Police K9 Muzzle Fighting-Vehicle Stop

In this video, Ed Frawley shares a clip from Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs. This clip is a demonstration of a vehicle stop scenario where the dog is in a leather muzzle and has to stop the decoy-suspect. 

Leerburg's Leather Police Muzzles are engineered for K-9 training. Our leather muzzles provide the ultimate combination of durability, control, and comfort. Designed to withstand rigorous training sessions, these muzzles offer superior protection and allow for effective behavior management during high-stress scenarios. Built with precision and strength, our leather muzzles are the go-to choice for professional K-9 handlers who demand reliability and performance in the field.

Kevin Sheldahl is a retired Deputy Sheriff who began training with police service dogs in 1982.  In his career, he trained K-9 Teams for his department as well as neighboring departments as a Deputy Sheriff.  He has experience deploying patrol, detection, SWAT and tracking canines spanning the duration of his career.  He is credentialed as a Master Instructor, Certifying Official, and Police Dog Judge. He has taught more than fifty courses as lead instructor in detection and patrol.  In his business K-9 Services, Kevin has trained well over 300 K-9 Teams from selection of the canine and human candidate to street ready K-9 Teams.  Kevin is a well known seminar instructor, speaker, and law enforcement instructor.  In his personal life, Kevin has participated in numerous dog sports such as Schutzhund/IPO where he has been the training director for more than 20 years.  He also participates in ringsport and police sports.

Kevin is a certified police service dog judge, an evaluator for a national police dog organization, and an experienced competitor in both civilian and police canine sports.  Kevin has authored articles for Law Officer Magazine, Calibre Press and Police K-9 Magazine as well as having developed curriculum for handler instruction.  Kevin has also acted as a expert witness for various law enforcement entities and as a subject matter expert for various organizations.

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Links

Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs

Leerburg Leather Police Muzzles

K-9 Detection Training

Training the Police K9 Decoy

K-9 Services

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When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus.

Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance.