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2026 Class Descriptions!
Eric Stanbro
Class - E-collar Without Conflict For Working Dogs
Eric will discuss all the things you and your training program have been doing over the years that leads to conflict between handler and K9. Eric will show you how to clean up the conflict in your obedience, bite work, verbal out, recall, and how you’re living with your dog.
Zach Pfannenstiel
Class Description - Engagement Unleashed: Fixing Hesitation and Drive Issues in Patrol Dogs
This class is a high-impact, solutions-focused course designed to tackle one of the mostfrustrating problems in modern K9 deployments, dogs that hesitate or lack clarity in real-world engagements. This course dives into practical strategies to identify and correctdrive deficiencies, build engagement confidence, and reinforce decision-making underpressure. This class will utilize body-worn camera (BWC) footage to analyze real K9deployments, allowing attendees to break down and troubleshoot engagement issueswith a focus on improving clarity, commitment, and decision-making in the dog.
Mike Kmiecik
Class Description : Patrol Case Law (Day 1)
This block will focus on criminal and civil litigation related to police service patrol apprehension dogs. Specific attentionwill be placed on the use of force and current trends throughout the United States Courts of appeal.Class
Description : Narcotics Case Law (Day 2)
This block will focus on current case law related to Police Narcotics K9's
Jason Davis
Class Description : “Green to Street Ready”
This class will cover the systematic process I follow when decoying a green dog at the most foundational level, and all the steps taken and techniques utilized to prepare him for the day he meets that 1%er. Integrating my French Ring decoy experience, into the world of police K9’s, I’ll show how we can build a much more versatile and capable dog on the streets.