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
Student must demonstrate the ability to:
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.
