K9s Talking Scents

Episode 76 with Dr. Jennifer Cattet of Medical Mutts Jennifer Cattet Ph.D. has been training dogs professionally for over 35 years. Her work with service dogs started in a prison program where she was the instructor to the inmates/trainers. She has since started Medical Mutts, a service dog organization specialized in the training of rescue dogs as medical assistance dogs. With her scientific background, she is involved in studies in canine medical detection and has contributed to proving that dogs can detect the smell of hypoglycemia and seizures. Jennifer Cattet has taught hundreds of trainers about service dogs. She enjoys helping organizations and professionals start new programs to help more people with disabilities. She is an expert in the field of diabetic alert dogs, seizure alert dogs, and psychiatric service dogs, but she also has experience with training dogs for other conditions, such as mobility issues, autism spectrum disorder, etc. Jennifer Cattet Ph.D. is also the author of over 100+ blogs and has published books and training videos. Her approach to dog training is systematic and practical. She believes that when it comes to service dog training, efficiency and standards are essential. But what’s equally important is making sure dogs are treated as partners along the way. Her methods are based on collaboration and trust. The dogs are never forced but are instead rewarded when they willingly offer the desired behaviors. Her latest book is called: “Selecting and Training Your Service Dog: How to succeed in public access work.” Born in the US, but having grown up in France where she spent 30+ years of her life, Jennifer is perfectly bilingual and can teach in both English and French. She travels between the US and Europe several times a year to coach trainers on both continents. Show Sponsors: Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com 

Episode #75 with Tony Gravley When it comes to k-9 training, few people know as much about the subject as Tony. With 35 years of experience in handling, training dogs, and handlers, Tony knows what it takes to get the most out of these working dogs. From starting his career as a Marine Corp. MP and Military Dog handler and Trainer, then a Contract Working Dog handler working in Afghanistan and Iraq for over 12 years, then Working at Auburn University Canine Performance Center... Tony has a wide range or REAL detection dog experience.  These days Tony still works with Bomb dogs and has a private business as well as being a NACSW and AKC Scentwork Judge.  You can find Tony at http://www.nextgenerationk9.com  Show Sponsors: Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com 

Episode #73, Have you ever thought of getting into the Bed Bug Detection Dog world or start a business in the field of Bed Bug Detection.  This episode guest has his own successful Bed bug Detection business and did so during the 2020 pandemic.  Nick Hamer owner of K9 BBI (Bed Bug Inspectors) has a wide variety of clients and multiple dogs out there putting in work.  To learn more about Nick and his business go visit www.k9bbi.com Show Sponsors Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com

Episode #73 with Steve White Over 40 years of mostly K9-centered law enforcement career, Steve White is the only person to have served as a handler, trainer, and supervisor for the Seattle Police Canine Unit. Accredited as a Master Trainer in 1993 by the Washington State Police Canine Association, Steve is also a past executive board member of that body. He served as vice president of the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, and is a consultant and instructor for the K9 Academy for Law Enforcement. Steve has instructed at seminars in the U.S., Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom. He has served as a primary instructor for Karen Pryor’s ClickerExpo and the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior. His articles have appeared in police K-9 and dog training publications in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Finland, and Japan. He specializes in teaching behavior modification, tracking, and scent work through the use of positive reinforcement-based operant conditioning. He provides consultation and training to K-9 units on administrative and legal issues, and has been recognized as an expert witness by Washington and federal courts in Police K-9 and dog behavior matters. Steve now has his business www.proactivek9.com email Steve@proactivek9.com CDTA URBAN TRACKING SEMINAR WITH STEVE WHITE, PROACTIVE K9 OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2022 Show Sponsors: Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com 

Episode #72 with Katelyn Graham of Katalyst K9. Kate has a breeding program producing Labradors for all types of detection. In this episode we talk about her experience why she looks for what she does in breeding and selecting puppies and so much more. You can find Kate at http://www.katalystkennels.com Show Sponsors: Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com 

Episode 71 Protection through Detection...K9s in schools In this episode I speak with 2 K9 handlers in from the Clark County School District Police. Clark County is the 5th largest school district in the United States. CCSD Police has 6 dogs in their program. Officer Woodland and his K9 Diamond detect Firearms on Instagram @k9_Diamond503 Officer Cooke and K9 Oreo detect Narcotics on Instagram @therealofficeroreo Show Sponsors Sci K9 Home of the TADD and NOTA http://www.scik9.com Getxent: Training absorbent tubes for all your odor needs http://www.getxent.com Precision Explosives: Get all your safe and REAL training odors (no permits needed) http://www.pre-exp.com Sheepdog Guardian: All your K9 Legal information and updates. http://www.sheepdogguardian.com Ford K9: All your Detection Dog learning needs at one spot. http://www.fordk9.com 

