Performance Kennels, Inc.
Retired
police officer with approximately 30 years of service in the
Minneapolis, MN area.
Patrol dog handler 1988-1994.
Canine Unit trainer and supervisor 1994-2010.
USPCA Level 1 and 2 trainer, detector dog trainer, and
National PD-1 judge.
Steve does a majority of the training at Performance Kennels and
is the person who evaluates and selects the dogs in Europe.
Jan is a former canine handler in the U.S. Army. She is a retired police officer and was a canine handler for law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jan is a USPCA level 1 and 2 trainer and National judge. She is a four time USPCA National PD-1 champion with two different dogs. Jan is currently the primary trainer and consultant for the explosive and narcotic detector dogs at the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport.
Mark is a
detector dog handler for an agency in the Minneapolis, MN area.
Mark is a certified USPCA detector dog trainer and
specializes in narcotic detector dogs.
Mark brings a tremendous amount of experience in
narcotics interdiction by deploying his dog in major shipping
facilities such as Fed-Ex and
Due to the
sensitive nature of their current assignments in the law
enforcement community the remaining trainers utilized by
Performance Kennels Inc. are not listed on this public web site.
Rest assured we only use quality trainers with a strong
work ethic and keen ability to communicate with new handlers so
that they can become proficient with their new dogs.