6 | Bitework: Bitework Training and a Lack of Control: A Serious Topic

14 | Tracking: Basic Thoughts on Hard Surface Tracking

22 | E-Collar Training: Motivational Obedience with the E-Collar

32 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Contact and Cover: Tactics Driven Deployments

40 | Featured K-9 Unit: Sunrise (FL) Police Department

50 | Bitework: Incorporating Verbal Aggression with Bitework

56 | Search and Rescue: BSAR 101 for Law Enforcement

62 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Rolling with the Punches

67 | Training: Who Are You Training to Catch?

74 | K–9 Legal: Keeping the Shine on the Badge: Defending Against a Personal Attack on the Witness Stand

On the Cover:
Mike McDevitt & K-9 Talon,
Members of North Aurora Fire Protection District that are assigned to IL-TF1 Urban Search and Rescue

Photo Credit: Cal Engel

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6 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Another View from the Dark Side

16 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Challenges of the Modern K-9 Unit

24 | E-Collar Training: Communicating with Your K-9 Through the E-Collar

33 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning: Paws to Consider

40 | Featured K–9 Unit: Lafayette (LA) Police Department

52 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Train Like You Fight; Fight Like You Train

58 | Scent Detection: Applying the OODA Loop Decision Making to Scent Detection Work

66 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Principles of Canine Conditioning

72 | K–9 Nutrition: K-9 Nutrition

On the Cover:
Lafayette (LA) Police Department
Sr. Cpl. Matthew J Benoit & K-9 Bruno

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6 | K–9 Training Muzzle Training and Desensitization to It

12 | K-9 Advice & Opinion What is a Decoy/Helper?

20 | K–9 Training Context Shift

28 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Picking the Right K-9 Partner

34 | Scent Detection What Do Explosives Smell Like to Dogs? Part 2: Contamination Problems

40 | Featured K–9 Unit Larimer County (CO) Sheriff’s Office

52 | K-9 Advice & Opinion K-9 Success or K-9 Failure

60 | Spotlight Operational K-9 Medical Care, Education and Legislation in the State of Wisconsin

68 | K–9 Healthcare & Conditioning Dealing with the Aging Working Dog

74 | K–9 Healthcare & Conditioning Heat Stroke

On the Cover:
Larimer County (CO) Sheriff’s Office
Sergeant Jackie Stimac & K-9 Negan

Photo Credit: Robert Yone Photography

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8 | Bitework The Out

16 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Dog Selection and Training: Part 2

22 | Scent Detection What Do Explosives Smell Like to Dogs or How Do They Perceive Them?: Part 1

30 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Tales From the Dark Side

40 | Featured K–9 Unit Wausau (WI) Police Department

50 | E-Collar Training Teaching the K-9 to Understand E-Collar Pressure as Motivation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

60 | K–9 Training Prong Collar 101

66 | K–9 Legal Cross Examination: Tactics for Surviving the Last Sanctioned Blood Sport

72 | K-9 Advice & Opinion So You Want to Breed and Raise Police Dogs

On the Cover:
Wausau (WI) Police Department
Officer Jason Pacey & K–9 Astor

Photo Credit: Ethan Bares,
Community Communications Specialist
Wausau (WI) Police Department

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6 | K–9 Advice & Opinion: When Will They Learn

12 | Featured Team: Teamwork: K-9 Class of 2021

18 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: The Link Between the K-9 Handler and the Investigator, Detective and Agent

24 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Dog Selection and Training: Part 1

32 | K-9 Training: Protection Dog Training Fundamentals: The Effective Use of Equipment in Balanced  Protection Dog Training

38 | Featured K–9 Unit: Delta (BC, Canada) Police Department

50 | Scent Detection: Explosives Detection Canine Training: Raising the Bar

58 | K–9 Advice & Opinion: The Dark Side: Part 2

64 | K–9 Advice & Opinion: Grooming the German Shepherd/Malinois/Labrador

72 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning: K-9 Medical Care Implementation

On the Cover:

Lynn Haven (FL) Police Department
Cpl. Meachum & K–9 Marshall

Photo Credit: Michelle Higgins

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8 | E-Collar Training Sit-Stay

