Highland Canine Training, LLC » detection http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog Tips and Advice on Dog Training and Behavior Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:46:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Can I certify my dog at the end of my Canine Instructor School? http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/09/13/can-i-certify-my-dog-at-the-end-of-my-canine-instructor-school/ http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/09/13/can-i-certify-my-dog-at-the-end-of-my-canine-instructor-school/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:10:28 +0000 admin http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/09/13/can-i-certify-my-dog-at-the-end-of-my-canine-instructor-school/ Continue reading →]]> Highland Canine Training offers a school and certification program that will teach you progressive and innovative methods of beginning your new dog training career. Whether you are interested in learning basic or advanced obedience training, behavior modification, police K-9 training, detection, search and rescue, competition obedience or sport dog training or even want to advance your skills for a dog related business that you already own, our courses are the best place to begin.

With this being said, many of our students in the past, whether the course is to learn how to test out and train protection dogs or our dection courses usually bring their on dog with the hopes that they can get their personal dogs trained and certified. The chances of getting a green dog completely certified by the end of say a 6 week course in not realistic. First off, it’s hard to say that your personal dog will have the proper drives that it takes to become a full service working dog. Please don’t take it personal if we tell you this, this course is not designed to just train your personal dog, it isdesigned to give you the tools to teach you how to choose the right working dog for the job, and to work with various canine/breeds in various stages of their training.

It seems in the past that some students only want to work their personal dogs and become irritated or offended if they are working other dogs/breeds. You must have an open mind when training dogs and many dogs have many different levels of drive and behavior just like people. If you only limit yourself to training one dog or one specific breed then your are missing so much education and are simply shorting yourself on building your skills as an instructor. For example if you are here to learn detection dogs, you can still learn so much about odor and behaviors of dogs in odor from search and rescue canines by running a track or observing the dogs work the rubble pile. So don’t limit your exposure it will make you a well rounder dog trainer!

There are many different ways to train both pet dogs and working dogs, even if you are not going to use some of the varios methods, that is fine, but it only benefits you to learn all the methods so you can understand how some dogs you may come across for brush up are trained. And who knows you may be able to take a little bit from each method and come up with a new method of training!

So, yes we have certified some personal dogs that come through with variuos students enrolled in our canine instructor’s course, but it is not a gaurentee. This course is designed to benefit those who may start up a SAR team, supervise police canine unit, or simply want to train working dogs for a living. Please feel free to give us a call or check us out on the web for various courses offered for canine working dogs!

]]> http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/09/13/can-i-certify-my-dog-at-the-end-of-my-canine-instructor-school/feed/ 0 Commercial Drug Detection Services http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/01/27/commercial-drug-detection-services/ http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/01/27/commercial-drug-detection-services/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:18:52 +0000 admin http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/?p=356 Continue reading →]]> Of the 16.6 million illicit drug users aged 18 or older in 2002, 12.4 million (74.6%) were employed either full or part time. These employees are costing American businesses billions of dollars annually in lost productivity and health care costs. Due to higher employment rates and rising substance abuse, the chances that your organization employs one of these 12.4 million workers is greater today than it has been in the past several years. Studies reveal that employees who abuse drugs have a tremendously harmful effect on the workplace—they are more likely to have extended absences from work, show up late, be involved in workplace accidents, and file workers’ compensation claims.

Highland Canine Training, LLC offers private detection services for businesses, schools, and private homes. This service allows private businesses to determine whether their facility has an issue with employees using illegal drugs at their workplace. This service also allows companies the opportunity to take a proactive approach to this increasing problem without the initial presence of local law enforcement. Drug detection services allow the employer to promote a Drug Free Workplace as well as providing an unmatched psychological deterrent.

Highland Canine Training, LLC offers teams that are capable of searching residential and commercial structures as well as motor vehicles. Our top-quality dogs are able to easily search a multitude of areas and objects and can detect the odor of illegal narcotics effortlessly. Our narcotics detection dogs are trained to locate the odor of Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Cocaine HCL, Crack Cocaine, Heroin and derivatives.

Our services can be contracted monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or you can be placed on a “will-call” status. These detection sweeps are coordinated with the appropriate company personnel and can be scheduled to suit your company’s needs.

Our handlers and employees are discreet and are held to the utmost confidentiality. We can assist you in implementing an effective plan for properly conducting these random searches within your business. With proper planning, these searches are often very effective and have little or no impact on the day-to-day workflow of your business. In some cases, these searches can be conducted in a manner that most employees never knew that they occurred.

Cost for our services is calculated based on a number of factors including but not limited to:

Size of facility
Area of facility to be covered
Number of employees
Vehicles to be searched (if any)
Scheduling (recurrent scheduling is at a reduced rate)

Highland Canine Training, LLC welcomes the opportunity to visit your facility and provide you with a detailed quote before services are contracted. Our services are very affordable and can easily fit within your budget. For example, a company with 100 employees would spend an average of $50 per employee to have them randomly drug tested once per year. This comes to a cost of $5,000 per year to drug screen each employee only once.

