Heartland K-9 Services provides K-9 training for K-9 teams from the law enforcement, corrections, and emergency services communities. Throughout the year, various schools are presented in the following disciplines: Tracking/Trailing; Cadaver search (both on land and water); and Alert Training – alerts include bark alerts, dig alerts, re-finds, passive alerts.

One of the most popular schools is the Cadaver school – and recent natural disasters have pointed to a strong need for cadaver K-9 teams.  The Alert school is also a popular school, where handlers can attend and work solely on their K-9’s alerts and indications.

Click on the courses button for course descriptions, and the schedule button for this year’s class schedule.

These schools can be brought to any hosting agency throughout the United States. Interested departments or units can contact instructor, Jeanette Smith, to arrange a class at any time of year at smith07@hughes.net or call at (440) 223-8212. These schools are arranged on a contract basis.

If you would like to host a class and cannot afford to send the whole team or department to one of the Heartland K-9 classes in Ohio, consider bringing the instructor TO YOU. The cost is affordable.

Click on "Instructor" to check out the background of the instructor.

Jeanette Smith is a member of, and has participated in events by, the National Association for Search and Rescue. She is also a member of the Ohio Federation of K-9 Search and Rescue Teams, as well as the director of Heartland K-9 Search and Rescue – serving Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

K-9 schools fill up quickly. If there is one that interests you, your department, or organization, check with the instructor at smith07@hughes.net to obtain a registration form, and get availability for space in the class.