DUAL-PURPOSE POLICE SERVICE DOGS

Dog Training

Police Service Dogs at NIK-9

North Iowa K-9 offers both dual purpose K-9’s along with narcotic only K-9’s.

Dual purpose K-9’s are fully trained for the following functions:

  • Obedience
  • Article Recovery
  • Suspect Building Search
  • Handler Protection
  • Suspect Apprehension
  • Narcotic Detection on 10 odors
  • muzzle fighting
  • civil agitation
  • gunfire apprehensions
  • man-aggression exercises

All of the training is performed ON THE STREET!

These dual purpose K-9’s will also come trained fully as the narcotic K-9’s below. The following breeds are used: Belgian Malinois, German Shepherd Dogs, and Dutch Shepherds. These K-9′s are imported from Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Belgium. Pricing for these fully trained K-9′s which includes the handler training is $12,000. Most K-9′s are trained to the U.S.P.C.A. PD1 certification standards.

The narcotic K-9’s are fully trained for the following functions:

  • Vehicle Search
  • Building Search
  • Parcel Package Search
  • Luggage Search,
  • Open Area Search (field)
  • Storage Unit Search.

These dogs are proofed (extinction training) off of tennis balls, dog food, rubber balls, U.S. Currency, plastic, and numerous other items. These K-9′s will locate the following Narcotic Odors: Marijuana, Hashish, Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Black Tar Heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, Methamphetamine, and Methamphetamine ICE. Most of these K-9′s are passive alert (sit and stare at odor) but may be trained aggressive alert to “bite and scratch at odor”. The following breeds are used: Labrador Retriever, Springer Spaniel, and Golden Retriever. Price for these K-9′s which include the handler training is $6,000.