VENTOSA KENNEL

PATROL/EXPLOSIVES K9 HANDLER COURSE

June 26 – August 4, 2023

August 21 – September 29, 2023

October 30 – December 8, 2023

January 22 – March 1, 2024

April 1 – May 10, 2024

June 10 – July 19, 2024

August 19 – September 27, 2024

October 28 – December 6, 2024

PATROL/EXPLOSIVES K9 COURSE

Our Patrol/Explosives K9 training course consist of the following training disciplines:

Patrol Training

• Obedience including on and off leash control responding to verbal commands and hand signals.
• Agility and confidence training including vertical jumps, broad jumps, ladder climbing, elevated walks, crawling, slippery floors, and loud and unusual noises.
• Apprehension including single and multi-person apprehensions, recall and call outs, apprehensions from vehicle, vehicle extraction, handler protection, prisoner escort, apprehension with gunfire.
• Article Search/Evidence Recovery includes finding articles with evidentiary value such as crime scene evidence or articles used in a crime. Training will involve articles that both contain human scent and articles void of human scent.
• Open area search utilizing airborne scent work to detecting hidden suspects in outdoor areas of concealment. K9 trained to silent whistle response for tactical searches.
• Building search utilizing tactical search techniques for locating and apprehending suspects hidden within buildings. K9 trained to silent whistle response for tactical search.
• Tracking/Trailing with scent discrimination over various types of surfaces on tracks at least one hour old and one mile long.

Explosives Detection Training

• • Explosives detection course teaches the canine to detect various elements of explosive compounds including RDX, PETN, TNT, Nitrate and Chlorate Acid Salts as well as other explosive components.
  • K9 search procedures of buildings, vehicles, open and wooded areas, and packages/luggage.

Price for this course includes:

• • Trained K9
  • Handler training (6 week course)
  • Lodging for handler during training (optional)
  • All necessary training equipment
  • Classroom materials and training manual
  • K9 Health and Performance Guarantees
  • Complete veterinarian exam of K9, health and vaccination records

(Includes lodging)

If you have additional questions, please call 252-370-5353. 

OUR POLICE DOGS AND OUR POLICE K9 TRAINING SCHOOL IS SECOND TO NONE

We guarantee any K9 team trained at Ventosa Kennel will be capable of passing certification requirements with any certifying organization in the US today.