Added April 15, 2026

All Things K9

Lafayette, IN · Jun 15, 2026 · 8 hours · $225.00

Instructor

Josh Brainard

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Description

All Things K-9 is a class designed to highlight the potential and capabilities of a K-9 team. Instructor Josh Brainard will give current K-9 handlers a fresh perspective and deeper understanding of all things K-9. Not only will this class help all officers better understand how police working dogs function, but it will also explain how to interact more efficiently alongside K-9 Teams. Supervisors will gain a better understanding of how to support these valuable resources and prevent liability against their units. For those police officers with aspirations to become a K-9 handler, this class will give them a jump start to understand the science of the craft!

Course attendees will learn about K-9 narcotics sniffs of vehicles, currency, parcels, buildings, and open areas. This course will also explore the use of a K-9 in high-risk vehicle stops, tracking, trailing and open area searches for suspects. Instructor Brainard will talk about the use of perimeters for containment, as well as collecting, preserving, and presenting scent evidence as it relates to manhunts. Real deployment videos will be shown to explain how suspects were located and narcotics were seized.

• Understand how police K9s think, learn and behave.
• Become fluent as a backup officer for a K9 team.
• Understand odor, how it moves, and how the environment aftects it.
• Master narcotic sniffs and prepare for masking odors.
• Improve tracking, trailing and area searches.
• Effective ways to contain, locate and apprehend suspects.
• How to properly utilize a K9 during high risk deployments.
• Gain awareness of heat injuries and K9 first aid.
• Understand K9 specific case law, preparing for court and record keeping.
• Prevent handler, supervisor and department liability.
• You will leave confident in your ability to handle, train, supervise and assist a K9.

Canine Deployed was founded by Josh Brainard. As a police officer, Josh is a Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Use of Force Instructor, Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Instructor, K-9 trainer/K-9 handler, American Working Dog Association (AWDA) Evaluator and is currently teamed with a dual-purpose K-9. Josh has been assigned to a Criminal Interdiction Unit and Street Crimes Unit as a K-9 Handler, as well as a High-Risk Tracking Team. Josh and his partner have tracked and apprehended several dangerous individuals and are responsible for many significant seizures of drugs, firearms, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. Further, Josh is recognized as an expert in Use of Force and in the K-9 field.

Canine Deployed LLC is responsible for providing K9 training to thousands of law enforcement officers every year. Canine Deployed is an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) accredited training provider, giving our attendees ILEA credit hours. Further, Canine Deployed uses Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) certified "Use of Force" instructors, to teach use of force as it applies to K9. Canine Deployed is currently contracted by one of the largest and fastest growing law enforcement training companies in the world and our courses are approved for Law Enforcement Credits in several states.

Reviews for this course

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Dante Villarreal
TX · Attended 7/30/2025

Awesome informative course!

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Dakota Kerr
TX · Attended 7/29/2025

Great class.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Zachary Juarez
TX · Attended 7/28/2025

This course was very knowledgeable and great information to retain

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Michael Basciano
NY · Attended 3/3/2025
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Josh’s knowledge and experience in the field is second to none. His presentation is clear and concise! I recommend this course to any current handler, anyone about to attend a handler school or anyone who wants to gain general knowledge about what a police/sherrif canine is capable of.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Sean Flynn
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025
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Class was great, Josh was very informative and it shows how much experience he has working a dog. The bodycam videos used were a great tool to be able to see Josh executing the tactics and information that he taught during class.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Justiano Nieves
CT · Attended 3/3/2025

The course was very informative. Great introduction class to anyone interested in becoming a handler and those wanting to get back to the basics.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Joseph Staffieri
CT · Attended 3/3/2025
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Excellent course. Instructor was very knowledgeable and has a lot of great experience and real life deployments. Instructor was very credible.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Matthew Viola
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025

I am not a K9 handler but do have interest in the field. This course has opened my mind to how daily operations and training is like in this field. I look forward to learning more about K9’s and LE Dog Handling.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Michael Walker
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025

Outstanding course with a lot of information regarding all aspects of being a K9 team.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Timothy Mitchell
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025

Great tips and pointers to help expand your knowledge in the K9 field

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Joseph Perrotti
CT · Attended 3/3/2025

Great course! There was information applicable for experienced handlers, new handlers, and even non-handlers.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
David Tolve Jr.
NY · Attended 3/3/2025

This course was extremely informative and I would recommend this to anyone who is looking to become or is a handler.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Michael Pierne
CT · Attended 3/3/2025

Good class. Good information.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Christopher Trotz
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025

Excellent course material

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Tyler Pein
NJ · Attended 3/3/2025

Good class

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Michael Barnett
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

I really enjoyed the class and thought there was alot of good information

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Alex Gale
MD · Attended 11/4/2024

Josh is highly experienced and puts on a great training!

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Mallory Sutler
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Very informative and engaging class, great teaching technique.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Brandon Keen
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Excellent course. Instructor was very professional and knowledgeable about anything K9 related. Highly recommend this course.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Xiuru Li
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

The training was very knowledgeable when it comes to K9.

★★★★☆ 4/5 · Instructor: ★★★★☆ 4/5
Daniel Johnson
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Covers a broad range of topics for all levels of experience.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Austin Beane
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Strongly recommend this class. Helped me with things I can take back home to better myself and my K9 partner. Very knowledgeable instructor, 10/10.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Travis Layton
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Class was great! A must for new handlers and back up officers who work around canine units.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Christian Martin
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

This is a great course whether you are a handler or not. It gives insight to the workings of the K9 and how to work with them.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Vincent Manley
WV · Attended 11/4/2024

Class was solid good information

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5

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