• We have 5 to 6 Classes per year. Our Single and Dual Purpose detector dog courses are the backbone of our Kennels training as many as 100 teams a year. Our classes are designed by and built for the street level K-9 handler. Classes can be private and tailored to your unit with the purchase of 5 or more dogs. We will also travel to your facility for on site training and recertification.

• Orientation
• Grooming and Health
• First Aid/Safety
• Narcotic/Explosive Overview
• Odor Characteristics
  • Vacuums
  • Contours (Odor Travel)
• Leash Control
• Narcotic/Explosive Searching
• Legal Update
• Detection Searches
  • Buildings
  • Vehicle
  • Warehouse
  • Area
• Tracking
• Obedience
• Handler Protection
• Building Search
• Area Search
  • Wooded
  • Industrial
  • Open
• Control
• Vehicle Bail Outs
• Vehicle Extraction
• Gunfire
• Scenarios
• Final Examination

• Orientation
• Grooming and Health
• First Aid/Safety
• Leash Control
• Handler Protection
• Building Search
• Open Area Search
• Wooded Area Search
• Industrial
• Control
• Vehicle Bail Outs
• Vehicle Extractions
• Gunfire
• Scenarios
• Final Examination

• This program has been designed by the Vohne Liche Kennels staff with the purpose of testing and recertifying any law enforcement canine team in accordance with the testing procedures used in the Vohne Liche Kennels Basic Patrol and Detector Dog Program.

• The focus of the course will primarily be to verify the effectiveness of working canine handlers and their dogs, and to support them in their ongoing efforts to keep canine teams at the highest level of team performance through ongoing practical verification.

• The goal of this course is to test the effectiveness and to certify and counsel canine teams in the areas of patrol techniques and narcotics detection, in accordance with the 5 week basic canine course. It is also intended as a problem solving period for identifying and resolving difficulties practicing canine teams may encounter.

• This course will be offered to currently practicing canine teams who have completed a basic canine school. Teams may have received training from programs other than the Vohne Liche Kennels Basic Patrol and Detector Dog Program.

• Canine teams will be expected to pass a series of practical exercises currently used as a part of the Basic Canine Officer Program. A detailed explanation of the practical exercises appears in the Unit Description section.

• Instructors for this course have been certified by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board. The staff of Vohne Liche kennels will identify the best placations for this course based on area interest and host site availability. The following methods will be used:
  • In-class lecture
  • Practical exercises and discussion
  • Evaluations, both written and verbal, of the team's performance

• Canine teams that successfully complete the series of practical exercises will receive recertification. This certification is valid for one year from the date of testing.

• Vohne Liche Kennels supports a strict policy on academic integrity. Teams will be evaluated and counseled by canine teaching professionals who regularly train police canine teams.

• Full-time law enforcement officers, K-9 handlers, trainers and administrators of departments not presently utilizing narcotic detection dog teams but who are anticipating the implementation of such teams to their current K-9 unit. Seminars are extremely valuable for future planning.
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• Orientation
• Grooming and Health
• First Aid/Safety
• Narcotic/Explosive Overview
• Odor Characteristics
  • Vacuums
  • Contours (Odor Travel)
• Leash Control
• Narcotic/Explosive Searching
• Legal Update
• Detection Searches
  • Buildings
  • Vehicle
  • Warehouse
  • Area
• Obedience
• Scenarios
• Final Examination

You will be assigned four “green” dogs. Together with me you will complete their odor imprintation. After successful imprintation, we will begin the second phase of their detector work. This encompasses teaching the dogs to hunt in various practical applications. Training will focus on these key points:

•  Odor characteristics
•  Imprintation
•  Leash control methods
•  Presentation
•  Rewards
•  Protocol training techniques
•  Problem solving for the dog and handler
•  Teaching the dog to hunt

Three Week Advanced Practical Application Course

This course is for the Instructor that wants to work on his/her skills working with Detector Dog Teams in practical applications. The student will co-instruct a three week Detector Dog Course working with up to 10 “green” students in all phases of Detector work.

Three Week Patrol Course

This course concentrates on Patrol Work. All phases of the following areas are included in the training:

•  Control
•  Apprehension
•  Building search
•  Area search
•  Obedience
•  Tracking

Six Week Complete Detection Course

This course combines the Three Week Basic and Three Week Advanced courses giving the Instructor the experience of taking “green” dogs from odor imprintation through practical application training with their new handlers.

Eight Week Comprehensive Service Dog Course

This course combines all phases of Detector and Patrol Dog Training. This affords the instructor the opportunity to completely train several “green” dogs and handlers through all phases of Police Service Dog Training.