Georgia K9 NTC Wisconsin Branch

04/11/2025

Awesome news!

04/08/2025

Prayers for the four-legged guy in this picture today! OPPD K9 Maverick is undergoing spinal surgery today! Pray for success and a recovery to working status!

04/03/2025

We have trained K9 teams from over 30 agencies throughout the Great Lakes Region and the Midwest (plus Georgia and Ontario). Train with us for real-world urban tracking with and . When the call comes to deploy you won’t be working a known trail. Train that way. Learn to read your dog via coached single blind tracks and then prove you can perform via double blind problems!

03/25/2025

We’ve added classes for civilians interested in tracking/trailing on most Sundays in and around Yorkville, IL. If your dog has some prey drive, and loves food or a favorite toy, it can do this as well! Certifications are available using the same tough double blind tests we use for SAR and law enforcement. If you’re interested, contact us to be put on the list. $150 for the day. Here’s Roxy the Aussie mix sealing the deal!

03/17/2025

Atlas the Aussie completes his first (non run-off) trail, 300m with a road crossing after only two days of training and starting from scratch. As always, completed with and . Video credit EM.

03/15/2025

Just a reminder, train like you fight, fight like you train.

Some people track in the same field every training day…our tracking field is the city, where the majority of our handlers deploy. Our trails are blind and double blind because bad guys and missing people don’t leave chalk marks or flags.

02/28/2025

K9 Varlo for the find!

02/26/2025

Detailing the step-off point.

02/22/2025

Our veterinary student extraordinaire and our apprentice trainer demonstrated head bandaging at our outstanding K9 med course in Orland Park.

02/12/2025

Snow tracks!

02/05/2025

Our spring tracking / trailing seminar has been finalized! The course is applicable to both seasoned and green teams. The majority of the seminar will be spent out in the field with each team getting plenty of reps throughout the 3 days. Please feel free to message us with any questions!

Update 2/14/2025: We are at capacity. We will put teams on the waiting list for potential cancellations.

01/28/2025

New swag for the GAK9 WI-IL Express.

01/18/2025

Hey, we know this K9!

The fifteenth portrait for the Hounds that Help book is Maverick.

He is K9 Police Dog #711 with the Orland Park Police Department. He is an 8 year old Hanoverian Hound who is trained in narcotics detection and trailing/tracking. He is the only Hanoverian Hound working in law enforcement in Illinois.

He has been used to search for people who have wondered off such as people with Alzheimers and children.

He's a smart and stunning dog!