K9 Detection Live Coaching!

Live Coaching means you decide how you want to run the searches to meet your current training needs. You can run searches with known amount and/or location of hides. Maybe you want to focus leash handling or reading your dog. You can even run the searches "blind" with the life line option where we only intervene if needed. Do you have more than one dog in detection sports with different areas needing work? Bring them both! You can run a different dog for each element but you only get one shot to search in each element. Depending on the K9 Teams skill level, criteria for a search will change (such as known amount, elevation, etc) to be challenging and educational.

Elements for this workshop are Interiors, exteriors, vehicles, and containers

* *All skill levels are welcome however dogs must be trained for the odors of Anise, Birch, and Clove** NO ORT IS REQUIRED

** Other detection specialities such as narcotics, explosives, firearms etc, are also welcome to attend but must provide their own training aids**

Your lead instructor, Pete Stevens, is the President and Lead Trainer at The Scentsable K9. Pete retired from the Chula Vista Police Department after 24.5 years. During his career, Pete worked 4 Police Service Dogs- 3 single purpose (1 patrol and 2 narcotics) and 1 dual purpose (patrol/narcotics). Pete was assigned to patrol, Gang Suppression, Narcotics Enforcement Team, and was as a Task Force Officer assigned to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Pete is a Field Training Officer, Firearms Instructor, Use of Force Instructor and has an Advanced Certificate from the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (CA POST). Pete is a CA POST K9 team evaluator for patrol and narcotics. He is a Certifying Official for the International Police Canine Association (IPCA) and is on the IPCA Board of Directors. Pete is also NACSW trial Judge. In 2018, Pete created The Scentsable K9 which has conducted over 100 workshops and seminars focused on detection. Pete graduated from the first Canine Cognition Instructors Course at Ford K9.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

5501 S Linder Rd, 5501 South Linder Road, Meridian, United States