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- AMPWDA Mantrailing I,II,III Certification

- Cerfified scuba diver

 

- 2017-Present INBTI Instructor

- 2015- 2017: INBTI Asst Instructor

- 2015-Present:  Mark9 Search & Rescue

- 2014-Present: Cross Timbers Emergency Response Team

- 2009-Present: Fierfighter/Paramedic

 

In 2012 I got my first bloodhound. You know the saying, "bloodhounds are lazy"? Not true at all, my hound was extremely active and terrorizing the house, he needed a JOB! So we entered into the great world of Mantrailing for search and rescue. My breeder was active in SAR and introduced me to The Kocher Method, "Get the book" she said. I got the book and was so intrigued I read it 5 times in a row, cover to cover. I wasn't on a team and was new to mantrailing. This book taught me as I trained my first bloodhound. That was 5 years ago and here we are going strong!

As the lead handler/instructor for Mantrailing on Mark9 SAR, we are now working cases with multiple police and sheriff departments on a routine basis.  I have been called out for criminals evading law enforcement, missing hunters, and patients with a long medical history.

 I have trained under the instruction of Kevin Kocher, Opal Kocher, Cynthia Kocher and Terrie Clark as well as other exceptional instructors.  The knowledger shared by these instructors has elevated my dog's intensity and motivation in the urban setting.  I was promoted to instructor by Opal Kocher and have since instructed at seminars in Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Minnesora.  I have also had the opportunity to instruct internationally including Spain and the United Kingdom.

As I mentioned, I started out training with TKM. I will train TKM because I see first hand how simple it can be. It also gives the manhunter a solid foundation and focuses on intensity of the hunt! The most important take away for me is that the paycheck and party at the end had to be the best ever in the dogs mind because your next trail success will depend on your paycheck and praise party of the last trail!

There isn't anything hard to this method of training. Keep it simple, work the components always concentrating on the intensity and solid foundation, and YOU will transform from a dog handler to a dog trainer! The consistency of training the components in TKM gives us a variety of areas our dogs are proficient in.

As I mentioned, I started out training with TKM. I will train TKM because I see first hand how simple it can be. It also gives the manhunter a solid foundation, and focuses on intensity of the hunt! The most important is the paycheck and party at the end had to be the best ever in the dogs mind. Your next trail success will depend on your paycheck and praise party of the last trail.

There isn't anything hard to this method of training. Keep it simple, work the components always concentrating on the intensity and solid foundation, and YOU will transform from a dog handler to a dog trainer!