I am pleased to announce that Chiron K9 LLC has entered a mutual Service Agreement with the Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health (CTEH). This opens a huge door for both Chiron K9 LLC and canines within the environmental and response community.
CTEH empowers extraordinary teams of experts to help companies, governments, and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from threats to their environment and people. We apply the brightest minds, state-of-the-art science and technology, and conclusive data to resolve complex health, safety, environmental, toxicological, and management challenges. Our experience enables us to manage complex situations better than anyone else.
http://www.cteh.com/
Our agreement adds canines to the CTEH toolbox but also gives Chiron K9 LLC access to the premier environmental response organization in the United States. With teams available for immediate deployment and the ability to use their own Beechcraft King Air B200 plane it means responses can be efficient, effective and fast!
I believe CTEH offers a professional and dedicated service to the industry for the right reasons. I share their vision and thats why I entered into this agreement. I am looking forward to future collaboration and working with CTEH.
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Day 1
• Theory
o The goal of water search training
o Think, Plan, Do, Analyze and the four stages methods, helping tools in dog
training
o training aids, make training targets
o how scent molecules behave in water
o sense of smell
o sniffing, focus, motivation
o training steps in water search
o exercise of day 1
• Exercises with dogs
o sniffing with target odor, right time reward
o hunting / motivation with target odor on the land
o hunting / motivation with target odor on the shoreline
o searching target odor on the beach, low water
o searching target odor with swimming
• Dog and equipment care
Day 2
• Theory
o Feedback of day 1 and program for day 2
o introduction to platform, boat
o some example case of real missions of drowned person search
o practical exercises of day 2
• Exercises with dogs
o repeat exercises of day 1
o introduction to boat and drive with boat
• Dog and equipment care
Day 3
• Theory
o Feedback of day 2 and program for day 3
o how to use diver in training
o safety regulations
• Exercises with dogs.
o will be done in 2 different places, each group 5x K9 team plus observers
o search motivation in water
o searching the diver with boat
o alert and reward
o repeat exercises 4-5 times
• Dog and equipment care
Day 4
• Theory
o Feedback of day 3 and program for day 4
o how to use Jo-Jo method
o how to make search plan, Think and Plan
o what you should keep in your mind
• Exercises with dogs
o jo-jo training method and search with boat
o search from platform/pier/landing stage
o duration exercise
o motivation exercise
• Dog and equipment careDay 5
• Theory
o Feedback of day 4 and program for
Day 5
o each K9 Team should make a training plan with boat and from shoreline
• Exercises with dogs
o planned exercise
o last motivation exercise
• Feedback, discussion, questions, ideas
• The end of workshop
Each exercise will be planned and completed for each K9 team and participants should be flexible.
Program is subject to change as required; weather may require flexibility (we will not be on the water if thunder/lightening is within 5 miles of the lake).
Ilkka Hormila has worked in co-operation with the Search & Rescue dog handlers for decades and has been teaching detection and SAR search also for common dog owners, during his police K9 career of over 40 years
Ilkka worked at The Finnish Police Dog Training Center as a teacher for K9 Scent Detection Unit training where he trained dogs in tracking, search, ID-detection and explosive, arson and cadaver detection. He also served in operational duties with his own dogs.
Illka is an internationally respected lecturer and trainer and works all over Europe and also in Asia, USA.
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
• Working with police dogs 1974 – 2015
• Leader of Police Human scent identification K-9 Unit 2003 -2012
• Human Scent ID-dog handler 2003 – 2015
• Leader of accelerant dog handlers 2000-2009 and master trainer
• Sergeant since 1997 and instructor since 2001 at The Police College/ Police Dog Training centre, (PDTC)
• Has been teaching at Police Force Dog schools and training centres in Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Iceland, Germany, England, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Baltic Countries, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, since 2000
• Master instructor at PDTC
• Leader of cadaver dog training in Finland 1993 – 2007
• Cadaver dog handler 1993 – 2009
• Assistant instructor/trainer for cadaver dogs 2007 – 2015
• Has been teaching in the Police Dog Training Centres in Sweden, Norway and Denmark 1991 – 2009
• Master trainer of scent discrimination training for all police dogs in Finland 2010 – 2015
+ lots more experience – it just would not all fit!
• Honorary Member of Wise Nose Association 2017 and master instructor of cancer detection
• Member in The F.C.I search and rescue dog commission 2004 – 2010
• Member in The Finnish search and rescue dog commission 1995–2010
• Member in The SWGDOG, USA, Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines 2005 – 2014
• Director of Nordic Police Dog Union 1994 – 2009
• President of Finnish Police Dog Association 1994 – 2003
• President of Nordic Police Dog Union 1997 – 2000
To ensure the safety of all participants, including the boat drivers and divers, it is important all attending canines are social and controllable.
Canine Requirements:
Adult from about 1 year old to older
Motivation to hunt and retrieve
Can and likes to play
Can calm down
Some obedience and control
In good shape
Can swim
Social with people and other dogs
Vaccinations are up to date