In June this year ASA gave technical tracking Instruction to Conneticut state Police K9 Department and SWAT. The three day course covered various exercises designed to improve the tracking ability of an operational k9 team including counter diversionary, cross graining a track, working a tracker dog in heavily contaminated areas and tracking through water. I'm pleased to say that since the course there has been several operational water tracks leading to apprehensions.

In May this year ASA gave technical tracking Instruction to Colorado Springs Police K9 Department and Denver SWAT. The three day course covered various exercises designed to improve the tracking ability of an operational k9 team including counter diversionary, cross graining a track and working a tracker dog in heavily contaminated areas. All the teams showed massive improvement and added value to their operational knowledge.

ASA was invited in May this year to give tactical tracking instruction at the Dogs for Law Enforcement seminar held in Iowa. It was attended by 96 K9 teams from various U.S law enforcement agencies. ASA conducted five 1-day courses with instruction on counter diversionary tracking.

Eight years ago ASA donated and trained four Anti poaching dogs to be deployed at the Save Valley conservancy, Zimbabwe under the care of Bryce Clemence. These dogs and rangers have just been internationally recognised for their work. Anti-Poaching Tracking Specialists (ATS) team, whose tireless work in the Savé Valley Conservancy in south eastern Zimbabwe has dismantled dozens of notorious rhino poaching syndicates, has won the IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award at the Afr

In September this year ASA had the privilege of assisting KSS Air Ambulance at one of their open days in Kent by giving a K9 Demonstration to the visiting Public. This dedicated team need to raise £56,000 every day to keep the their helicopter operational and saving lives. It was truly humbling to watch as during the event the KSS air ambulance team had to leave to attend a motorcycle accident, truly life saving work!

ASA has just returned from giving continuation training to Cage and Raymond, Tracker Dogs deployed at the Mukutan Conservancy, Kenya. All working dogs need regular continuation training to maintain standards of efficiency and correct handler errors. The training lasted seven days and during that period we trained in busy urban areas and practised various operational scenarios including night work. The time at Mukutan was enjoyed by all with a successful outcome.

In September this year ASA returned from giving instruction to U.S Border patrol in Arizona. The course started with a one day open seminar explaining the training methods and operational techniques employed by ASA. This was then followed by five days on the ground training demonstrating with Border Patrol K9 teams some of the training exercises used by us. The course was well received and after having worked with border Patrol ASA has a huge amount of respect for the K9 team

ASA recently had the privilege of instructing at Independence, Iowa. teaching two 3-Day tactical tracking classes to K9 officers from various Police departments across the state. The courses concentrated on understanding the behavioural signals given from your K9 whilst tracking and teaching the K9 to isolate only human air rafts to optimise its tracking capabilities. Both course were a great success with an invitation to return. Both the course were sponsored by vested inter

Earlier this year ASA was invited to instruct at the u.s military working dog Symposium in Alpena Michigan teaching Combat tracking. As a...

The ASA K9 demonstration team has just completed another successful year of shows culminating at the BCS five day event in Kent. The...