Velocity K9

09/10/2023

Social media side of VK9 will be inactive until further notice. My friends in the Government agencies you will still receive progress updates on Venom for your future purchase.

Until then, Stay Safe 🤙🏽

07/10/2023

K9 Ava’s early days, when she sees me now she knows there’s going to be some fun to come.

05/10/2023

This scenario from Paul’s workshop I wish had been filmed. Gaston and myself cleared a floor of 2 decoys and going into an article search immediately after. Think this is a great display for the dogs command distinction during work.

Trained by Ascension Canine Training
Handled by VK9
📸 O&J Wikner Photography

03/10/2023

A good read for those interested in vending dogs and the reality of it. Wiki is a close friend and has been a mentor of mine for some time now (whether he knows it or not). So this is not a decision made lightly.

I’ll admit here the business acumen of some agencies, Army in particular, is terrible. I approached them with Viper and got a bu****it response back. However, the Army’s poor choice was a blessing because he’s gone to a better agency, doing real work with handlers who are so transparent with me about future dogs.

With vending behind him, I encourage anyone to jump on board one of his tracking courses in the future!

My time as a K9 vendor is over.

On paper it may appear as a blip on the radar, a handful of dogs over five years, but in reality for me it has been a passion that has consumed me the entire time.

The whole journey has its roots back on 2015; or in my childhood if you want to go back further with my relationship with dogs. But, I started selling dogs with Dirk in 2019, as my forever dog Charlie was carrying too many injuries and it wasn't good for his health to keep on training as hard as we had for the preceeding 3 years.

Dirk was a slam dunk; I made a lot of mistakes but with the help of a great community of dog trainers around me in Canberra, he went to the Australian Army at just 11 months of age - and has been crushing it ever since. He was sold for $17k but should have gone for $20k in hindsight.

Next came Errol. He showed promise in many areas, but lacked aggression and his grips were poor. At six months of age I moved him on to a wildlife conservation role where he has done a lot of good, and enjoys a lifestyle more adventurous than most of us reading would experience. I sold him for just $3k, recouping my expenses, but not my loss of time.

Frank. He came to me a bit over a year old and had a significant amount of issues to overcome. He was sold to the Army but failed the basic handler course. A contributing factor was the use of the choke chain which he hadn't been trained on. He was subsequently returned and with the help of Luca Campanella we sold him to the Western Australia Police where he has been in service ever since as an operational dual purpose dog. He was sold to the Army for $20k, which I had to refund. He finally sold to WAPOL for $8k, with an extra six months of training on top of what he had for the Army. An absolute steal for so much time invested.

Gaston and Hans. These two were meant to be a big pay day for my family; I invested heavily in their training and development (an understatement, as anyone who knows me would attest). I sacrificed so much time with my daughter to try snd bring in money to support my family. But selling them has not worked out.

I own that I made some errors; I went through with an assessment when one of the dogs was still sick, and should have invested less time in the dogs and sold them for a lower price. I was also naive and learnt many lessons the hardest way possible, losing tens of thousands of dollars in the process. I wasted time bending over backwards to be transparent with government agencies by sending videos of the dogs working; hours of footage (go look at my YouTube channel to see). I also provided comprehensive documents that no one else in the industry provides.

The business acumen of some agencies is worth mentioning; some respond with a short email or text that effectively says "we're full" and little else. Others are great to deal with and were a highlight on this otherwise stressful journey.

Frustratingly, assessments vary not just between agencies, but vendors sometimes get treated differently too. Some get a brief in location assessment with no subsequent refund available (at top dollar) versus others who go for a long assessment at the vendors risk (Frank is a great example).

So what of Hans and Gaston? Hans is going to South Africa soon to protect Rhinos; a job more important than anything he could get here in Australia. As for Gaston, he is still up for sale, but I am no longer actively investing my energy in reaching out to agencies. If a goverment agency wants him - great, otherwise my daughter has her first dog to grow up with.

The journey has landed me in a great place; My passion and hard work these last five years now means I manage the largest working dog capability in Australia. I also conduct GAK9 workshops (which I love) both domestically and internationally delivering tracking training to police and civilians.

