Southern Hills Kennels

Drug Detection Dogs

Drug Dogs – hand-selected for intense search and strong passive alert.

At Southern Hills Kennels, our drug dogs go through realistic drug detection training.

We only use real drugs, not pseudo drug scents:  vital for when K-9 officers are to testify their drug dog only hits on illegal substances.

Our dogs are taught to detect marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines.

When a dog locates drugs, it will signal the find with a passive alert - an unassisted sit position.

When training narcotic dogs - informally known as sniffer dogs - we never allow them physical contact with the drugs; the dogs are trained only to detect the scent of the drugs.

We build each dog’s confidence with positive reward-based training. This ensures our narcotics dogs are always confident and eager in unfamiliar surroundings.

To hone the detection skills of both the dog and the drug dog handler, training is provided for searches in many realistic environments, including:

  • Buildings – A drug dog learns to perform narcotic searches in structures varying in size and complexity while working through a number of distractions.
  • Vehicles – The dogs are taught to search through a variety of vehicle types from small cars to large trucks to simulate realistic traffic stops and vehicular drug searches.
  • Luggage – Narcotics dogs receive extensive training by searching luggage and lockers to detect narcotics.

K9 Handler Training

Because drug detection is not all about the searching, Southern Hills Kennels also incorporates training the drug dog handler in the required record keeping necessary for drug cases to stand up in court.

Officer Chris Porter with his K9 and their 380 lbs. of marijuanaTestimonial: 380 lbs. of marijuana concealed in a compartment in the fuel tank on a charter bus. The marijuana was vacuum sealed, cellophane wrapped, and covered in ammonia. By the way, the dog is awesome!!!
Officer Chris Porter - Youngstown, Florida

Call now about your new K-9 partner: a highly motivated drug detection dog.
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Photo Gallery

  • SHK drug detection dogs are confident and eager, even in unfamiliar surroundings.
  • A well-trained drug detection K9 is comfortable in structures of varying size and complexity.
  • This Florida drug dog took just seconds to locate narcotics hidden in a vehicle.
  • This trained drug dog is not intimidated by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel.
  • A police drug dog performs a hotel room search.
  • A drug K9 rewards his Daytona Beach team mate with a find and signals with a passive alert: he sits!
  • A hotel room is no challenge for a narcotic detection dog trained using real odors.
  • A SHK narcotic detection K9 assumes the unassisted 'sit' position near hidden narcotics.
  • We never use pseudo drug scents, so this narcotics dog's find will stand up in court.
  • This narcotic dog easily detected cocaine hidden behind closed doors.
  • Our dogs are taught to search a variety of vehicles from small cars to 18-wheelers.
  • We simulate dozens of realistic situations in our police dog training.

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