The "Walk" the greatest teaching moment of all. This what I call a win, win for the human and K9. Why do we love the walk?
1. Its establishes a proper relationship (contact) between trainer and dog.
2. Habituation to specialized equipment.
3. Develops physical endurance.
4. The walk gets the dog accustomed to the dark, inclement weather, and other unusual conditions.
5. The trainer can use transportation to a walking location, which gets the dog use to being in a vehicle.
6. The walk will allow the trainer to use all the basic language commands in an external environment with several different types of stimuli being presented to the K9.
7. The walk creates the opportunity to work on "external inhibition".
8. The walk creates the opportunity to work on "internal inhibition".
9. The trainer/coach/teacher is able to work on the "reaction time" of the K9. 10. "Selfcontrol is able to be developed on the walk.
11. "Investigative behavior" can be observed by the trainer. Under this observation the trainer will be able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the K9. This observation will help in assisting the trainer on how to begin the process of putting together a POA (plan of action) in moving forward in the development of the K9.

K9s 4 American is a nonprofit company that helps provide service dogs to veterans and law enforcement. https://k9s4america.org/

Our Mission

We enhance the safety and improve the health of American communities by providing highly trained canines to law enforcement, veterans and schools. Specifically, K9s 4 America will:

Enhance the safety of our communities by providing MWD K9s that are highly trained for protection and detection to law enforcement agencies and first responders.
Provide renewed independence and enhanced quality of life for American veterans through the donation of specially trained MWD K9 service dogs.
Secure the safety of our communities by introducing specifically trained MWD K9s for the protection of children, teachers and other employees in our schools.

K9s 4 America has a deep passion and strong commitment for fundraising to support the donation of specially trained dogs to help law enforcement agencies, American veterans and schools in our communities. We want to ensure the vitality of K9 programs in local law enforcement agencies to help reduce the use of illegal drugs and other crimes in our communities.

K9s 4 America is dedicated to improving the health of American veterans who have served our country. Our donation of trained companion dogs will provide renewed independence and enhanced quality of life for veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By helping veterans heal, we can improve their mental health and reduce the rate of suicide among this honorable population.

As America experiences a drastic increase in gun violence in our schools, K9s 4 America is uniquely positioned to be a pioneer for the use of specially trained canines to help detect illegal drugs, weapons and explosives in our schools. Through our donations we hope to expand the use of canines to protect our children and enhance the overall safety of American schools.

* ATTENTION** the video description content is the wonderful and brilliant work of Mister Maxim Basyro. In 1996, from the youthful enthusiasm of dog training, followed by the practical experience of instructorcynologist training of service dogs and the personnel learning of cynological units from the frontier troops, an impulse was created within Basyro to create the first cynological center – “Ronald” in St. Petersburg. It was within the Ronald Cynological Center that Basyro began working on creating programs and techniques that later became the theoretical framework for all the educational and training process within the larger organizational framework of the Federation of Military Canines. Now, 25 years after the first steps in the path of professional cynology – this framework has been expanded many times. In 2016, in St. Petersburg, the fifth center of the Federation was opened with a full range of specialized cynological services, and has already begun expanding significantly within the borders of the Leningrad region. The practical cynological services of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is organically combined, as well as Maxim Basyro’s own methods for training both dogs and their handlers. With more than 25years’ experience in the field of practical cynology, Basyro founded the Public Federation of Military Canines to best train dogs. https://www.masterdogtraining.com