The NAPWDA 2007 National Explosive Detector Dog Workshop held January 8th through January 12th, 2007 and hosted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at the Walter C. Heinrich Practical Training Center, South Lithia, Florida, was a huge success. This 5-day workshop was open to all active Law Enforcement, Military Explosive Detection Canine Teams, Administrators and Trainers and offered Practical Training and Problem Solving by Nationally Accredited NAPWDA Master Trainers in multiple environments to include: Aircraft, Vehicles, Buildings, Luggage, Open Areas, Peroxide based explosives will be available at this workshop. This workshop was dedicated to assisting the individual K9 Teams in improving their Explosive Detection Canine knowledge and skills and also to assist New Trainers and Administrators in techniques unique to explosive detection canine deployment. The SPC St. Petersburg College, National Terrorism Preparedness Institute St. Petersburg College National Terrorism Preparedness Institute was present during the week and worked countless hours with NAPWDA Master Trainer Matt Hall and NAPWDA Trainer Kevin Lindstadt in producing a very informative and excellent video review of this workshop. To view this video (the February 28, 2007, ComNET page) you can go to the following link: 2007 National Explosive Detector dog Workshop . When you click on the above link, click on Play Video. Now you'll get a pop up window for Windows Media Player regarding downloading a skin file. It's OK so go ahead and just click on YES. This is only a temporary file and won't hurt your computer. The video will begin shortly. If you want, along the bottom left you see a tiny bar that begins moving very slowly as the video starts to play. Put the mouse arrow on it and move it (several times) to approximately 19:17 (this is the minutes that the video has been playing) which is the beginning of the NAPWDA workshop that was recorded. It goes until 30:53. We are thankful for the following Explosive Detection K9 Team Instructors who taught and made this workshop a success: NAPWDA Master Trainer Oscar Hall, Tulsa P.D. (Ret.), OK. NAPWDA Master Trainer M.V. Moore, Virginia State Police (Ret), VA NAPWDA Master Trainer Tim Loughman, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, N.C. NAPWDA Master Trainer Matthew Hall, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Fl. NAPWDA Trainer Kevin Lindstadt, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, Fl. We are also very grateful for the assistance from Federal Agencies and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Team who provided Realistic Detection Scenarios and Explosives Detonation Demonstration. This entire workshop from start to finish and the subsequent video production is totally due to the OUTSTANDING JOB by NAPWDA Master Trainer Matt Hall and NAPWDA Trainer Kevin Lindstadt.

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NOTE:
Training tips appearing in this portion of the web site are just that, "Training Tips". Do not take these as meaning that they are the only way to train K9 teams. There are probably as many training techniques, theories, beliefs and practices used by people as there are dogs. The only thing that is common among them all is the specific goal intended for that particular training session or tip. When problem solving tips appear, they to are just one of many. You must remember that no two dogs are the same and one method of doing something does not work on every single dog. Training techniques must be flexible from dog to dog. Please keep an open mind when reading these tips. Use what you can, modify what you want and discard what you wish. Please feel free to contact NAPWDA with your questions or comments. Take Care, Train Hard and STAY SAFE!