Working Dog Programs
WORKING DOG CURRICULUM
We don’t just train your dog; we give you the exact tools, handling skills, and behavioral insights required to maintain structure and succeed on your team.
DEPLOYMENT MECHANICS
Master high-stakes situational handling, precise bitework targeting, tactical building entries, and rapid suspect containment under operational stress.
TACTICAL OBEDIENCE
Maintain uncompromised control under intense real-world friction, including urban chaos, gunfire, and varied environmental distractions.
AGENCY COMPLIANCE
Receive comprehensive maintenance training architectures and handler certification prep to meet and exceed rigorous departmental standards and legal documentation requirements.
Working Dog Programs
Protection Training
At Blue Blood Canine, our Protection Dog Training program is designed to develop confident, obedient, and reliable dogs capable of protecting their home and family while remaining stable and manageable in everyday life. This training is not about creating aggression. It is about building control, confidence, obedience, and clear communication between the dog and handler. A properly trained protection dog should understand when to act, when to stop, and how to remain neutral in normal environments.
Each dog is evaluated before beginning protection work to ensure they have the proper temperament, nerve strength, confidence, and obedience foundation. Not every dog is suitable for protection training, and our goal is always
Program Includes:
- Advanced obedience and handler control
- Confidence building and environmental exposure
- On-leash and off-leash control
- Alert and deterrent behavior
- Controlled protection work
- Bite development
- Out command and release work
- Scenario-based training
What’s Included for the Owner:
1 Go-Home Transfer Lesson
4 Follow-Up Lesson
Police K9 Handler Course
Our Police K9 Handler Course is designed for law enforcement officers who want practical, dependable training that prepares both handler and canine for the demands of the street. This course focuses on building strong communication, control, confidence, and operational readiness between the handler and their canine.
Led by Ron Olivier who is a trainer with real-world experience in police K9 work, this program goes beyond basic training. We train handlers to understand their dog, read behavior, correct problems, and perform with confidence in high-pressure situations.
Built for Working Teams
Whether your agency is starting a new canine team, or pairing a veteran with a new team member, our course is structured to meet the needs of today’s law enforcement handlers. Training is hands-on, practical, and focused on creating reliable performance in realistic environments.
Why Train With Us?
At Blue Blood Canine, we believe police canine training should be clear, effective, and proven in the field. Our goal is to help handlers leave with more confidence, better control, and a stronger working relationship with their canine partner through training from experience.
Course Focus Areas:
- Handler safety and canine control
- Obedience under distraction
- Proper leash handling and communication
- Patrol deployment foundations
- Building searches and area searches
- Trailing/man hunting
- Working through contamination
- Evidence recovery
- Scent detection training
- Scenario-based training
- Vehicle deployments
- Suspect apprehension control
- Verbal outs, recalls, and call-offs
- Problem-solving for real-world issues
- Certification preparation
- Teaching the how and why things are done from real world experiences
Police K9 Maintenance Training
At Blue Blood Canine, we believe operational readiness is built through realistic, purposeful training. A police canine should not know the difference between a training day and a real-world deployment. Our maintenance training programs are designed to challenge both handler and canine through practical scenarios that closely mirror the situations they may encounter in the Field.
Our goal is to develop confident, reliable canine teams that perform at a high level on patrol while making certifications a routine demonstration of their capabilities—not a source of stress. Achieving this standard requires more than simply putting in training hours; it requires quality training with clear objectives and measurable results.
Training sessions can include obedience, control work, tracking, detection, building searches, apprehension work, scenario-based deployments, and problem-solving exercises tailored to the needs of each team. Whether you’re preparing for certification, addressing performance deficiencies, or maintaining operational proficiency, our training is designed to keep your team mission-ready.
K9 Scent Detection Training Program
Our Scent Detection Training Program is designed to build confident, reliable detection dogs through clear communication, strong odor recognition, and realistic training scenarios. Whether the dog is being trained for professional use, sport detection, or personal goals, we focus on creating a dog that understands the job and enjoys the work.
We begin by developing a strong foundation in odor imprinting, search behavior, indication work, and handler communication. As the dog progresses, we introduce more challenging environments, distractions, hides, and real-world scenarios to strengthen reliability and problem solving.
This Program May Include:
- Odor imprinting and recognition
- Search patterns and hunt drive development
- Passive or active indication training
- Handler timing and leash handling
- Building confidence in new environments
- Problem-solving difficult hides
- Vehicle, building, area, and article searches
- Distraction-proofing and scenario-based training
- Preparation for certification or operational use
Tracking, Trailing & Recovery Programs
Whether your goal is locating a missing person, recovering wounded game, or developing a reliable tracking partner, our Tracking, Trailing & Recovery Dog Program is designed to build a confident, methodical, and dependable canine team.
At Blue Blood Canine, we focus on practical training that translates to real-world success. Every dog progresses at their own pace while learning the skills necessary to follow human or animal scent trails through a variety of environments and conditions.
Why Choose Blue Blood Canine?
Our training is built around proven tracking principles, realistic scenarios, and hands-on coaching. We don’t just train the dog—we train the entire team. Handlers learn how to read their dog’s body language, recognize changes in scent conditions, and make informed decisions during a track. The goal is simple: develop a dog that confidently follows a scent trail and a handler who knows how to trust and work with their canine partner.
Program Focus:
- Scent Discrimination
- Scent Recognition
- Human Tracking & Trailing
- Wounded Deer Recovery Training
- Aged Tracks & Cold Trails
- Urban & Rural Tracking Environments
- Start Indication & Track Commitment
- Problem Solving on Difficult Trails
- Cross-Track & Distraction Management
- Handler Reading & Leash Techniques
- Night Tracking Exercises
- Building Drive, Focus, and Endurance
- Realistic Scenario-Based Training
Transform your relationship with your dog and claim your free consultation today by calling or texting
985-201-1314.