14 | Bitework Stop Rewarding Equipment Reliance

24 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Suspect Located: Four Things Can Happen and Three are Not Good

30 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Getting a New Partner

34 | K-9 Training Protection Dog Training Fundamentals: Why Prey is Not Always the Best Place to Start

42 | Featured K-9 Unit Franklin County (OH) Sheriff’s Office

52 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Managing Complexity in K-9 Training: Constructing and Using Checklists

58 | K-9 Advice & Opinion K-9 Demos: Presenting Your K-9 Positively and Safely to the Public

65 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Don’t Get Rattled

70 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning Allergies in Dogs

On the Cover:

Franklin County (OH) Sheriff’s Office Deputy Zach Cooper & K-9 Indy

Photo Credit: Tracy Truax, Franklin County (OH) Sheriff’s Office

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8 | Search & Rescue Human Remains Detection

14 | Bitework Team Bitework: Backing Up Your K-9

20 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Highway Interdiction: Safety Considerations During Traffic Stops

25 | K-9 Legal Is a Warning Required when Tracking?

30 | K-9 Advice & Opinion The Dark Side

38 | Featured K-9 Unit Aalst Police Department – Belgium

50 | E-Collar Training Teaching the Heel

56 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Partners in the Field, Partners in the Community

66 | Scent Detection K-9 Chemistry: A Safer Way to Train Detection Dogs

70 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning Canine Trauma

On the Cover:

Narragansett (RI) Police Department Officer Manny Sifontes & K-9 Astor

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6 | K-9 Advice & Opinion The Role of Intelligence-Led Policing in Canine Criminal Interdiction Teams

12 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Considering Words

18 | SWAT Integrating Police K-9s  Into the Tactical Arena

24 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Tracking with Harness or Collar

30 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Training for the Worst-Case Scenario: You Never Know When it Might Pay Off

34 | K-9 Advice & Opinion It’s Wednesday, So We Must Be Training

40 | Featured K-9 Unit Ministry of the Interior of Russia

52 | Bitework Focus on the Suspect in Bite Training: Train to Apprehend the Suspect, Not the Diversionary Objects

58 | Scent Detection Evaluation of Trailing Certification Standards: The Need for Double Blind Implementation

66 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning Internal and External Parasites

72 | K-9 Nutrition CBD and Your K-9: The Facts, Safety and Legal

On the Cover:

Korolev Town Police Department Sergey Mikhalev, Head of K-9 Unit & K-9 Agraphiena, East European Shepherd,  5 years old, female. Specialization: explosives and weapons search

Photo Credit: Svetlana Khvostikova, Inspector of K-9 Department of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

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6 | Bitework Improving Your Bitework Related Control

14 | K-9 Legal The Greater Danger

22 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Buy American: Changing the Course of Procuring Working Dogs

30 | Scent Detection The Benefits of Double-Blind Training and Testing

40 | Featured K-9 Unit Wyoming (MI) Department of Public Safety K-9 Unit

52 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Your Dog May be Lying to You

62 | K-9 Advice & Opinion Scent Article Collection for SAR Handlers

68 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning Kennel Cough

74 | K-9 Nutrition Nutrition Exposed: Is Your Food Adequate?

On the Cover:

Harrisburg (PA) Police Department

Sgt. Tyron Meik & K-9 Zar

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6 | Bitework Training with Prosthetics
and the Art of the Bite

16 | K-9 Advice & Opinion
The Importance of Decontamination

24 | K-9 Legal: When Panic Makes K-9 Policy

30 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Reading the Dog: Communication Without Words

40 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Identifying Key Stakeholders in Your Canine Unit

50 | K-9 Training: Training the Bark Alert

56 | Search & Rescue: Urban Search & Rescue K-9: Part 2

66 | K-9 Advice & Opinion: Human Stress Affects the Performance of the Working Dog

72 | K-9 Healthcare & Conditioning: Heat & the Working K-9

On the Cover:
Renton (WA) Police Department
Officer Chris Greenwade & K-9 Titan
Photo Credit: Young Yoon

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