Performance Kennels, Inc.
Performance Kennels offers a 10 week basic patrol dog course
starting in early April each year.
(Fall courses are added on a case by case basis depending
upon demand) Each handler is provided with a green imported
canine selected specifically for the handler and agency’s needs.
The course will provide basic instruction in criminal
apprehension, evidence recovery, suspect search, building
search, area search, obedience, muzzle work, tactical
deployments and movement, agility, and tracking.
Tracking is our bread and butter and as a result we will
track every day.
Dogs will be trained to be passive to gun fire.
This course
is limited in size to 6 canine teams.
With a smaller class size each student is afforded
significant one on one instruction and has much less down time
than larger classes.
The course also covers case law in canine deployment as
well as in depth instruction on use of force.
Also included is a canine
first aid class taught by a DVM who specializes in emergency
veterinary care and understands the needs of the working dog.
Handlers must provide their own equipment including but not
limited to:
·
6’ patrol lead
·
3’-4’ light leather obedience lead
·
Agitation muzzle
·
15’ tracking lead and tracking harness
·
Leather gloves
·
At least 2 12”-18” tugs
·
At least 2 rubber balls such as Kong balls
·
Pinch, choke, flat, and agitation collars
·
Hidden bite sleeve and cover
·
Other equipment as needed during the class
Please
email or call for course costs.
Performance
Kennels offers a 4 week narcotic detector dog course for dogs
and handlers who are already working the street but want to add
the detector work to their arsenal.
The canine teams will be taught to
the passive alert for marijuana, hash, cocaine, crack,
methamphetamine / ice, and heroin.
The canine teams will work dog in various scenarios and
environments to ensure that they are as effective possible.
The training will include searching indoors as well as
conducting vehicle sniffs.
This
course is limited in size to 6 canine teams.
With a smaller class size each student is afforded
significant one on one instruction and has much less down time
than larger classes.
The course includes case law review, search warrant “boiler
plate” language, and a canine first aid class taught by a DVM
who specializes in emergency veterinary care and understands the
needs of the working dog.
The course will also prepare the students for certification at a
USPCA, NAPWDA, or similar certification.
Handlers must bring
their own equipment including but not limited to the following:
·
3’- 4’ light obedience lead
·
Reward toy(s) and toy
carrier
·
Pinch and choke collars
·
Flat collar
Narcotic courses are typically conducted between November and
March each year.
Please
email or call for course dates and costs.
Although
tracking training is a part of the basic patrol dog course it
can also be taught to single purpose dogs who want to add
tracking to their canine’s duties.
This training is typically done on an as needed basis and
since the needs of each agency vary so greatly we do not have a
set time frame for the course.
It is vital that the department who wants to add tracking
to their canine’s duties carefully consider the safety of the
handler who is conducting a track for a criminal suspect with a
non aggressive dog.
Tracking lost or missing persons with a passive dog is just
fine. However, we do not recommend that a passive dog be used to
track known criminal suspects.
Please call
or
email for more information about tracking training.