01/10/2023

Mini prey monster inbound.
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24/09/2023

Always a good time hanging out with highly recommended if you’re in the SE QLD region 🤙🏽

19/09/2023

workshop a few weeks ago, Venom learnt he can bite people under the car as well.
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17/09/2023

Some people just shouldn’t own dogs

16/09/2023

The truth

14/09/2023

💔Sad News 💔

Sadly Carnage will not be continuing with me for development. He’s a great little dog with many great attributes but he unfortunately has a couple of things that won’t make the grade. It’s a a sad thing to see but reality is not every dog is suited for a working role.

If anyone is interested in him please contact myself or the breeder Feroz, we are looking for him to go to an active family home.

11/09/2023

Those interested in a serious working dog this litter is one to look at.

⚡️Litter Announcement⚡️

Thank you to everyone that has been patiently waiting for puppies from Tora.
We are excited to announce that we have had a successful Dual Sire Litter with Atama BRN 49153 & Ragnar BRN 45947.

Most of you interested in this litter know these dogs personally but for those that don’t know, the purpose of this litter was to solidify desirable traits through a line breeding with Tora & Atama and seeking to bring in new desirable traits through outcrossing to Ragnar.
Both Tora and Atama are typical Duco /Django style dogs true to their bloodline. Dry & Robust working dogs with thick nerves and high thresholds. Both dogs have balanced characters and open and social/ neutral temperaments. They both possess in-ate gentleness with children that is very impressive for the reckless, crash and bash types of dogs they are in drive. We hope that this line breeding on Manni Sommers BRN 19019 will give us clean, honest and strong working dogs with clear heads with great off switches.
Both Atama & Tora have been honest and genuine dogs with hard mouths and good environmentals from day one.

As for the outcross to Ragnar,
I won’t spend too much time here talking about him. Ragnar was an extreme and serious Sleekx bloodline dog. Very calm and assertive in every situation. All his drives were very high and pronounced with out any wasted energy or excitability. His presence was always felt by everyone who saw him. Ragnar was almost perfect except just like many of his brothers, his Rank was extreme. Dogs like Ragnar are not common and It’s our hope that Tora’s biddability will balance his hardness towards the handler. It’s unlikely he will reproduce his extreme character completely to a outcrossed bitch. However, his puppies are only available to people we know are skilled and experienced handlers.

Special thanks to for the amazing banner !

11/09/2023

The banter between myself and has just begun I think 😅

07/09/2023

Sunshine Coast Helicopter Tours made time for Carnage and venom today for some helicopter exposure.

No one has ever complained of a dog being too confident!

05/09/2023

Any more in your mouth mate and you’d be swallowing it.

03/09/2023

Jump on our website to grab your Shirt 🤙🏽

01/09/2023

If those entering the Gold Coast IGP trial in a couple of weeks could please send their entry forms to the Secretary, it would be greatly appreciated!

31/08/2023

Feroz Carnage

Carnage is currently a few days into the development program, coming from Feroz Malinois already immune to gun fire, Kennel trained and a food drive through the roof.

With this head start to life it will be interesting to see how he goes with the next 8 weeks of testing and assessing his suitability!

29/08/2023

Left- Feroz Jax. Right- Schutzshep Venom.

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25/08/2023

With summer around the corner who’s keen for some sleeveless T’s? Both men and women’s designs will be available!

21/08/2023

Next dog for development- - Feroz Malinois Malinois Carnage.

Spent majority of today out at Feroz kennels meeting my next dog and working their own including the Sire and Dam of this future pup. Won’t be picking this little fella up for another week but looking forward to the development and challenges he will bring.

I’ve had a lot of support in this journey from people like Tom at Origin K9 and Wiki from Ascension Canine Training as well as my partner Mel who has tolerated a house full of Malinois’s haha.

But John and Terri at Feroz have been there with me right from my very first Malinois who is now my pride and joy dog, I’m very grateful to now consider them close friends of mine.

