• Master the basic skills and common procedures every decoy needs.
• Read dogs accurately through seven key factors.
• Stimulate and reward useful forms of K9 aggression.

A good decoy is a K9 trainer's most valuable tool. A good decoy can make a poor dog better, a mediocre dog good, and a good dog excellent. A poor decoy, on the other hand, can have devastating effects, ruining even a good dog.

Stephen Mackenzie, professor of animal science and deputy sheriff with more than 30 years' experience training and handling police dogs, shows you...

Make sure your K9 investigation work holds up in court. Based on Resi and Ruud s previous book, K9 Fraud, with updated content and a new chapter.

Learn how to:

• Avoid the most common mistakes handlers make.
• Become a better trainer and handler with a scientific understanding of scent and tracking work.
• Train your dog for scent-identification lineups using the scientifically proven Dutch standard.

Faulty K9 investigations often have serious consequences: the guilty might walk free, and the innocent might suffer. Internationally...

Learn how to:

• Train your K9 to detect and safely alert for explosive substances.
• Conduct operational searches in buildings, vehicles, ships, and planes.
• Train your dog for the specialized work of mine detection.

In the high stakes realm of explosive detection, where even the smallest mistake can have fatal consequences, the margin of error is zero. Well trained dog-handler teams can play a key role in explosive detection, but only if their training is top notch....