I recently attended the “Tactical Searching With K9” course. This course presented real life scenarios, requiring the K9 handler to use critical thinking and problem solving to mitigate through different challenges and stress inoculation. This course also provided several scenarios the police service dog’s (PSD) are likely to encounter in the field, but have not experienced in their career. This course was tailored to the K9 Handlers and PSD’s abilities and performance level. I recommend this course for any K9 handler wanting to learn real-life police tactics and operational K9 handling skills.

- Shane , Riverside Sheriff Department

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I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE CANINE TRAINING WORLD SINCE 2006 AS A FIELD ASSISTANT, HANDLER AND NOW AN INSTRUCTOR AND IF YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST KNOWLEDGE OF THE POLICE CANINE TRAINING WORLD, YOU KNOW POLICE CANINE TRAINING IS NOT SCIENTIFIC, BUT IT IS VERY THEORETICAL AND OPINIONATED, BUT MOST OF ALL AN ART…

I TOOK A TWO-DAY TRAINING COURSE FROM “ECHELON K9” AND FOUND WHAT I FEEL TO BE A TRUE ARTIST IN TRAINING POLICE CANINES, SGT. AND OWNER OF “ECHELON K9”, ZACH PFANNENSTIEL. THIS MAN HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT IS MIND BOGGLING. AS I SAID BEFORE, I ONLY SPENT TWO DAYS WITH ZACH AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS PASSED ON WAS EYE OPENING.

A GOOD INSTRUCTOR SHOULD ALWAYS BE OPEN TO NEW WAYS TO ADVANCE HIS OR HER KNOWLEDGE AND ZACH IMPARTED A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN WHAT I FELT WAS A VERY SHORT TIME. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THIS POLICE CANINE TRAINING ARTIST AND LEARNING HOW TO PAINT MY PICTURES/CANINES BETTER…

IF YOU’RE A POLICE CANINE UNIT POLICE OR CANINE HANDLER LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AND STILL IS IN OUR WORLD, THEN I SUGGEST YOU LOOK NO FURTHER THAN SGT. ZACH PFANNENSTIEL THE “ARTIST”…

OFFICER KEVIN M. BROOKS

K9 HANDLER / INSTRUCTOR

MENIFEE POLICE DEPARTMENT

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