handler’s Class.

**This course will be limited to four students per class.**

This is a physically demanding and challenging course. Please come prepared!

Topics/Areas to be covered:

• Proper use and application of safety equipment to minimize injuries and reduce K9 related worker’s compensation claims.
• Proper application, timing, severity, and utilization of corrective tools and equipment.
• Learn to properly identify the dog’s drives (prey/defense) and agitate accordingly.
• Improve and hone your “guard & bark” techniques to enhance alerts and increase safety for officers and the public.
• Develop techniques to enhance “transitional” behavior.
• Proper muzzle fighting and undercover sleeve applications and techniques.
• Learn and develop confidence in the bite work: Taking “high bites” and “leg and body bites.” Learn how to properly “slip” a bite suit.
• Agitation for building and area searches, vehicle extractions, attic insertions, working “the blinds,” ground fighting, gunfire, stakeouts, “civil” agitation, and much more.