K9 Top Tales

Great K9 Capers with Sgt. MIKE GOOSBY, Chief Trainer LAPD K9 Metro!

LAPD Sgt. Mike Goosby - With more than 750 criminal apprehensions walking behind a K9, Mike Goosby is one of the nation's authorities regarding tactical K9 deployment. In this episode, Mike shares some fun stories about his K9s Thunder and Luca and some great gems re deployment, living with a police K9, and LAPD K9 command and control. A couple of Goosby originals: "You can't expect your K9 team to have Porsche performance when you only offer them minivan maintenance." "They are police dogs, not debutantes."
07:50 - K9 Thunder
25:00 - K9 Luca
33:00 - Living with a K9
39:05 - LACPCA
48:00 - A Day in the Life
Mike is also the President of the Los Angeles County Police Canine Association (www.lacpca.com) a charitable organization which represents the law enforcement communities of the most populous county in the United States. Nearly 60 Law Enforcement agencies protect and serve 22 million citizens in an area of over 3500 square miles. Mike graciously offers himself up to help Handlers from departments across the country.
I hope you enjoy the episode and will take the time to leave a kind review and share K9 Top Tales with your friends.
Happy Training all!
Sonja Nordstrom
Sonja's Dog Training - offering Detection/Nosework/SAR Seminars and workshops as well as one-on-one training for your family dog - now also offering remote training via Zoom and Facetime.
Sonja's Dog Training Blog with lots of Training Tips for the Detection K9 Handler
Heimdallr K9 Services - Expert hand selection from the best dogs in Europe and personalized service to locate and integrate a personal/executive/family protection K9 into your home.

Gunny the Search and Rescue/Recovery K9 - with Handler Joe Jennings

Sometimes the unsung heroes of the working K9 Community are the Search dogs that locate those who have passed before they could be rescued. This episode highlights my Great Basin K-9 SAR teammates, Joe Jennings and his Golden Retriever Gunny https://greatbasink-9sar.org/ Gunny was certified as a live find wilderness K9, an Avalanche Dog, but also as a dog that would hunt for and locate human remains both on land and in water. One very difficult search was for a young 21-year-old woman, Annie Schmidt, lost in the Columbia River Gorge area in Oregon. In this episode, Joe shares with us his experiences on that search.
Joe is also the author of 4 books which can be found on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ECiGjQ The first two books Ghosts of Iwo Jima and Ghosts of the Buffalo Wheel tell of the adventures of Sam Weber and his trusted K9 Gunny - Interestingly, these two characters bear a striking resemblance to Joe and Gunny!
We on Great Basin K-9 SAR are heartbroken by the passing of Gunny just last Saturday at the age of 13 due to cancer. He lives on in our hearts with only fond memories and gratitude for a lifetime of service and a job well done. Rest easy Gunny.

K9 TV Heroes with Sue Chipperton

When watching animals working on TV, did you ever ask yourself, "How did they get the dog to do that?" Well, my guest Sue Chipperton has decades of Studio Animal work and knows all the tricks of the trade. She will share with us the story of Eddie, the Labrador Retriever that performs all sorts of heroic deeds while cast on Hawaii 5-0, some history regarding her work with Gidget the Taco Bell Dog, and also her work with the puppies in the iconic Budweiser Superbowl commercials. Sue is the Author of "A Famous Dog's Life" and owner of a movie animal company on Oahu Hawaii, Check the Gate. You can find lots of great photos of Eddie, Sue, and "the Lads" from Magnum PI , and Sue's up and coming German Shepherd/Malinois cross Brock on Eddie's IG page. If you live in Hawaii, you can also look Sue up to get a professional portrait of your dog www.chipperton.com
Eddies IG @h50eddie;
The Lads IG @the_magnum_lads;
Me @tailsticks;
Pet Photography @chipperton_photography.
Here's the show breakdown:
Intro
02:50. Eddie gets the role on 5-0;
07:40 The tasking for the first episode with tricks of the trade;
21:30 Handling new scripts;
26:30 Eddie loves everyone;
31:25 Sue's Animal Training History;
36:00 Career highlights and Gidget the Taco Bell Dog;
46:30 Working the Budweiser Superbowl Ad puppies;
52:30 Teaching the "Mark";
57:00. Keep learning.
Your host, Sonja Nordstrom, is the Owner of Heimdallr K9 Services (https://heimdallrk9.com) a provider of top level personal, executive, and family protection K9s and the Owner/Trainer of Sonja's Dog Training (https://sonjasdogtraining.com) providing SAR/Detection and Nosework/Scentwork workshops and seminars, remote training and coaching via Zoom, as well as one-on-one personalized pet dog training in the Park City area of Utah.

Anti-Poaching Dogs of Africa with Trainer Linda Porter

Linda Porter of the Canine Training Academy in Cañon City, Colorado, tells of hers and her husband John Lutenberg's unique experiences training tracking bloodhounds and Ivory and Weapons Detection K9s for the Rangers of the Mara Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, to combat poaching. Linda and John offer tracking/trailing K9 training of the highest quality at their facility - https://www.caninetrainingacademy.com/
You can learn more about the Mara Triangle and the work of Linda and John via these links:
https://www.maratriangle.org/about-us/work-projects/tracker-dog-unit
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/in-kenya-anti-poaching-dogs-are-wildlifes-best-friends
Your host, Sonja Nordstrom, is the owner and trainer of Sonja's Dog Training (https://sonjasdogtraining.com) providing SAR/Detection and Nosework/Scentwork workshops and seminars as well as one-on-one personalized pet dog training and Heimdallr K9 Services (https://heimdallrk9.com) a provider of top level personal, executive, and family protection K9s.

