It is with great pleasure to advise you of a fantastic dog training seminar with Guest Trainer Steve Krmpotic from Regal Haus Kennels. Steve will be covering, Bite Development,  Muzzle Work,  Bite Suit Work,  Crowd Control work plus more… there will be a mixture of practical, theory ( dvd’s ) and discussions. We are limiting the seminar to 15 Persons so please book early $200 per person limit of 2 dogs each.  This is a must for anyone in the security dog industry.

For more details and to book in please call Lisa on 0430057294

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The 50th Jubille Conference in New Zealand was a big success with animal control officers from around the country showing up for this important event.

With a host of very experienced speakers covering many dog related subjects in the beautiful town of Blenheim on the south island it was very clearly going to be a first class event.

From the venue to the Gala dinner everyone had a fantastic time and learnt many things that they can take back to their local department and train their front line staff.

Part of the training included Dog bite prevention, skill in hanling dogs and equipment and finally how to conduct full evaluations on dogs for re housing purposes.

Congratulations to the organising committee for a wonderful job in putting this event together, and we wish all every success in the future.

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Multi National K9 is excited to offer professional dog training and problem solving in the comfit of your own home. MNK9 dog trainer Peta Harrison is available to help you with your pet throughout south east Qld. Peta can train your dog in obedience and resolve problems your dog has on the spot. If you dog is jumping up, barking all the time or just needs some manners Peta will help you get the perfect pet.

For a limited time you can book Peta at the intruductory price of only $50 Brisbane north side, $80 Brisbane south side and Sunshine Coast and $100 Gold Coast. Call Peta now to book your private lesson on 0418 709 812 or 0754 330 415 mnk9 07 3888 8888 gary@mnk9.com

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Call to remove “sharks on legs”

Ashleigh Howarth | 21st September 2011

 

 

PROTECTIVE EXERCISES: Dog trainer Gary Jackson teaches people to defend themselves from a dog attack.

 

“SHARKS on legs” is what councillor Graham Able calls dangerous dog breeds within Logan.

After 800 dog attacks in the city last year alone, Cr Able wants to see tougher laws implemented which would allow Council immediate access to dangerous dogs that attack, and issue on the spot fines for dog owners.

“There is no room for dangerous dogs in urbanised areas,” Cr Able said.

“Council has no rights to go in and get these dogs, as we lost all of our rights under the new act of 2008, and we want those rights back to be able to get out there and get these vicious dogs off the streets.”

Cr Able referred to the case of a dog attack in Melbourne earlier this year in which a four-year-old girl was mauled to death.

He wants to see harsher penalties implemented in Queensland after the Victorian Government announced jail terms for owners of dogs that kill.

“The Deputy Premier has to introduce a criminal code to jail these reckless people,” Cr Able said.

“This is the only way to stop people from having dangerous dog breeds.

“Also, issue on the spot fines to hit their hip pockets where they deserve.”

Director of Multi National K9 and professional dog trainer Gary Jackson said when a dog attacked, every situation was different, but owners should meet certain requirements before they could have their pet back.

“Every case is different, and every dog has aggression, some more than others, but sometimes it can be produced because the dog has been provoked,” he said.

“If a dog attacks and it has been provoked, the owners should be made to comply with certain regulations such as improving their fencing for example before they can get their dogs back.

“But in a case where a dog has attacked for no reason, the dog should be taken away.”

For information on how to train your dog, or learn safety procedures on what to do if you are attacked, log on to Mr Jackson’s website, www.mnk9.com.

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I remember as a teenager visiting Keith and watching him train, in the late 70′s and early 80′s Keith and my father Neville Jackson were about the only two dog trainers here in south east Qld. I have always held the highest respects for Keith and remember many great dog training conversations with him. Keith has been actively involved in many dog clubs and organisations due to his wealth of experience and talent. Keith’s son Sean is also a very talented dog trainer with a wealth of experience and training from Keith, I have no doubt Keith was very proud of his ability.

