ADVANCED DETECTION HIDE SETTINGS

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Robin has been involved in detection work since 2001, beginning in wilderness and human remains detection (HRD), which expanded into disaster search dog work. She trains and deploys with Nebraska Task Force 1 and Iowa Task Force 1. She is also a certified explosives and narcotics detection dog handlerwhere she works various venues for concerts and festivals. 

Her focused education in behavior technology started in 2016 by attending two Chicken Workshops (Behavior Technology Workshops). In 2018 she completed a four-monthresident apprenticeship with Parvene Farhoody, Phd. In 2022, Robin completed the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute yearlongMaster K9 Trainer Program.

As the CEO of K9Sensus, Robin instructs throughout the nation and has students all over the world in diverse specialties using behavior analytical principals to help achieve specific training goals. By coaching the trainer/handler, she provides students with a deeper understanding of the behaviors they are trying to achieve and the procedures to achieve them. 

Robin is an affiliate member of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science and a subject matter expert for the American Association of Forensic Sciences Dogs and Sensors Consensus Body where she assists in the authorship, editing, and vetting of national standards for detection and  patrol canines in the United States. She is a certifying official for several national search and rescue organizations including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

Robin holds a master of arts in community and regional planning and a Masters of Business Administration.  She is a certified executive coach through the International Coaching Federation.   

Robin also breeds Labrador retrievers for detection, hunt tests, and field trails.  She and her husband live in Iowa where they raise Red Angus cattle and miniature donkeys. 

About the K9Sensus Foundation 

Founded in 2006, K9Sensus provides public safety and volunteer professionals (the human end of the leash) education and training to decode animal perceptions and responses to stimuli. Our progressive, research-based training translates theory into practice, empowering people to truly collaborate with their human and K9 partners.  

Through in person and online training and coaching, K9Sensus brings cutting edge science into the field and is the bridge between theory and practice.  In 2025, K9Sensus will launch an online detection dog handler training program, allowing individuals from all over the world to have access to individualized training and coaching. 

ADVANCED DETECTION HIDE SETTINGS

This course is specifically designed to aid trainers/handlers in the understanding of how to set source/hides to work on specific skill sets in their K9 partner, challenge handler understand of odor theory, and develop an understanding of how to modify set ups for other canine teams. Through hands on exercises, we will build on the trainers understanding of odor theory to solidify concepts for the dogs. 

We are focused on meeting teams at their level and providing ample opportunity for individualized instruction.  Individuals who find themselves in the role of training officer (either official or implied) will find this class extremely useful.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:

-Normal K9 Detection Gear