Canine Academy Training Center offers a wide range of canine related training courses for law enforcement.

• Basic Detection Handler
• Advanced Narcotic Handler
• Dual Purpose Handler
• Basic Canine Tracking
• Article Search and Evidence Recovery
• Tactical K9 Operations
• Master Trainer

Note: If you are a private company in Texas you must have a DPS class C license and a DEA license to purchase a narcotic canine. We background check all individuals who come to our courses

• January 23 - February 3
• April 9 - 20
• June 18 - 29
• Sept 10 - 21
• November 26 - December 7

• January 23 - February 10
• April 9 - 27
• June 18 - July 6
• September 10 - 28
• November 26 - December 14

• February 27 - March 2
• August 20 - 24

• March 5 - 9
• August 27 - 31

• March 12 - 16
• July 23 - 27
• October 15 - 19
• December 17 - 21

Each Department purchasing a Detector dog from Canine Academy Training Center must attend this course. It is designed to teach the first time Handler the in's and out's of learning how to use their canine to their maximum potential. Course instruction includes temperament requirements of a dog; basic principles of dog training; scent and effects of temperature, humidity and air currents; training drills; building, vehicle, and open area searches; and health care of the animal. Departments who need to have a new handler trained with an existing dog will also find this course helpful. This course is a two week program. There is optional NNDDA certification available at the end of the course.

It is designed to teach the Handlers the in's and out's of learning how to use their canine to their maximum potential. Course instruction includes temperament requirements of a dog; basic principles of dog training; scent and effects of temperature, humidity and air currents; training drills; building, vehicle, and open area searches; and health care of the animal.  In this course the searches are more difficult in nature, making both the handler and the canine learn new ways to search regular areas. Locations include stadiums, army surplus vehicles, busses, tractor trailers, warehouses, hidden compartments in vehicles and other appropriate locations. This course is also available to Departments who need to have advanced handler training with an existing dog will also find this course helpful. This course is a one week program.

Each Department purchasing a Dual Purpose (Patrol/Narcotic Detector) dog from Canine Academy Training Center must attend this course. It is designed to teach the first time Handler the in's and out's of learning how to use their canine to their maximum potential. Course instruction includes temperament requirements of a dog; basic principles of dog training; scent and effects of temperature, humidity and air currents; training drills; building, vehicle, and open area searches; and health care of the animal. Departments who need to have a new handler trained with an existing dog will also find this course helpful. This course is a three week program. There is optional NNDDA certification available at the end of the course.

It is designed to teach the Canine Handler who needs to learn Tracking. Students will learn the in's and out's of learning how to use their canine to their maximum potential. Course instruction includes tracking vs. trailing, air patterns and human scent theory, wilderness tracking and city tracking, item recovery and other information needed to have a successful tracking canine. Departments who need to have a new handler trained with an existing dog will also find this course helpful. Tracking will be held outdoors, indoors, brushy areas, city areas. This course is a one week program.

It is designed to teach the Canine Handler who needs to learn Tracking. Students will learn the in's and out's of learning how to use their canine to their maximum potential. Course instruction includes tracking vs. trailing, air patterns and human scent theory, wilderness tracking and city tracking, item recovery and other information needed to have a successful tracking canine. Departments who need to have a new handler trained with an existing dog will also find this course helpful. Tracking will be held outdoors, indoors, brushy areas, city areas. This course is a one week program.

This course is designed to compliment the canine tracking course. It is recommended that the canine team have at least experience with basic tracking before enrolling in this course. We will cover various ways of recovering items that are dropped by suspects on the run or from a vehicle. The course will cover Evidence search equipment, tactics for evidence searches, K-9 evidence alerts and other topics. The class will include searches in country, city, indoor and outdoor settings. The course is one week in length.

This course is designed for patrol canines only. It is designed for both the rookie and veteran canine team that may become involved in a tactical situation. Situational training will include vehicle stops with multiple armed occupants, tracking armed suspects, building searches with armed suspects, vehicle extractions and other tactical issues. Officers will learn how to brief their backup officers and spotters on their duties upon an arrest with a canine. There will be blank ammo fired throughout the entire course for a realistic training environment. This is a very intense course that will help officers with any weaknesses they may have with tactical training.

This program is designed for the K9 unit supervisor or for those who wish to begin learning how to train K9's for law enforcement use. Course focuses on all aspects of police canine training but has a strong focus on patrol canines and narcotic detection canines. Kennel management, health and behavior issues as well as K9 law will be discussed. Classroom instruction and hands on work with canines will be required. This course is a 10 week program.