Programs
Working Dog Training
Training a working dog demands *1 ultimate knowledge of the dog as a species and the ability to use *2 operant and *3 classic conditioning to create the goal behavior. Those 3 do not change if the training is for LE, Military or Private Security organizations. Many years of development and practice have been put in finding the training methodology for creating reliable working dogs. By working with members of LE on country level and with K9 operators from SF to make sure that our methodology meets the highest standards. All this knowledge and access to LE K9 trainers and or SF K9 operators is available for your K9 programs, so instead of trying to reinvent the wheel again we can create for you training plans or even progression plans tailored to your organization’s goals.
K9 STANDARDS
Most K9 standards all over the world seem to be out dated and do not resemble how the K9 units actually work. The K9 industry is the only industry in the world that works outside their standards.
To do something about it we created Police, Military and Professional Working Dog Standards. These standards can be adjusted to your specific needs. The Base of the standards are professionalism, reality and humane.
Professionalism in the K9 industry means that the handler and K9 should understand their job completely, been trained in it and work professional
Reality means that the training and standard needs to be comparable with what the team does in their line of work.
Humane the K9 Unit needs to act humane during their work but also the K9 needs to be trained humane (no pain or stress)
To reach these keypoints the K9 needs to be trained to a standard and preferably by a K9 trainer that trains in such manner that the K9 can perform to its best capabilities.
This can only be if there is no conflict in the K9 caused by forcing the dog in a behavior that works against the natural instinct.
Also progression plans are a must these days as only then we can monitor and if need be evaluate the behaviour the K9 shows during training.
With that knowledge the trainer can move forward or go back in training without getting unwanted behaviors during deployments of the K9.
For this we developed a standard for professional K9 trainers
By using standardized trainers the training of the K9’s can become standardized so the dog will react in a specific window of behaviors that are trained so wanted.
Unwanted behaviors can be kept to a minimum and can be corrected using the progression plan notes.
The handler needs to completely understand that a K9 cannot take the responsibility in the teams actions as the dog only reacts on the impulses of instinct and the learned behaviors trained in by the trainer.
The handler needs to understand how the K9 is trained by the trainer and why.
Then training to the reality of the task and certify to standards that meet the reality can be done.
This will create a non conflict relasionship between handler and K9 and this will give the handler the knowledge and confidence to perfome the task in a professional manner.
K9 STANDARDS
Most K9 standards all over the world seem to be out dated and do not resemble how the K9 units acctually work. The K9 industry is the only industry in the world that works outside their standards.
To do something about it we created Police, Military and Professional Working Dog Standards. These standards can be adjusted to your specific needs. The Base of the standards are professionalism, reality and humane.
Professionalism in the K9 industry means that the Handler and K9 should understand their job completely, been trained in it and work professional.
Reality means that the training and standard needs to be comparable with what the team does in their line of work.
Humane the K9 Unit needs to act humane during their work but also the k9 needs to be trained humane (no pain or stress)
To reach these keypoints the K9 needs to be trained to a standard and preferably by a K9 trainer that trains in such manner that the K9 can perform to its best capabilities.
This can only be if there is no conflict in the K9 caused by forcing the dog in a behavior that works against the natural instinct.
Also progression plans are a must these days as only then we can monitor and if need be evaluate the behavior the K9 shows during training.
With that knowledge the trainer can move forward or go back in training without getting unwanted behaviors during deployments of the K9
For this we developed a standard for professional K9 trainers
By using standardized trainers the training of the K9s can become standardized so the dog will react in a specific window of behaviors that are trained so wanted.
Unwanted behaviors can be kept to a minimum and can be corrected using the progression plan notes.
The handler needs to completely understand that a K9 cannot take the responsibility in the teams actions as the dog only reacts on the impulses of instinct and the learned behaviors trained in by the trainer.
The Handler needs to understand how the K9 is trained by the trainer and why.
Then training to the reality of the task and certify to standards that meet the reality can be done.
This will create a non conflict relasionship between handler and K9 and this will give the handler the knowledge and confidence to perfome the task in a professional manner.