Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down with former adjunct professor, former ATF K9 Trainer & Instructor, former DHS Field Canine Coordinator, the CEO of Project K9 Hero, the CEO of Paradigm Defense Concepts, the CEO of K-9 Solutions International, published author, and Johnny A. Masengale Memorial Award recipient; Jason Johnson @projectk9hero

⁣

It’s fair to say, Johnson’s resume speaks for itself; as a nationally recognized subject matter expert in scent detection and K9 procurement, the man is a bit of a legend in the Explosives field. (Be sure to check out the projects he’s currently working on at the end of the post!)

Johnson started as a police K9 handler and trainer, a member of SWAT, a Defensive Tactics Instructor, a Field Training Officer and the Officer in Charge of the Honor Guard. Johnson honorably served in the US Army as a Military Police Officer, and served as an Explosive Detection K9 Handler, Trainer, Kennel Master and Protective Security Specialist for the U.S. Department of State in support of the Worldwide Personal Protection Services contract with U.S. Diplomatic Security throughout Iraq and Afghanistan.

Johnson was then a K9 Trainer/Instructor and Course Developer for ATF. He planned, developed and was the Lead Instructor for Explosive Detection Courses to a variety of domestic and International Federal Agents, LE and US Military. He trained, instructed and certified students in multiple federal agencies such as ATF, US Marshals, FBI, CIA, National Geospatial Intelligence, DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency and many others working specifically in explosives detection. He worked with the MWD program, training over 1,000 MWDs. He was also involved in developing and instructing the agency’s first off leash detection program, SEEK (Search Enhanced Evidence K-9), and the agency’s first SRT dual purpose patrol/explosives detection canine. He instructed explosive detection canine courses for the US Department of State’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.

Johnson then served as a Field Canine Coordinator for DHS, and is actively working with Congress to see that his vision of the K9 Hero Act, HR #5081, gets passed as a law to bring a positive change to the K9 Community for generations to follow.

Be sure to check out his current projects:

👉Project K9 Hero

https://projectk9hero.org/pages/about-us

👉Building our Project K9 Hero Rehabilitation and Rehoming Facility

👉The K9 Hero Awards airing this spring on GAC Family

👉Re-Introducing the K9 Hero Act to Congress for a second time

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down AGAIN with⁣ Retired Police K9 Sgt., and now Wildlife Detection Dog Handler, Frank Ritter. @fritter11⁣

⁣

Ritter has 24 years of Law Enforcement experience, and joined us for episode 12, discussing his role as a K9 Unit Supervisor, and the tragic event that took two of his pack members, and episode 82, discussing the aftermath of unexpected incidents ending in the deaths of K9s. Now, in his retirement, (and after a well-deserved break!), Ritter is working four detection dogs, searching for bat and bird fatalities at windfarms in northern California for an environmental consulting company⁣. The gents talked about how Ritter got into conservation dog handling, how rewarding it is, and how there are opportunities out there for guys who have retired out of K9⁣.⁣

⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues.

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down with⁣ the President of Precision Explosives, Todd Wilber. 

The gents discuss Wilber’s extensive experience with the Army’s SMU, his explosives experience as an EOD guy, and then what it was like starting his company Precision Explosives.

⁣Wilber has worked for over 20 years in counterterrorism as a responder, researcher, policy writer, and senior manager. He responded to various incidents at the local, national, and transnational levels. Wilber’s experience includes firsthand battlefield experience with improvised explosives and IEDs. He conducted research on various improved explosives and developed novel render safe procedures for IEDs as well as nuclear devices. Wilber is completing work on new, broad use desensitization solutions and techniques for powdered primary explosives. He has worked in U.S. Army special operations as a program manager and researcher at the national labs, a Senior Energy Official for real-world emergencies, and contractor for State Department leading indigenous personnel in explosive hazard mitigation during combat operations. Other duties included providing senior management direction for the overall safety, security and environmental compliance for the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center. As an adjunct professor, he worked with graduate students and faculty to characterize primary explosives and develop chemical safing solutions.

Follow him at Precision Explosives @pre.exp  You can watch & listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & anywhere else you listen to podcasts.⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@quickdermbyvetcare ⁣

vetcare.us⁣

“10WDR” 10% off of your 1st order⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

⁣

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down with⁣ writer, Fischer’s Kennels & Hunt Club Inc. Owner, and ⁣Senior Dogtra consultant, Pete Fischer. 

⁣

⁣Fischer has been in the dog world since the 70’s, when he began as a Vet Tech. After a few years, Fischer began working for Retrievers Trainers Hall of Fame trainer, Lawrence Martens. Soon after, Fischer started his own retriever training and breeding service, Fischer’s Kennels. Here, Fischer trained numerous retrievers to field achievements, including 50 AKC Master Hunter titled dogs. Fischer also owned and operated a private hunt club and sporting clays course at the facility. ⁣ In 2001, Fischer started doing some Field Staff work for Dogtra Company. In 2009, after 30 years of running my own business, Fischer had the opportunity to sell the business and work for Dogtra. Fischer is now a Senior Consultant with Dogtra where he designs/develops sporting dog, Police/K9 and pet training products. In addition to managing Pro/Field Staff, Fischer provides product support and training at the consumer and retail level. Fischer is a lead team member for booth staffing at major trade shows, Pheasant Fest, SHOT Show, Pet Expo, Game Fair. Fischer has written technical manuals, advertisements, and assists in overall brand development. And if that isn’t enough of a resume, Fischer has decades’ worth of written publications in Outdoor News Inc and Pheasants Forever magazine as a Gun Dog Columnist. 