We unite in offering our condolences to the Kirkpatrick family in their time of mourning. We assure you that the honorable legacy that Keith leaves behind offers both inspiration and challenge to anyone who aspires to emulate this great man. We hope the many reminders that surround you of how he has enriched the lives of people and their dogs who have had the privilege to be associated with him will soon bring you comfort and relief of sorrow.

                                                                                              Keith leaves behind his beautiful wife Coralie and son Sean and our thoughts are with them during this very difficult time.

Keith owned and trained his first dog in 1954 in general obedience. His father, William Kirkpatrick, owned fishing trawlers and pearl shell luggers, so consequently Keith became a Boat-Builder and served his 5-year apprenticeship, finishing in 1959. His apprenticeship was shortly followed by his National Service. In 1960, the RAAF recruited a Boat Builder, and so Keith sat for the qualifying exam and gained entry to 2AD detachment B Neutral Bay Sydney servicing P T crash boats and studying Naval Architecture. Within 3 months Keith made contact with Jack Goldstein who was involved in the supply of dogs for Richmond Air base and considered the best Australia could offer. He then purchased a German Shepherd Dog named Khan and started training in nest. He trained and trained his dog to UD standard in Sydney.

Since then Keith his interest grew from a part time trainer to a profession, which lasts to the present day. In 1970, Keith and his wife came to Brisbane and bought acreage at Gumdale and on this land; he formed his own Fencing Company, Brisbane Fencing Industries while also starting to train dogs. In 1974, he formed Cherokee Farm Pty Ltd and it became an established Dog Training Centre. Keith then started classes on a Sunday morning and eventually had over 100 people and their dogs attending. From this evolved the 8-week course, which many other establishments have copied. He was the first to have the Live in Training and this proved to be a big success and it still is today.

Keith has trained dogs for Jamie Dunn, Jackie McDonald, Michael Beattie, financier Noel Whittaker, and Mike Doohan, to name a few. He has supplied dogs to Movie World and a trained German Shepherd for Paramount Pictures. The ABC did a National TV segment on Michael Beattie his dog with two film producers following their progress from start to finish. This segment was called BOOT CAMP FOR DOGS. Jackie McDonald also followed the same format on her National Television programme “HEALTHY WEALTHY AND WISE”. He has appeared on several children programmes and lectured school children on the ways to handle a dog correctly, which was always well received.

When Sally-Anne Atkinson was Mayor, he was on the committee set up by the Brisbane City Council to create a set of regulations to for the control of dogs in Brisbane. Keith was also the President of the German Shepherd Dog Club of Queensland for many years, forming the German Shepherd Dog Demonstration Team. This team was always thoroughly enjoyed by the crowds, the dogs going through the fire hoops a favourite with all the family members. This display can be seen at the start of his Video on Dog training for the Novice, which also contains the 8 week course.

Keith is very proud of the people he trained that have gone on to own their own business and have become top dog handlers and dog Judges

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Some great tips and advise for St Pauls School students.

On Saturday September 10, 2011 St Pauls put on a fantastic fate for the school students with some great talent on show and heaps of fun rides to keep the kids happy.

As we have all seen in the media a lot of talk about dog attacks recently, it was a great opportunity to talk with the kids on how to avoid a dog bite. The students were great and really keen to learn some dog safety tips and the parents learnt a lot as well.

After the talk Security dog handler and Owner of “K9 Security” Adam Sessions gave the students a close up of an aggressive dog. We even managed to get one of the school staff in the bite suit and bitten by Conan. It was a great day and it is a real pleasure to be able to contribute in helping our kids be safe around dogs.

To check out more photos go to our Multi National K9 facebook site and don’t forget to hit the Like button.

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It has been a busy time at Multi National K9 and the several environmental K9′s in training. After the success of the first Koala Detection Dog Oscar, Maya was put into a program so she can be utilized on North Stradbroke Island.