Episode #70 with Brad Gillespie  Bradley Gillespie has been handling and training working dogs for 20 years. He has trained Police and Military dog teams globally. Brad is currently employed as a handler trainer with the second largest Police K9 program in Canada where he specializes in patrol, tactical team integration and Explosive Detection. Brad is the Ontario Director for the Canadian Police Canine Association and has been the SME for several international K9 research projects. Brad considers himself a lifelong student of the game and believes in a foundation of objective evidence in terms of training whenever possible. He is continually striving to better train operationally reliable K9 teams through training programs that are repeatable, reliable, fundamental, teachable and learnable. ⠀ Contact Brad at Brad.Gillespie@opp.ca   Show Sponsors: Sci K9 home of the TADD and now the Novel Odor Training Aid (NOTA) www.scik9.com Honden Sport Shop: Home of the "Odor Pays Box" and many other Detection Training tools. www.hondensportshop.nl  Simon Prins ACT: Great training classes and equipment at www.simonprins.com Getxent Training Tubes: The tubes you have seen deigned to absorb nearly any chemical odor for you to use as a safe training tool to put out odor in numerous environments www.getxent.com  Precision Explosives: Are you looking for REAL odors to train on both Narcotic and Explosives? Go check out www.pre-exp.com  Ford K9: Handler and Trainer Schools as well as a variety of Seminars... can't come to Vegas, well we can come to you go visit al of our classes and seminars at www.fordk9.com   

Episode #69 This is a Re-Do for Episode #66 with Simon Prins... that episode the audio was not good... SO we did a new show but this time in person AND in Video. Go to the Ford K9 Youtube Channel to watch this episode. In this Episode we talk about the our mind set as handlers and trainers.  What are we communicating? Importance of place boards in detection and ORTs, and so much more!!! To contact Simon Prins go to www.simonprins.com  Thank you to the Show Sponsors: Ford K9 https://www.fordk9.com/ Simon Prins ACT https://www.simonprins.com Getxent https://getxent.com Sci K9 https://www.scik9.com Leash and Harness Coffee https://www.leashandharnesscoffee.com Precision Explosives https://www.pre-exp.com  

Episode #68 Using Addiction for Detection Dog Training. In this Episode Cameron and Michael talk about their joint training at the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers, as well as reviewing various detection dog training models to include aspects of Addictions in dogs to use for better detection dog training results. You can contact Michal Ellis at www.michaelellisschool.com  Thank you to our Show Sponsors: Ford K9: Are you looking for Detection Dog handler classes and seminars?  Are you looking for Detection Webinars and Videos? go visit www.fordk9.com Honden Sport Shop: Detection Dog Training Boxes and the home of the Odor Pays Box. Go visit www.hondensportshop.nl  Getxent Tubes: Are you looking for some of the best ways to place odor out in your training area, use something scientifically proven to absorb odor and release odor. Use the Getxent tubes, go to www.getxent.com  Precision Explosives: Are you looking for legal and safe to possess REAL odor training aids for explosives or narcotics and NOT need a ATF or DEA license?  Look no further than Precision Explosives, they have REAL ODOR training aids tested and measured telling you exactly what the purity level is on what you are training on.  First of its kind in this industry and backed by independent testing and reviews by practitioners and laboratory testing.  Go to www.pre-exp.com  Sci-K9: Home of the TADD and now the NOTA (Novel Odor Training Aid) Are you not sure what odor you want to train you dog on yet but want to teach your dog detection?  Well now you no longer need to train your dog to just find toys or food until you decide, you can now use NOTA. NOTA is a training odor material NOT FOUND anywhere in the environment and 100% safe to train on and no matter what you decide to train you dog on later... NOTA will not be at risk to ever be found in your real search environments  Get your NOTA and TADD today at www.scik9.com    

In this Episode I speak with Craig Koshyk and Bart Rogers. We discuss the history of breeds and why they do what they do.  Often times decisions are made based off what a handler likes vs what a handler needs. Also, little is considered as to the genetic history of the dog.  Craig Koshyk: Craig is a self proclaimed dog nut, canine historian, photographer and writer. He has studied breeds and their history all over the world. Check out his work at https://pointingdogblog.blogspot.com Bart Rogers: Bart has been developing and training explosives detection dogs, and instructing handler courses, for 10 years. Bart specializes in the foundational training of green dogs for explosives detection. He has successfully trained hundreds of explosives detection dogs for groups including VWK9, ATF, Department of Justice, and others. Wildlife conservation Bart has trained and deployed dogs for ecological conservation of: Eastern striped and Eastern spotted skunk, Black bear ,Burmese and North African rock pythons in the Florida Everglades Bonneted bat, Protected sport fish species (developed and implemented first Illegal Fish Filet Detection dog program for the Alabama Marine Resources Enforcement Department) Biological detection In addition to training dogs for operational services Bart has also been involved in training dogs for olfactory detection research of biological targets, including the first dogs trained to detect a live virus. Animal-assisted therapy Bart has trained service and assistance dogs for the Veterans Administration, and trained the first therapy dog for Auburn University's Student Counseling Services. Visit Bart's site https://sites.google.com/view/southpawconsulting/home Show Sponsors: Also Check out our NEW FORD K9 YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CameronFordK9  Precision Explosives:  Looking for quality Explosive or Narcotic training aids that are also legal to possess with no permits required  go visit www.pre-exp.com  SciK9: Home of the TADD and all your cleaning materials for Detection work. www.scik9.com  Getxent: Getxent tubes for odor absorption www.getxent.com  Honden Sport Shop:  Home of the Odor Pays box and other detection dog equipment. Go check out www.hondensportshop.nl  Ford K9 LLC:  Are you needing a Detection Dog Handler and Trainer School... maybe looking at one of the Ford K9 Seminars go towww.fordk9.com