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German K-9 Expert CA.USA
High Level Security
K9 Explosives
K9 Explosives
- HOW WE TRAIN OUR EXPLOSIVE DOGS
To train explosive dogs you have to know explosives.
To know how you have to handle this, you have to
know the chemistry, you have to know how to handle
the substance and when you know the substance, this
makes the training much easier.
We train our dogs on black powder, Ammonium
Nitrate, TNT (Trinitrotoluene), PETN (pentaerythrite
tetranitrate), Nitroglycerin, RDX. (Research
Development Explosive) and some others.
You have know the substance of each different
explosive.
For example, the Russian A91 has RDX with a small
amount of a paraffin stabilizer added.
Pentolite is a mixture of equal proportions of PETN
and TNT..
C-4 is comprised of RDX, plastic stabilizers and motor
oil.
Semtec (Semtex) is a varying blend of PETN and RDX.
When you study all of these explosives, then, you filter
out what the main smell is that you have to train your
dog to find.
Now, you have to have the right dog and bring the right
training technique together. My philosophy is to train
only high-quality dogs on explosives.
I have three main things that I look for in explosive
dogs and we Germans call this TSB
(Trib, Selbstsicherheit, Belastbarkeit)
[drive, confidence and very strong in taking pressure].
All three of these criteria must be excellent in the dog I
am looking for.
The most dogs in who I find these qualities are in
Schutzhund trained dogs
With a dog like this, I am starting to play with the tennis
ball. I have different techniques that will assist me later
on when I start training the dog with explosives. The
first time I throw the tennis ball and I let the dog catch
the tennis ball.
The second step is I throw the tennis ball and I hold the
dog until the tennis ball stops. For a dog it is very easy
to catch a moving object. It is more difficult for the dog
to locate an item that doesn't move any more and now
he has to start searching with his nose.
Here I see the quality from the dogs in how intense he
searches for his drive target.
Later on I throw the tennis ball in different areas like in
bushes, in high grass, under a car, in a closet, and other
different situations. This way I see the dog takes all this
pressure from the environment and goes more focused
to find the drive target. I really see the quality from the
dog.
Now, is the time to bring the different smells from the
explosives together with the drive target and to teach
the dog he cannot catch any more the drive target on his
own - only when I give him a command or I let the
target jump out or I pull the target out. Here helps me
the hold and bark and escape exercises from
Schutzhund.
I let the dog find his drive target, take the barking away,
and he sits there, stares at the object, and waits until I
give him the command or the target tries to escape and
he can catch it.
I have here my own technique that makes the dogs very
easy and gives the dog a lot of confidence and he has
fun. It is very important that I control the dog 100% in
his drive and he works only how I want him to work
This is my training technique. For me it is very
important the dog have a lot of confidence to go in any
crazy situations and places that you can imagine and
feel comfortable and focused on his drive target and for
this I need real high quality dogs.
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