⁣

The man knows his stuff! There’s a bit of advise for everyone in this episode, you won’t want to miss this! You can watch & listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & anywhere else you listen to podcasts.⁣  ⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@quickdermbyvetcare ⁣

vetcare.us⁣

“10WDR” 10% off of your 1st order⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down with⁣ official mentor trainer for the Animal Behavioral College, America’s Canine Educator on YouTube, Dogtra partner, and owner of No Bad Dogs and Upstate K9, Tom Davis. ⁣

⁣

The gents talked about how Davis got into dogs as a young man, and how he doesn’t consider himself a dog trainer, but a people trainer. Some of his responsibilities at Animal Behavior College include ensuring each student has the capability and canine skills to successfully graduate and enter into their professional career by fine-tuning and mentoring graduating seniors. In addition to training up-and-coming trainers, Davis manages several online dog training clients, as well as professional athletes, musicians, actors and politicians. Your hosts and Davis delved into behavior modification in pets and working dogs, and how it’s the same. The boys discussed e-collar training, and how Davis conditions the dogs, and maintains the training. It’s not every day you find someone with their own custom Dogtra collar 280c, Davis sure knows his stuff! So sit, and learn something from this professional People Trainer!⁣

⁣

Follow America’s Canine Educator at ⁣@tomdavis⁣

⁣

You can watch & listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & anywhere else you listen to podcasts.⁣

⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@quickdermbyvetcare ⁣

vetcare.us⁣

“10WDR” 10% off of your 1st order⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down with former US Army MP MWD Handler, former Washington State Police Canine Association Executive Member, former Vice President of the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers (now called the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers), former instructor for the K9 Academy for Law Enforcement, and current owner of Pro Active K9, Steve White!⁣

⁣ ⁣

White has instructed at seminars in the U.S., Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Mexico, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. He was a founding instructor at Karen Pryor’s ClickerExpo, and has been in law enforcement K9 for decades. White’s written various articles which have appeared in police K-9 and dog training publications, and he specializes in teaching behavior modification, urban tracking, and scentwork through the use of positive reinforcement based operant conditioning. Your hosts delve into White’s incredible history in K9, and discuss how he uses the HITT method for tracking. ⁣

⁣

White also provides consultation, training, and audit services to K9 units, and has been recognized as an expert witness by Washington and Federal courts in Police K9 and dog behavior matters. Be sure to hit him up if you’re ever in need of his services!⁣

⁣

You can watch & listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & anywhere else you listen to podcasts.⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@quickdermbyvetcare ⁣

vetcare.us⁣

“10WDR” 10% off of your 1st order⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Working Dog Radio hosts, Eric @vanessk9 & Ted @ted_summers, sit down for part 2 with East Hartford Police K9 Handler and CPWDA Trainer and Vice President, Todd Mona. ⁣

⁣

The gents get into moving forward with building searches and doing more advanced training.⁣ If you missed Part 1, catch up on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to podcast! But here’s a quick synopsis:⁣

⁣

Mona has been a police officer with East Hartford PD in Connecticut for almost two decades, & has been a K9 handler since 2006. The gents talk about K9 policing in East Hartford, and Mona tells a harrowing story of a call where he got shot and his K9 partner got stabbed.⁣

Mona’s first K9 partner, Primo, had 51 contact apprehensions, and approximately 150 non-contact apprehensions/finds from 2006-2015. K9 Primo came in 1st in top obedience, and 2nd in top criminal apprehension at the Connecticut Police K9 Olympics, and is a 3 time Daniel Wasson Memorial K9 Award winner.⁣

⁣

Mona’s second K9 partner, Casus, has 26 contact apprehensions, and 106 non-contact apprehensions/finds from 2014-present. K9 Casus came in 1st for top team obedience in 2018 & 2021, & top team tactical obedience 2016 at the Connecticut Police K9 Olympics. The pair also placed 2nd at the 2016 Cabelas Police K9 Competition, 2nd at the 2018 & 2019 Dreamride Police K9 Challenge, & 1st at the 2021 Dreamride Police K9 Challenge.⁣

⁣

If that’s not enough, Casus has been trained in firearm detection since 2018, has 12 guns recovered to date, he has been present and involved (directly and indirectly) with 4 officer involved shootings (where K9 Casus got bite on two of them).⁣

⁣

That was a LOT to cover! (You now know why there had to be a Part 2!!) You can watch & listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & anywhere else you listen to podcasts.⁣

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘, thank you to our amazing partners:⁣

⁣

@KineticDogFood⁣

kineticdogfood.com⁣

⁣

Highland Canine Training  Online Police K9 Supervisor course⁣

This course discusses topics such as proper selection of dogs & handlers, proper deployment, effective allocation and utilization as well as liability and FLSA issues. This course can be taken at their convenience. They will receive a certificate of completion at the end. ⁣

⁣

Visit the link below under the training tab!⁣

http://tacticalpolicek9training.com/⁣

30% off with the discount code WDR30⁣

⁣

@horizonstructures⁣

horizonstructures.com/commercial-dog-kennels⁣

⁣

@rayallenk9 ⁣

rayallen.com⁣

WORKINGDOGRADIO 10% off⁣

⁣

@dogtraofficial ⁣

dogtra.com⁣

WDR10 10% off of a single item over $200⁣

⁣

@hits_k9 Training & Conference ⁣

hitsk9.net⁣

⁣

@quickdermbyvetcare ⁣

vetcare.us⁣

“10WDR” 10% off of your 1st order⁣

⁣

@almk9equipment⁣

almk9equipment.com⁣

“WDRADIO” 10% off⁣

⁣

Music by @brotherdege ⁣

brotherdege.net⁣