1) Are there ever any mutts or mixed breeds that go through police dog training and become a police dog?
2) What are the stages and details of training that a police dog will go through?
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Ok, please forgive some of the answers you were given here today. The vast majority of depts will only use pure breed dogs because of the better selection afforded with them and also because of guarantees as far as the health of the dog. While there have been some mutts used in detection work, the majority are pure breeds. Not every dog can be a detection dog and, no, Sch dogs are not police dogs nor do they receive the same training as police dogs. Sch is a game, police work is the real thing.
Most police dogs are born in Europe where they are raised and titled in a sport to prove SOME of their worthiness toward training for the real thing. Some depts will purchase these dogs as "green" dogs, meaning the dog has proven his ability to undergo the training required to become a police dog, but it's not yet trained, and some depts will buy from a trainer that has already trained the dog and now will train the handler. Most depts prefer to do their own training for liability reasons. The dogs will undergo a 12 week training program that will teach them the following disciplines:
Obedience, agility, tracking, building search, area search, article search and protection/criminal apprehension. Once the dog passes certification with his handler and starts working the street, he may or may not attend further schooling in explosives or narcotics detection, depending on the depts needs. Most police dogs work til the age of 8-9 and then retire to the handler's home. If you need more, specific info, feel free to let me know. I hope this helped.
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- any dog can be a police dog
www.smokeveil.blogspot.com - I don't know either but if I were You I start with your cities police k-nine Unit they would definitely know the answers.
- the dog can be of any, they are super attached to their owners and would attack at one single word or movement, depends on what they were trained with, a dog i had i did turn over to the force for just that reason, he was to over protective of me and neighbors that partied he was almost ready to hang self just to get to them over their drug use, so in this case the dog trained his self.
- I have worked around several Police K-9s and have never seen anything other than a purebred. Most I have known were trained in different countries then came to the states. The handlers are then sent to a training course with the dogs that lasts several weeks. Your best bet is to contact your local police or sheriff and ask if there is anyone you can talk to. If you are old enough you might even be able to request a ride-a-long with a K-9 unit depending on their department policy. Good luck and I hope that helps a little.
- You'll want to google SCHUZTHUND - that's the name of the training discipline that is taught to police dogs.
There are mixed breeds used VERY occasionally by police depts but mostly in not in with the street officers. You'll see mutt or mixed breeds used in the field for drug sniffing, bomb detection - because any dog can do that, its about DESIRE to use its nose in a certain way that determines a drug sniffer dog. Being a MANSTOPPER - that's what the old time trainers call the temperment needed to be a police dog requires a certain confidence, bred in temperment and high prey drive. Belgian Malinois' are the dog of choice right now for many police depts because they are proving to be healthier, easy to train and more athletic than the heavier GSD. Good luck with your story.
There should be video available so you can see the competitions and the training that's involved in teaching a dog to think and assess a situation on its own. - contact ed frawley at www.leerburg.com he can truly help you.
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