Trained police dogs are useful in so many ways and whether you’ve had a home break in and are shopping home security systems or just visited the airport you’ve probably come in contact with one more recently than you think. Here are a few of the things we bet you didn’t know police dogs do
Riot Control: There are few things better for managing a crowd than the threat of an aggressive dog, even if the animal has no intention of ever being used. Police Read the rest of this entry »

Canine police units are often depicted as aggressive animals who delight in chasing down subjects, wrestling them to the ground, and holding them in place with their scary teeth. This depiction, however, is inaccurate. Canine units are used to apprehend subjects, but the units are more commonly used for their superior sense of smell. Dogs are able to detect drugs, bombs, missing persons, or hiding suspects that human noses can’t detect. Canine police are frequently called in during disasters to help with search and rescue needs. Like human officers, canine police units are only aggressive when necessary. Read the rest of this entry »

When police dogs are portrayed in movies, they often are seen as mostly lovable and comical sidekicks such as the dog Jerry Lee in the movie K-9. And though human police partners do bond with their assigned K-9 officers, the dogs are fully aware that they have serious work to do.

Police dogs, generally speaking, are not comical. In fact they are more likely to be aggressive than other dogs, partially becasue most of them are unneutered males. Their training is Read the rest of this entry »

In the world of law enforcement, officers tap the skills of their canine companions to fight crime. Unfortunately, the sometimes dangerous job of a K-9 officer can bring out many misconceptions. While it is not possible to debunk all of them in this post, we will focus on the most prevalent one.
Many people see K-9 officers as vicious, attack dogs. This is just not the case. Police dogs are trained to do specific jobs but they are still companion animals. When they are off duty, they live with their handlers and families just like any other Read the rest of this entry »

You want to own a police dog? Having a police dog in your home is an honor, as they are heroes. They help greatly in keeping our communities safe. If you want to have a police dog as a pet, you need to understand how important they are and how to care for them so they will stay healthy and happy.

Here are a few FAQs on police dogs’ importance and care:

1. What roles do police dogs play in Read the rest of this entry »

For police officers and other law enforcement personnel who use canine dogs in order to help them do their work, there are several ways and several styles which can be used to properly train your dog, in order to get the best work from them, and in order to ensure they will do any job properly. These canine training courses are typically held in large seminar style formats. The trainers have been working with canines, and teaching them how to find the scent and smells Read the rest of this entry »

Police dogs and police dog trainers typically work together on a daily basis. These dogs are going through intensive training in order to ensure that them and their noses are capable of finding the right scent, and hitting on the right targets when the time comes round. These dogs are not taken out on the field, unless the job calls for it. They are typically held in the police station (or where ever your task force keeps them), in order to ensure that they are not brought around other scents and signs, Read the rest of this entry »

The role of the police dog is that of helping the police to uncover drugs and to flush out criminals. Trainers of police dogs are professional dog trainers. Once a dog has been trained in the special roles of a police dog, the police dog can be used by police when going out on a drug raid. A police dog can be trained to smell drugs and to point to them or to drag them out much like a pointer dog is used in hunting to scare out birds and rodents.
A police dog is often used Read the rest of this entry »