Muddy Paws K9 Training; LLC

Muddy Paws K9 Training; LLC Specializing in Police and Security K9 Training and Consulting

We are a full-service police and security K9 training and consulting company with over 20 years experience. We provide every aspect of training or consultation on K9 selection, training, and administrative needs such as record keeping and certification. Our K9 training services can provide training for all aspects of patrol and/or detector training; such as tracking, apprehension, obedience, tacti

cal K9 uses, scenario based training, and detector dog training for multiple disciplines. Our owner and lead trainer, Tony LoRusso, has worked with numerous agencies in K9 selection, initial training, and maintenance training for both patrol and detector K9s. Tony also has real world experience, working three Patrol K9s that were dual certified in drug detection. With over 300 patrol apprehensions and 100+ drug detection finds, Tony has the real world experience to compliment his experience as an FDLE and USPCA certified K9 Trainer with over 30,000 training hours as a lead K9 trainer. Tony was also the Head K9 Trainer for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office 14 dog K9 Unit where he was responsible for dog selection, running patrol and detector schools, maintenance training, course development, and record keeping. Tony has also competed in the United States Police Canine Association Regional and National Trials with all three of his K9s, placing multiple times in patrol and detector disciplines. With this wealth of experience we are confident our company can provide you with the guidance and training you need to build and maintain the highest quality of K9 teams.

Working exclusively with K9 Otto and Ofc. Delanoy today. This team has come a long way in the few months they've been to...
10/24/2024

Working exclusively with K9 Otto and Ofc. Delanoy today. This team has come a long way in the few months they've been together. Otto went from a "leave 'em in the car" overly aggressive reaction to the hospital environment to now calmly patroling the very busy ER, standing posts, and people sniff search work. It has been nothing but hard work in training by this team to achieve these results. In the last video, Otto very proficiently scans the main entrance line crowd, alerting to the assault rifle magazine and ammunition concealed in my bag. TGH is innovating with this program and leading the industry in hospital security.

Happy Boss’s Day to the incredible leader of our company! You inspire so many with your positivity, humility, and passio...
10/16/2024

Happy Boss’s Day to the incredible leader of our company! You inspire so many with your positivity, humility, and passion for the K9 community 🐾💙🖤

09/02/2024

Picture yourself as an athlete, only you never know when your game is. How ready would you stay for the game? Adopt this mentality in K9, and success will follow. Maintain a constant state of readiness in your partner and yourself.

🐾 Meet our Muddy Paws Fur-Family 🐾Mars “The Old Man” was Tony’s dual purpose working dog from 2012-2019. He now spends h...
08/04/2024

🐾 Meet our Muddy Paws Fur-Family 🐾

Mars “The Old Man” was Tony’s dual purpose working dog from 2012-2019. He now spends his days enjoying brunches with mom and dad and (reluctantly) being the new puppy’s jungle gym and pillow.

Logan is Tony’s current dual purpose working dog since 2019. He is the happiest, craziest, most energetic dog, and he loves going to work and fetching planks (yes… planks of wood).

Gus Gus is the newest member of our family, a lab/plot hound/who knows little mutt we rescued in May. He is so smart and sweet and loves running around with Logan and snuggling with everyone, but especially Mars (when Mars lets him 🤣).

Show us your Fur-Family below 🐶👇

Help us congratulate our founder and Master K9 Trainer, Tony LoRusso, on his ✨25 YEARS✨ of service with the Pinellas Cou...
08/03/2024

Help us congratulate our founder and Master K9 Trainer, Tony LoRusso, on his ✨25 YEARS✨ of service with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office, still doing what he loves!! 20 of those 25 years have been spent in the K-9 unit with operational experience, training, and expertise. Deputy LoRusso, thank you for serving the community and keeping us safe. We look forward to 25 more 🤣

🚔🐾 💙🖤

07/10/2024

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07/06/2024

The deadly encounter we should all be preparing for and the survival story that resulted from that preparation. Do not miss this!

