10 Different Areas of Dog Training Part 3

Drug Detection Dogs – Drug dogs, are in great demand. They are carefully hand-selected for their temperament. They have extremely high levels of drive and they enjoy working for long periods of time.

Every Law Enforcement agency in the country wants a drug dog. Because of that it is not just a local business – you will sell dogs all over the U.S.. Some states have strict guidelines for becoming a drug dog trainer. All drug dog trainers will need a license from the D.E.A. to allow you to have small amounts of the drugs needed to train a drug dog. You must follow your state guidelines to qualify for licensing to perform this service.

Arson Detection Dogs – Arson dogs are trained to work around physical obstacles and discriminate scents of various accelerants used to set fires. Your customers will be fire departments and private arson investigators. Arson dogs are trained in the passive response, i.e., to sit on the odor, so as not to disturb any evidence at the scene. The arson dog is trained to discriminate the scent of hydrocarbons, the substance most commonly found in all types of accelerants. Most states have no special licensing requirements

Police Patrol K9 – The Patrol Dog is trained to protect its handler through the use of controlled aggression. The dog is trained to bite under two circumstances:

• When the handler commands the dog to do so.
• When any aggressive moves are made toward the handler.

The patrol dog is a sophisticated and highly trained creature. They can be used in a variety of situations. Because good trainers are so very selective, their dogs will have a unique temperament, which allows them to be controllably aggressive when necessary.

Additional capabilities of the Patrol K9

• Building Search - This makes it possible for the dogs to detect intruder(s) in a building by scent, sight, or sound. The animal will then alert the handler to the particular location. The dog can do a building search more quickly and more effectively than a person. And, in addition, the handler is afforded the protection of not being exposed in the building.
• Air Scenting - Through this technique, the dog is able to detect an intruder in an open or wooded area by utilizing the sense of smell in relation to the wind.
• Tracking - Through this method the patrol dogs can exhibit a variety of outstanding capabilities. They are effective in all types of terrain. They can follow scents, which are not fresh (several hours old.) They cannot be fooled by cross tracks, or by the tracks of animals, which have wandered across the tracks, they followed. Even discarded evidence, thrown away by the suspect, can be found during tracking through sophisticated scent discrimination.