Episodes

Eric and Ted catch up with Franco Angelini. Franco has been catching dogs since before you knew what a dog was. They cover everything from dog selection, to drive channeling and why he doesn’t wear hats and sunglasses but Eric does. (Cue dramatic music) the talk about the dreaded bark and hold debate. Thank you Franco! He is a BUSY man and if you want to schedule a seminar with him you better not delay!! www.k9bitedr.com AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and C...

Eric and Ted sit with with Kevin Sheldhal of K9 Services from New Mexico. They talk about dog sourcing, swat dogs and integration, and the new American ‘IPO.’ Great talk with a guy that’s been around a longgggg time. http://www.k-9services.com AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturinghttps://www.rayallen.com(USE DISCOUNT CODE WorkingDogRadio FOR 10% OFF your next order) Dogtr...

Eric and Ted finally nail down Ronnie Torres and Scott Clark from High Drive K9. That alone is no easy feat and they said something about a restraining order. Ronnie and Scott talk general street readiness and training with your k9 partner. The talk about their bite building and street tactics seminar. Great interview with the guys. AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturinghttp...

Justin Rigney is a multi-time guest and you'll know why once you listen. We had Justin on last year and he’s a wealth of info on both dogs and push-ups. This time we talk all about NePoPo, what it is, what it is not, and how anyone can incorporate it into training and handling. Be sure to look and see if he’s doing an ecollar seminar near you!! https://www.k9servicesunlimited.com/ AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Ba...

The guys finally get to nail down the last of the 4 HITS partners, Andy Weiman. They sit and discuss best K9 practices, applicable case law, and running a successful k9 unit. AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturing https://www.rayallen.com(USE DISCOUNT CODE WorkingDogRadio FOR 10% OFF your next order) Dogtra (Use Discount Code WDR10 for 10% a single item over $200)www.dogtra...

The guys sit down again with Ted Daus from HITS. Ted talks about the McKnight decision and the lack of fallout as well as a SCOTUS case out of Arizona that everyone needs to be familiar with. Check out HITS K9 at www.hitsk9.net AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturing https://www.rayallen.com (USE DISCOUNT CODE WorkingDogRadio FOR 10% OFF your next order)Dogtra (Use Discount ...

Eric and Ted corner Cameron Ford from Silver State K9 and "Talking Scents" Podcast at HITS K9 Conference 2019 in Chicago to talk about tracking. They talk about tips, tricks, failures, success and everything in between and drop the episode on BOTH shows!! Thank you Cameron! Always great to have you on! Silver State K9 https://www.SilverStateK9.com or on Facebook and Instagram @silverstatek9 AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.net...

Ted and Eric sit down with CIA K9 Don Blair who has forgotten more about Detection work then you currently know! The guys talk problem solving during detection and scenario based detection training! Thank you Don, you can visit him at www.ciak9.net or email him at dbk9cia@aol.com AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturing https://www.rayallen.com(USE DISCOUNT CODE WorkingDogRad...

Eric and Ted get put on the spot on their own show. Our long time buddy JJ from Proven K9 sits down and talks with Eric and Ted and talk all things in failed deployments. The guys tell stories of their own experiences and talk about ways to remedy normal deployment problems. AND OF COURSE, thank you to our amazing partners: HITS K9 Training and Conferencehttps://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 Ray Allen Manufacturing https://www.rayallen.com(USE DISCOUNT CODE WORKINGDOGRADIO FOR...

Ted and Eric get back to their training roots with Jack Schonely. Jack Schonely has been working as a law enforcement officer for over 29 years, and he is a nationally recognized expert in the area of suspect tactics and perimeter containment. Jack Schonely is also the author of the book Apprehending Fleeing Suspects; Suspect Tactics and Perimeter Containment. Jack handled a GSD for LAPD in the early 90s before going to their air unit. While he was on K9 he participated in hundreds of high risk ...

The “how do you…” episode. The guys answer a ton of questions at once. Eric and Ted answer some of the common questions we get. The guys tackle the way they start and finish building searches. Ted specifies how he uses them to build other necessary skills. They also cover starting tracking in every form. Eric shares a method he stumbled on and Ted shares Scott’s secret ninja method for hard surface transfers. They finish with talking about how they have evolved in obedience training. Visit all ...

The guys sit down with Ariel Peldunas. Ariel talks about her time in Kuwait with USMC handling a dual purpose dog, her time at Tarheel and Logan Haus, and contract work handling an HRD dog in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of her specialties is detection work and they cover imprinting and young dog detection preparation. Thank you Ariel!! And as usual THANK YOU to these guys who keep us on the air!! HITS K9 Training and Conference https://www.hitsk9.netor Jeff Barrett at 863-529-5113 US-K9 Rad tu...

In our 5th of six installments of Ladies of K9 we sit with Yasmin “Jaz” Stanze, co owner of Houston K9 Academy talks about being a handler in the military, Private contract world, working for some of the largest kennels in the world and what it’s like owning and training in a 60 run kennel providing great police K9’s. She talks behind the scenes of “Alpha Dogs” and bonding with her husband over German porn and wicker furniture. Thank you Jaz! To reach Yazmin and Houston K9 Academy check out the...

