Basic Urban K9 Trailing

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, handlers should be able to:

• Recognize how Environmental Influences Impact Trailing
• Understand the Basic Scientific Principles of Human Scent.
• Know Primary Scent Collection Methods.
• Demonstrate how to collect scent with Scent Kit, SEKR, and Absorption
• Have Awareness of Integrated Search Strategies.
• Identify the information that specific K9 behavior is communicating to the handler.
• Know what handler behaviors communicate effectively to the K9.
• Demonstrate how to acclimate K9, present human scent, and command K9 to trail
• Demonstrate how to assess when K9 has determined direction of travel
• Demonstrate how to handle K9 when it is in odor, distracted, indicates negatives, and near target
• Demonstrate how to move, place body, and exhibit energy to give K9 access to trail and support K9 forward motion while in target odor
• Demonstrate how to control the lead to maintain appropriate distance, tension, and position
• Demonstrate how to reinforce K9 at finish for accurate target alert and absence of target (negative)
• Track K9 Training Progress within the SEK9 App.
• Have Awareness of Urban Search Strategies Developed by FBI and
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