Voodoo Dual Purpose German Shepherd
Bloodhound Puppies Blind Trails
Bloodhound Puppies First Harness
Bloodhound Puppies First Trails
Dog Obedience Training
Trailing Students 2-29-12
Bloodhound Training
Kali 2-24-12 Double Blind 2 hour Old Trail
Kali’s first double blind trail of this age. She was like a slot car. Trail layer was sitting in a chair and left a scent pool that was an hour old and then left the scene when we started the trail. This trail was 1/2 mile long and run in less than 6 minutes.
K9 Ronin 2-24-12
Charlotte PD K9 Ronin 30 min old, double blind trail, with back tracks and high find. K9 had to locate scent article.
Kali 2-27-12
Kali double blind 1 hour old trail through north Georgia Mountains. Trail layer Mary was told to do what she wanted to fool the dog which included wading through a 200 yard patch of briars and constant back tracking on her own track on a dirt road. She abandoned the dirt road just after the last double back, fleeing into a creek bed which she later crossed. Mary had no rules, no plan, and she had never been in this area before. Kali had never worked trails here either. Mary ran her trail for 36 min 48 seconds and Kali caught her in 20:25.
K9 Kali 2-29-12
This trail was about one hour old and one mile with a back track. The trail layer was Phoebe in red and the trail was run by Kali in Blue. The Google Earth image does not show the waterline all the way to the wood line as the lake is now full. Kali air scented Phoebe at a finger of land with a spur of lake between them at a distance of about 360 yards as measure with Google earth. She gave a Proximity alert shortly thereafter pointing to the lake or S/E but it went away after about 10′ of travel. There were three low ridges between Phoebe and Kali so the proximity alert and air scent were temporary. Second Proximity Alert near Phoebe that dragged Kali into the water. She worked the lake line directly to Phoebe. This trail was double blind.
Puppy Gunfire Training – 12-10-2011
Second phase of gunfire training for the pups. We started with distant exposure to the sound and with this phase, moved the guns in close. Starting with play near and automatic air gun, we then moved to a .22 and then a .380 with frangible ammunition.
Khan Bloodhound Training – 10-29-2011
Transitioning from soft to hard surface in a semi-urban environment. Getting the pups used to other people and activity around city centers while training. This was a very tough day due to a 15 MPH wind at our back the entire time. Still Khan did really well and notice how he handles barriers and obstacles to get where he needs to go.
Khan – 10-31-2011
Hard surface transitions. Had some difficulty with heavy wind on the hard surface. However, he did a great job on pre-exposure to the kids and finding the trail with them there as a distraction. Great proximity alert and great drive to finish the trail through the obstacles.
Khan Trailing New Handler – 11-9-2011
Khan working surface transitions with a new handler
Kali & Khan Trailing – 11-21-11
Trailing surface transitions and working in contamination. Trails are about 20 minutes old.
Khan Double Blind un-marked trail – 12-10-2011
Khan runs a 3/8 mile trail, 45 minutes old, non-marked, and I had no idea where the subject went on this double blind trail. Khan seemed to really come of age today and this is by far the fastest he has ever worked, almost a sprint. My camera woman, Phoebe, tried to film the best she could but it is mostly film of me running! Note how he slams into the scent pool at the end of the trail and works it out magnificently on his own. Nice work for a 5 month old pup!
Ronin formerly Khan – 12-14-11
Ronin, formerly Khan, running a .66 mile trail along the Etowah. Blind trail. Handler: Stephen Arnold
Ronin and Raiko – 12-15-2011
Steve working Ronin and Raiko in contaminated shopping center.
Steve and Ronin – 12-30-2011
Working a five month old bloodhound pup on proximity alerts. The handler, Steve, must call the alert prior to getting lit up. He was not fast enough on this one!
Steve and Ronin – 1-5-2012
Police K9 Ronin is six months old and working a double blind, one hour old, 1/2 mile trail. The purpose of the trail is for the handler to learn Ronin’s proximity alert to suspects as they draw near to avoid death or injury.
Steve and Ronin – 5-3-2012
Ronin Double Blind level 2 certification. This test was about 1.1 miles long for the dog but was supposed to only be 1/2 mile. The dog was almost on top of the track the entire way. The first section of road was all hard Georgia clay and the last half was a briar thicker then a road crossing.
Kali Bloodhound Training
Working Kali in old contamination and some surface changes. She had trouble in the start near a sidewalk but picks up the trail nicely after crossing over it once. Great proximity alerts and watch how she hits the scent pool in the building corner.
SARCON Training Exercises
SARCON 2011 videos. We will be uploading many more videos of training as well of the overhead filming by the Roswell Test Fight Crew using their drone. (Search and Rescue Conference)
GAK9 Voodoo at SARCON
Voodoo came to SARCON (Search and Rescue Conference) with us and it was her first time on a plane and out of state. This is her first trail within 20 hours of arrival. Note when she catches the edge of my scent pool with a good proximity alert and chases the blowing odor for a short distance prior to grabbing the trail again.
GAK9 Voodoo Dual Purpose K9 in Training
Melbourne PD TTTK9 Tactical Tracker Team School. Georgia K9 NTC’s 9 mo. Old Voodoo pup on her first tactical trail handled by Ofc. Melissa Bender, MSP. Voodoo had a great proximity alert and worked through paintball fire like a trooper!
Bloodhound Puppies Blind Trails
Bloodhound Pups First Harness & Lead
Majestic picks first puppy trails
GAK9 Dog Obedience Training Videos
GAK9 Service Dog Training
Ben & Nell
* Level 1 Certification: Technical Handler 