By utilizing detection dog services, the same company, with 100 employees could have their entire business screened once a month for an average cost of $200 per visit, totaling $2,400 per year. Therefore, the employer could have their employees and business screened twelve times more at a savings of $2,600 per year for the employer.

Some businesses are also eligible for insurance discounts when they initiate a proactive drug free workplace program. Check with your insurance provider for available discounts.

Highland Canine Training strives to offer the most professional and effective detection services available. A majority of our handlers are former or current law enforcement handlers. We provide discreet and confidential services for our clients at reasonable rates. You can learn more about our staff and facilities at our website. If you have questions or need more information, please feel free to contact us toll-free at .866.200.2207 or locally at 704.728.9494.

]]> http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2010/01/27/commercial-drug-detection-services/feed/ 0 Drug Dog in Buenos Aires http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/12/06/drug-dog-in-buenos-aires/ http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/12/06/drug-dog-in-buenos-aires/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:46:05 +0000 admin http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/?p=253 Continue reading →]]> Recently, we provided a narcotics detection dog to the Policia Seguridad Vial in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I had the opportunity to travel to Argentina to instruct the handler training for Chief Guillermos Rios, the new handler for the dog. The trip was made possible by the 911Fund out of New York, NY.

The dog, a Labrador Retriever, named Jett has been working in Buenos Aires for about three weeks now. He is the first drug detection dog in Buenos Aires and the only one used by the Federal police in Argentina. Jett will work in the Zarate region of Buenos Aires to assist in the drug interdiction efforts in the northern area of Buenos Aires. This area, which borders Brasil and the Missiones area of Argentina contains prime routes for drug traffickers.

Drug Dog in Buenos Aires Argentina

Drug Dog in Buenos Aires Argentina

The trip was a great experience and I had the opportunity to meet alot of great people during my stay in Argentina. Chief Rios and Jett bonded quickly and made a great team. During our handler school and training we had an opportunity to work the dog doing bus and truck interdiction in the field. The dog and handler performed well and this team will undoubtedly be an asset to the drug interdiction efforts in Argentina. Good luck to Chief Rios and K-9 Jett!

]]> http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/12/06/drug-dog-in-buenos-aires/feed/ 0 Robinho continues to clean up Kingsland, GA http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/11/19/robinho-continues-to-clean-up-kingsland-ga/ http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/11/19/robinho-continues-to-clean-up-kingsland-ga/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:02 +0000 admin http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/?p=246 Continue reading →]]> Recently, K-9 Robinho (a black labrador retriever trained by Highland Canine Training, LLC) and his handler Eric Koenig of the Kingsland Police Department in Georgia nabbed another local drug dealer. The case began with a traffic stop for failure to give a signal. The driver was excessively nervous and upon request would not give consent to a search of their vehicle. Robinho was deployed and sniffed the vehicle intently. He alerted by sticking his head up and into the driver side wheel well compartment near the tire and then he came to a sit. The behavior from the trusty labrador was definitely BAD NEWS for the driver of the car.

68 pounds of marijuana located by K-9 Robinho of Kingsland, GA Police

68 pounds of marijuana located by K-9 Robinho of Kingsland, GA Police

This canine alert led to the immediate opening of the trunk where 68 pounds of marijuana was found bundled with numerous layers of plastic and fabric softener sheets. None of the officers could smell any odor from the marijuana even with their faces literally stuffed inside the trunk. This just to demonstrate how well the driver had concealed the odor of the drugs and how acute Robinho’s nose is at finding odor.

Congratulations to Eric and Robinho for a job well done. Keep up the good work!

]]> http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/11/19/robinho-continues-to-clean-up-kingsland-ga/feed/ 0 Upcoming Dog Trainer School Schedule http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/10/17/upcoming-dog-trainer-school-schedule/ http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/2009/10/17/upcoming-dog-trainer-school-schedule/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:16:18 +0000 admin http://www.highlandcanine.com/blog/?p=148 Continue reading →]]> Highland Canine Training offers intensive and highly educational schools for dog trainers. Our programs teach students innovative methods of training dogs and gives our students everything they need to start their own dog training business. We offer training courses for basic dog obedience, advanced dog obedience, a Canine Training and Behavior Modification Professionals Course to teach the student how to train dogs as well as rehabilitate problem behaviors. We also offer working dog programs for the Police Canine Trainer / Instructor, Search and Rescue Trainer, Protection Dog trainer as well as courses to teach narcotics, explosives and human remains detection.

Our schedule for 2010 is listed below:

    January 4th, 2010
    April 5th, 2010
    July 5th, 2010
    October 4th, 2010

We are also offering discounted pricing for all of our courses for the Winter semester beginning on January 4th, 2010. Offers are available to those who register before December 1 , 2009. You can fill out our Dog Trainer Course Application here. For more information on our programs or our discounted prices, email us at training@highlandcanine.com or call toll free at 866.200.2207.

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