In the 4th Ladies Of K9 v2.0 we talk with Margo Marchen (DVM, PhD) from the San Bernardino Sherriff’s office search team. Margo talks about the success’ and set backs of running 22 dog teams in a county roughly the size of West Virginia that covers everything from sea level to extremely rural and mountainous. She covers new case law specific to SAR teams and how to deal with administrators and interagency cooperation. She also addresses how to keep training relevant and ensuring that the teams a...

We get to sit down with Kristi Schiller. She is an American Quarter Horse owner and breeder, businesswoman, former playboy model, socialite and philanthropist from Houston, Texas. Schiller is the founder and chairman of K9s4COPs, a 501(c)(3) foundation that provides K9s to law enforcement agencies. She is passionate, witty and cusses like a sailor while saving hundreds of departments K9 programs across the country!! Thank you Kristi!! To donate or sign up to their program, check out her website...

Drop Two of Six for our Ladies of K9 Series! Katrina is a judge, secretary and a competitor with her first leg of a Level 3 under her belt for Protection Sports Association ON TOP of being a mom and an Associate Professor at Bowie State University! We talk the sport and how she got into it and her tips for being a successful competitor in this top tier sport! Thank you Katrina! To learn more about PSA you can log onto www.psak9.org And as usual THANK YOU to these guys who keep us on the air!! ...

Eric and Ted set down with Jessie Keller. Jessie is an Air Force handler with SEVEN deployments to the Middle East. She runs down how she became a handler in the Air Force and overcoming the physical requirements and why she doesn’t do “female requirements.” She talks about handling in them middle east and transitioning out to become a fire fighter and contract EDD Handler. She also touches on her competitive body building career.... her resume will humble you boys!! Thank you Jessie! You can fo...

Ted and Eric sit down with Jeff Meyer of HITS K9 Training and Conference. HITS is the largest K9 conference in North America and Jeff runs us through the formation, history and how we get to the present day show HITS has grown in to. Jeff is also a long time handler at a large department in Colorado and they discuss the fallout (or lack of) from the Colorado State Supreme Court People vs McKnight decision and how other states should look at that decision. Thank you Jeff!!! DO NOT miss your oppo...

The guys talk with Bob Eden of KATS K9. Bob was a handler for a longggg time and shares some stories and trials of running a dog in a lengthy career. Bob owns KATS K9 and Bob Eden Consulting. They discuss policy, liability, case law, and training records. For Patrons, Bob mentions a list of questions that he gives to prosecutors that he wants them to ask him, I attached them below. We asked him to supply us with those. They are aimed at tracking but can be reworked for any working team. https://...

We get it- we’ve picked on Canada one too many times and now our very polite northern neighbors have showed up with pitchforks, whiskey and maple syrup to finish us off, eh? We kid! We felt it was time to highlight some of Canada’s best in K9, starting with our good friend Michael Nezbeth owner of GrassRoots K9. We talk Grip Development and Proper Decoy Work! We’ve worked with Mike multiple times and he is truly one of the nicest guys and an absolute prodigy in a suit! Thank you Michael! To rea...

We sit Matt Yoder and talk about friggin lasers! Matt was a handler on a large active SWAT unit on the east coast. We cover the ah-ha moment when Matt decided he needed a way to direct his dog to specific locations during a deployment without compromising cover or concealment. We talk about how to integrate the laser directionals correctly, some of the pit falls of using them, and of course, the benefits. Thank you Matt!! And of course HUGE thank you to the continued support of our sponsors!!! ...

In this no holds barred episode the guys leave nothing unsaid. They talk Blue Falconing of your brothers to get ahead... we pulled an IA complaint written to try and get Eric fired by a woman in this industry who pretends to be pro police, we call out shooting towards your dog and shitty, dangerous transfer bite trainers who call you military and LE Handlers “Bottom of the Barrel” and the lies they tell to sell their bull... we talk bad policy, departments that make you buy your own dog and much...

This episode contains a truly important message to our industry. Ben Shaffer and Ray Murphy talk with Ted about bridging the gap. Ben is an active handler in Pennsylvania and a USPCA trainer covering advanced training and Ray is a co-owner of High Risk Deployment K9. They talk about the need for certifications and what they mean; and don’t mean. Ben addresses the skills gap between a certification standard and deployable skills while Ray talks about the best way to address and teach those skills...

We were honored to sit down with John Brannon of Shallow Creek kennels. John talks about his start in K9 in Florida and how Shallow Creek came to be. He goes through the evolution of starting as a small kennel and growing it to be one of the largest in the country and the pitfalls and upsides he’s faced. Also... we were EXTREMELY intrigued to see his cloned Working Dogs work so we talk about how Shallow Creek was approached by a South Korean bio-tech company to clone the Malinois, the success of...