17/08/2023

Venom.
Bred by Schutzshep in development by VK9 Australia

14/08/2023

The handler that ends up with this dog will have a ball of energy but also a sooky daddy’s boy 😅

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12/08/2023

Kinda obvious what gear I run on all my dogs 🤙🏽

⚠️⚠️K9-TV⚠️⚠️
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Plain black for the tactical coppers!
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How many can we put you down for?
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10/08/2023

Little fella could be a show dog if he fails to get a job right 😂

08/08/2023

Forgiveness is quicker then permission

07/08/2023

Awesome last few days with running a GAK9 tracking workshop. Was awesome to see all the dog progress so well in such a short time.

Possible chance of Wiki running another one later this year, but due to the heat of summer the hours will be super funky. Would people be keen for that in the SE QLD region?

27/07/2023

Meeting their newest addition in a couple of weeks and I can not wait!

We welcome beautiful Dusty into our family. Dusty is beautifully trained and is a very obedient girl. She has joined our clan and we look forward to building memories with her.

27/07/2023

If you know... you know.

There will be a Feroz Carnage in a few weeks!

25/07/2023

Schutzshep Venom- 12 weeks.

Venoms first week with me was a rough start for his development as he was going through a fear period (very common in puppies around the 8-10) week mark). But he is now exploding into a great dog!

At his 12 week mark we have introduced him to a number of environmental conditions, started article indications, grip development and cuddles to name a few of the sessions that fill our day.

25/07/2023

Who else will be attending this?

The Canberra Irondog workshop is getting closer!

There are still some working spots available to what will be a phenominal workshop with Paul Ludwig.

Contact Rod Wark at ASEC, via the email address, below to secure your spot.
[email protected]

18/07/2023

Schutzshep Venom working on his grip development, he’s starting off with a deep calm grip. I am hoping we can concrete this neuro pathway in his bitework over the next 12 months before he’ll eventually move on.

17/07/2023

On the weekend Schutzshep Venom was taken to the gun range for fi****ms exposure, the gun fire didn’t faze him at all. He also made a new best friend at the range as picture below being Feroz Jaxson, neither dog was concerned with gun fire while they wrestled behind the shooters 😂.

12/07/2023

Venoms chilled afternoon outing. Not everything with these dogs is the cool stuff like tracking and biting.

24/12/2022

All I want for Christmas is a puppy from bear

The stunning Feroz Bear.

18/12/2022

POV when my Malinois finds where you’re hiding

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09/12/2022

Jax and Clear Path K9 at their finest

03/12/2022

What a stunner!

29/11/2022

In short, if you make a mistake learn from them 🤘🏼

Failing when tracking/trailing is going to happen.

Failure is as necessary as it is inevitable. A person's training regime which sees dogs pass every track they ever do is symptomatic of a regime which is helping the dog too much. And when a double-blind track comes their way, they will likely not do well.

Known tracks very much have their place in training, however, it is important to recognise when it is time to move beyond them. If you need to have a successful track every time you head out with your dog, then you're on an ego trip, not a track.

This is why I love tracking/trailing. I embrace the failures. They are wonderful teachers. They tell me where I have helped my dog too much historically. They tell me where I have not proofed against distraction cross tracks enough. They tell me where I am letting my dog down in my handling. All of these are good, and best learnt when a track doesn't go to plan.

How we deal with failure is the key to success. Our dogs don't fully comprehend a failed track, but they will associate a track with your rage if you exhibit such emotions. It is much better to let it go and calmly end the track and try again later or another day.

If you want to learn how to be a better handler, to deal with failure well, to grow as a team and be more successful, you can check out my training offerings on my website at: www.ascensioncaninetraining.com

📷 OJ Photography

28/11/2022

I’ve been promoting lately on my stories simply because I have left every session with him learning a little bit more every time. As a dog trainer as well I believe he ticks all the boxes for what people should be looking for.
✅ Agency Dog Handler & training Instructor
✅ A wealth of knowledge
✅ All round good Bloke!

So if you’re in the Gold Coast/Brisbane area looking for a trainer I suggest reaching out to Tim.

25/11/2022

Malinois please tell me something they can’t do.... besides sit still 😅