K-9 Detector Dog Training

K-9 Detector Dog Training

This course has been a 10-year work in progress. Kevin Sheldahl is a retired Deputy Sheriff who worked as a K9 handler for his entire career. He is an internationally recognized police dog judge along with being a judge in the sport of Schutzhund dog. Kevin is also registered expert witness in federal and state courts on public safety K9 cases. Kevin’s company (K-9Services.com) trains and certifies public safety officers. His students get certified as bomb dog, narcotic dog, cadaver dog, and wildlife detector dog handlers. His in-person courses are six weeks long. To date, he has run 69 of these six-week courses with an average course having 10 to 15 new dog handlers. Through these courses alone, Kevin has trained over 700 K-9 Teams from start to deployment ready. Thru his seminars and workshops, Kevin has guided thousands of handlers in their careers from start to being ready for deployment. Kevin has also taught in Germany, Colombia, Mexico, Malta, Canada, and all over the United States. This work has given him the experience to see many teams and expand his knowledge of the unique subset of dogs in the role of working police service dogs. There are very few instructors in this country that have Kevins experience, not only as a dog handler but as an instructor who has years of experience teaching new dog handlers..