Dog Supervision Training

DETECTOR DOG PROFICIENCY TRAINER COURSE

PURPOSE:

This course is to provide a person with the necessary training to set up training problems for detector dogs. (This course can be used for both drug dogs and bomb dogs.)

CLASS OBJECTIVES

• Set up training problems to insure proficiency of dog and handler are maintained at a high level.
• Critique training problems and direct corrective action.
• Develop training problems to increase proficiency of dog and handler.
• Correct minor training problems.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

• Set up proper training problems for detector dogs and handlers.
• Evaluate training problems to determine if they meet training needs.

LENGTH OF COURSE

2 weeks; the last two weeks of a detector dog class.

Student will develop basic skills in maintenance training, record keeping and basic record analysis for detector dogs. The student will have a working understanding of how to develop evaluations of the detector dog team, be required to make deployment decisions based on observations of teams during training and as a result of record analysis.

K-9 INSTRUCTOR SUPERVISOR COURSE:

• This course is designed to teach a trained dog handler how to match a new handler(s) and detector dog(s) together as a highly proficient team(s).
• The person actively participates in instructing the class and setting up training problems for students.
• The bomb dog course is 4 weeks long and the drug dog course is 3 weeks long.

K-9 SUPERVISOR TRAINING:

Designed to teach supervisors of dog teams as to what they should know in order to ensure the dog teams are performing to standard.

PROFICIENCY TRAINER TRAINING:

• Designed to train a person on how to conduct dog team (for both dog and handler) proficiency training (designed to ensure the dog and handler can do their job).
• Person is taught how to set up problems for the team; how to detect problem areas and how to solve minor problems.

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