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You may find the basic "layered approach" YOU use in this thread. I couldn't find anything about training scenarios, though.

Questions such as, how long should the training tracks be...should they include a bite...should the dog track on or off leash...at the beginning or end of the track...articles on the track...how many...etc...etc.

Andres ,
You haven't answered any of my questions(via PM or here) about your military or police experience handling K9's .

You also haven't answered my question (via PM)about who you are doing this training with . Is it a bunch of civilians playing cops and robbers or is it a military training scenerio ?

I was waiting for a response to my questions in order to give you some suggestions . Your initial question was so open ended I wasn't even worried about giving away tactical information . Since you don't want to give me a straight answer , I'll have to guess .

Andres asked ;

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Questions such as, how long should the training tracks be...should they include a bite...should the dog track on or off leash...at the beginning or end of the track...articles on the track...how many...etc...etc.

These questions a much clearer and easier to answer now . But I'll still have to guess on what you bring to the table in these training scenerios .

If this is a military exercise and you are not the one handling the K9 and you have a limited experience working a military or police K9 I suggest you ask these questions to the actual K9 handler/s that are going to be there . Those questions are entirely dependant on the capabilities of the K9's that are actually going to be there . Deploying a K9 in a high risk situation is a cooperative effort between the search team and K9 team . Telling a K9 handler how to deploy their K9 in a high risk search based upon information you recieved from an internet message board is not the proper way to train for this situation .

You can't possible supply enough information OVER THE INTERNET for someone to give you any credible advice on how to deploy the K9's you are going to be working with in that high risk scenerio .

Jim, it's actually difficult to answer BEFORE you post something like you just did, because you're apparently impatient. I did not have time to respond, and this being a training scenario question...is not an urgent matter. I just sent you a message which may make it clearer to you. Personal and public critiques of who one may or may not be, assumptions, and so on...are bad manners...but it's no big deal. I have viewed your posts in the past, I consider them informative, and in that same vein, will appreciate your input. Have a good day. Andres.

Andres ,
I wasn't being impatient I had asked you twice about your experience handling Police or Military K9's and you danced around the subject . The last message you refer to sending me also didn't answer the question .

Maybe he just wants to have fun running around in the bushes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Jim, you say you're a police k9 handler. If so, you should realize that personal information on a public forum is not what you should be asking for. I have PMd you with as much information as I care to provide. I have never been a forum "poster" until I came up on this one...and I must say this:

VERY seldom is a question...here...answered point blank. A whole bunch of dissenting views and opinions are expressed in a snide way. I asked a question in my original post...you choose not to answer it...no problem.

Jeff...I enjoy running around in the bushes. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Doesn't everybody?

Asking if you had experience handling Police or Military K9's is not that personal and is a fair question to ask related to this topic .

Obviously, Jim isn't happy about running around in the bushes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Ok gentleman, return to your corners....
( boxing joke there... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> )

For Andres,
The Police culture in the U.S. ( and I suspect the same for other countries ) tends to band officers together due to shared outlooks, experiences, and a strong sense of community. Civilians often don't understand this, and LEO's can look at questions like this as revealing "trade secrets" which could possibly be used to place an Officer in danger. It'd be natural to wonder at least a bit about the person asking the question ( "is he a member of a criminal cartel or something that he wants to know this?" ).

Now for the American posters and my fellow LEO's, may I remind you that Andres is posting from a country with an often breath taking crime rate. His questions have a tinge of the culture that he lives in day-to-day, which makes it appear out of place to us sometimes.

So guys....let's cut each other some slack, will we? It's easy to see why Andres asks these type of questions, and it's easy to see why many LEO's might get a bit nervous about them.
Please...try to walk a mile in the other person's shoes in this matter.


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