K-9 Trailing: The Straightest Path

The "straightest path" is a simple honest approach to good trailing dog training. Schettler outlines his method for working trailing dogs, step by step, and with only one goal in mind: finding people. The simple truth of the matter is that trailing and tracking dogs do not find what they are looking for on most cases throughout this country. The problems all boil down to training for the dog, the handler, and the search managers. This program was designed for handling a trailing dog, and Jeff has been teaching now for over a decade. Whether you are training for search and rescue, are a K-9 cop, or a tactical team manager, Schettler's advice could save your life, the life of your dog, or that of another person one day.

Jeff Schettler is a retired police K-9 haandler who worked for the City of Alameda and County of Amador in California and was attached to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team's K9 Assistance Program. This program was designed to locate and apprehend high-risk fugitives on the run.Schettler is considered a law enforcement expert witness in the areas of human scent evidence and trailing/tracking. Jeff is a full-time police and civilian K9 trainer with his company, Georgia K9 National Training Center located in Canton, GA. His methods have helped to pioneer tactical trailing applications for high-risk fugitive manhunts and his courses are now offered throughout the United States.Jeff is the author of Red Dog Rising, Alpine Publications, 2009, the chronological history of the training and deployment of his police K9, Ronin, which won the 2009 Dog Writers Association of America's Planet Dog Award for service dog books. His work with dogs has been seen on Mythbusters, CNN, and Unsolved Mysteries.