K9 Search and Rescue - The Early Days with Bill Dotson

Bill Dotson is well known throughout the Search and Rescue (SAR) community as a Search Manager and Trainer/Instructor. In this episode, however, we'll chat with Bill about his early days in SAR with his Belgian Shepherd Lys, traveling for testing to Switzerland, and forming CARDA (California Rescue Dog Association.) With deployments close to home in Northern California and also throughout the world responding to disasters, Bill shares his stories of searches with his dogs, the relationships he had with his dogs, and a wealth of knowledge gleaned during 42 years involved in K9 SAR.
Introduction
02:00 Starting the K9 journey, obedience, and Schutzhund
06:20 Who wants to do SAR?
17:40 Lys's first find
22:20 Starting CARDA (California Rescue Dog Association - www.carda.org)
24:40 Working with Davis City PD and the Golden State Rapist/Killer
32:40 Yosemite Rockslide of 1980 (https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Chronicle-Covers-The-deadly-Yosemite-rock-slide-10592494.php)
34:40 Water find with Lys
39:00 International Deployments
47:40 Moving to Virginia/Dogs East
58:20 Best Advice
1:01:00 Best piece of Gear - Get the right DOG!
1:02:00 SDONA (Search Dog Organization of North America - www.sdona.org)
1:06:00 Dedication to K9 Handler Cindy MacArthur
Your host, Sonja Nordstrom, is the owner and trainer of Sonja's Dog Training (https://sonjasdogtraining.com) providing SAR/Detection and Nosework/Scentwork workshops and seminars as well as one-on-one personalized pet dog training and Heimdallr K9 Services (https://heimdallrk9.com) a provider of top level personal, executive, and family protection K9s.

Working the Patrol/Sheriff’s/SWAT K9 with KEVIN SHELDAHL

In this episode, Kevin Sheldahl shares his decades of experience as a K9 Handler and Trainer for the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department in New Mexico and now as owner and trainer for K-9 Services (www.k-9services.com).
During the episode, Kevin uses some terms which may not be familiar to some listeners so the definitions are provided:
DM - Degenerative Myelopathy/disc disease | FTO - Field Training Officer | Clever Hans - the horse that could do math or could he? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans | Schutzhund/IPO/IGP - a dog sport involving Tracking Obedience and Protection work http://www.schutzhund-training.com/ | WUSV - World Competition for Schutzhund/IPO/IGP German Shepherds https://www.wusv.org/en | KNPV - Royal Dutch Police Dog Competition https://leerburg.com/knpvbob1.htm | SWGDOG - Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines https://ifri.fiu.edu/research/detector-dogs/swgdog/
Here is the episode outline:
1:35 - Kevin's Start in K9
10:15 - Breed of Choice and Selection
16:30 - K9 LIability
25:30 - Bernalillo County Sheriff's K9s
27:30 - First Capture with K9 Dolph
37:00 Getting Fellow Officers On Board with K9
39:00 The SWAT Mission
45:20 National Forest Search Mission
56:30 Use of Markers for Detection Training
1:07:00 - Advice for the new or aspiring Handler
1:12:00 - Best Gear - ECollar
1:16:13 - Compulsion in Patrol K9 Training
1:17:00 K-9 Services Info
1:22:00 K-9 Services Facebook Page as a resource
1:24:00 The Last Dog and closing remarks.
I hope you enjoy the episode and will take the time to leave a kind review and share K9 Top Tales with your friends.
Happy Training all!
Sonja Nordstrom
www.sonjasdogtraining.com - for your personal training needs both in person and remote as well as Detection/Nosework/SAR Seminars
www.heimdallrk9.com - for your personal/executive/family protection K9 needs.

Welcome to K9 Top Tales!

Welcome to the K9 Top Tales podcast where you will hear exciting, interesting, and at times heart-wrenching stories of these K9 warriors, protectors, rescuers, and crime fighters directly from their K9 handlers and partners. This Podcast trailer includes an introduction to your host, retired FBI Special Agent and K9 Handler/Trainer of 25 years, Sonja Nordstrom. You can learn more about Sonja and her K9 training and protection K9 sales services at the following websites:
Heimdallr K9 Services: Providing trained dogs of the highest quality for executive, family, and personal protection. Top tier dogs | hands-on selection, | personalized delivery and training | continued support | professional team | ethics and experience you can trust. www.heimdallrk9.com
Sonja's Dog Training: Customized Training for your one of a kind dog. Specializing in behavior, relationship, trust, and precision communication. Now offering virtual online Zoom and Facetime sessions or telephone consults. Also offering Nosework/Scentwork workshops, virtual private sessions, and SAR/Detection seminars. www.sonjasdogtraining.com
Great Basin K-9 Search and Rescue: GBK9SAR is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization with operational members in Summit, Utah, Weber, Morgan, and Salt Lake Counties. Our mission is to train K9/Handler SAR teams and certify them to the highest standards in order to provide K9 SAR services— at no cost — to public safety organizations throughout the Intermountain West. www.greatbasink-9sar.org