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"Every handler gets the dog they deserve"As I finished what was possibly my millionth training track today during my 20 ...
06/30/2024

"Every handler gets the dog they deserve"

As I finished what was possibly my millionth training track today during my 20 year K9 career I was reminded of recently hearing someone refer to a handler as "lucky" he has a good dog in a way that seemed to dismiss the hours, years of hard work I know that team has put in. No dog is perfect, and neither is it's human counterpart. To achieve this "push button" status takes a properly selected animal sure, quality training techniques, of course, but the most undeniable ingredient is a committed handler hammering away day after day. Attacking every deficiency of their own and their partners. Countless failures and frustrations. Striving to comminicate more effectively with their K9, learning and applying new techniques, teaching new behaviors, achieving higher standards, and constantly growing as individuals and as a team. Truly maintaining a constant state of readiness. In my time I have seen great dogs brought to unworkable status by poor handlers. We are quick to blame the dog then. Or shell out the mantra, "every handler gets the dog they deserve." And we are quick to see those that are good OR better than us as "lucky" with the dog they have. Luck is not given it is earned. The harder they train, the "luckier" those teams seem to get. Make no mistake, there is no talent here, only obsession. An obsession to be the best at my craft. Every training night was dedicated to me and my problems those early years. I was not naturally skilled or raised as a dog trainer. I was simply not good enough yet to get my dog to do what he was capable of. My K9s were not pre-trained, and they were made up from the same genetic material and drives all good police dogs are. The same make up your K9s are. They are not special, they are not "crazy" or "stupid." No more than any other K9 is. 😁 You just need to be better to get them there.

We always get the dog we deserve.

06/29/2024
06/29/2024
06/24/2024

In just a few days - Tuesday June 25th - join us at England Brothers Park at 7 PM for a fur-tastic K-9 graduation! This isn't your typical graduation, this evening is packed with high-flying action, hair-raising fun, and everything you could want to know about the K-9 Unit.

The best part? After the entertaining ceremony, we invite the audience to join our K-9s on the field for an up-close meet and greet!

Let's celebrate Pinellas's newest K-9 teams:
- K-9 "Rogue" and Deputy Richard Bynum,
- K-9 "Digo" and Deputy Anthony Ashworth
- K-9 "Gunther" and Deputy Jason Whidby

For more information visit our Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/5qWzAkc3B

Postponed, not canceled! Gonna be a great show on June 25th!
06/11/2024

Postponed, not canceled! Gonna be a great show on June 25th!

06/05/2024

Food lures and free shaping some obedience with green dogs to up those handler skill sets. Next up decoying and bite work at the FDLE K9 Instructor Course!

To quote our trainer, "You wanna jump outta helicopters, but you can't get your dog to heel." We'll teach you how to get...
05/28/2024

To quote our trainer, "You wanna jump outta helicopters, but you can't get your dog to heel." We'll teach you how to get to BOTH at our upcoming K9 Instructor Course, June 3rd-June 13th. Clock is ticking, so to get that last spot, call today! 727-341-4772.

This is the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement 1199 course. 5 year experience requirement for instructor certification not required to attend but 3-4 years experience recommended.
https://pstc.spcollege.edu/

Tracking, Apprehension, Obedience, Scenario Based Training....heck, we even threw in a Detector day! It's not too late! ...
05/21/2024

Tracking, Apprehension, Obedience, Scenario Based Training....heck, we even threw in a Detector day! It's not too late! A few slots still available for our upcoming FDLE K9 Instructor Course, June 3rd-13th. Come get the tools to teach it all, or just improve your own performance. Requirements for FDLE K9 Instructor are not mandatory to attend class but 3-4 years' experience is recommended.

Register at https://pstc.spcollege.edu/

To quote the master dog trainer Frank Campbell, "You wanna jump out of helicopters but you can't get your dog to heel." ...
05/15/2024

To quote the master dog trainer Frank Campbell, "You wanna jump out of helicopters but you can't get your dog to heel." Every great "athlete" recognizes the importance of keeping those fundamentals sharp. Stay vigilante, train hard.

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Picture yourself as an athlete, only you never know when your game is. How ready would you stay for the game? Adopt this mentality in K9, and success will follow. Maintain a constant state of readiness in your partner and yourself.

Our friends at Fort Myers PD K9 working some gunfire and team integration exercises today at our K9 Instructor Course. #lawenforcement #policek9

Food lures and free shaping some obedience with green dogs to up those handler skill sets. Next up decoying and bite work at the FDLE K9 Instructor Course!

Training with K9 Stone and Officer Bull of Tampa General Hospital Security today. K9 Stone is a gun detection dog we've had the pleasure of training with since June. In this exercise, the find is unknown to the handler while on a routine patrol of the parking garage, where a single handgun magazine with 6 spent rounds has been concealed near a pillar. Turn the sound on to hear Ofc. Bulls genuine excitement that Stone located the find, that he did not expect was out.

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