Muddy Paws K9 Training; LLC

03/31/2025

Our gun detection teams at Tampa General Hospital training in real world environments.

39 likes, 2 comments. “The General Hospital goodest boys are watching everyone & training hard to ensure they keep everyone safe 🐶🐶🫶🏻🫶🏻 ”

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.

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.

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 🐶👇

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 🤣

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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!

HITS K9 Training & Consulting- America's largest and most diverse law enforcement K9 training group.

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

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/

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/