Environmental dogs require a different selection process compared to other detection dogs such as Explosives or Narcotic dogs. The training program is also much more complex then other detection dogs. As an example a narcotic dog can search a car or a room and will find the narcotic odour. The Narcotic odour is foreign to the local environment and the dog generally indicates when he is within a foot of the odour {Draws, shelves etc} There is also fewer distractions for searches in a house.

The koala detection dog has to work large areas of bush land that is saturated with native wildlife from Kangaroos, wallabies, lizards, foxes, birds and hundreds of other animals. The areas are also full of scats, food scrap, dead animals and many many more distractions. The Koala dog has to be able to work in this environment and show no interest in these distractions but be activly looking for Koala scat and Koalas.

A koala can climb a tree 24 hours before the search but as the koala is 20 metres off the ground and constantly urinating and dropping scat depending on the strength of the wind the scent pool can be massive. There are many more things to consider to ensure the success of the Koala dog so it is a slow ongoing process.

Maya has passed the evaluation and extensive testing and has just completed the first stage of training. Maya can now activly locate Koala habitat and is on North Stradbroke Island to complete the environmentel conditioning within her working areas. Once this second stage is complete Maya comes back to MNK9 for the final stages of training.

Maya will be living and working with the very talented Koala Researcher Romane Cristescu and assistant Russell Miller {Pictured with Maya} We wish all the best and every success to the wonderful people actively involved in saving our little Aussie Icon the Koala and of course Maya.

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Australian search and rescue dogs are now on the world stage and ready for service to assist in saving peoples lives and with the hard work of the S & R K9 community the future looks very bright. It was a pleasure at MNK9 to assist in training S & R K9 Ishara and contribute what we can to assist Barry Lowday. Here is a little bit more about him.

Barry Lowday has been training Search and Rescue Canines since 2003. Barry says he has been very blessed with his two excellent working dogs Ishara and Tilda. He has also been extremely fortunate to have been “in the right place at the right time”

Barry was apart of the first ever dog and handler team to deploy Urban Search and Rescue {USAR} canines from Australia. The work Barry does is all voluntary with Queensland Fire and Rescue Service’s USAR Task force 1

This is a real credit for the innovation and commitment of our Queensland Fire and Rescue Service http://www.fire.qld.gov.au/ who lead Australia in this very important area.

Some of Barry’s search and rescue career highlights include;

2008 Deployment with search and rescue dog Ishara to PNG to assist at a land slip incident by searching for buried victims.

2011 Deployment with search and rescue dog Ishara for the Christchurch earthquake

2011 Deployment with search and rescue dog Ishara for the Japan earthquake and tsunami incident.

We wish Barry and the entire S & R community all the best in the future.

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People such as Chris Hanlon and his team from Queensland Parks and Wildlife that are pro active, vigilant and working very hard so Moreton Island can remain cane toad free and our Gem on the bay. I had the great honour to meet the good people from Moreton Island Protection Committee including Mr. Alan Genninges who has so much compassion with protecting Moreton Island.

We are all proud of our Queensland Volunteers during natural disasters such as the massive 2011 flood cleanup by the great “Mud Army”  I got to meet some great silent heroes of  Moreton Island, the hard working volunteers of the Moreton Island Protection Committee that give up their time to maintain our Moreton Island.

During our time on Moreton with Rusty the Cane Toad Detection Dog we managed to search target areas covering the entire island from the Cape Moreton light house to Kooringal including a big search where the Cane toad was found. We targeted the dumps, and several camping grounds including the wrecks area.

I was very impressed with the staff from Tangalooma resort http://www.tangalooma.com/info/home/ who were all doing their bit to help stop the Cane Toad including stopping shipments of Mulch from the main land that may contain baby cane toads.

I was able to share information with them on what other communities such as Groote Eylandt was doing to help stop the cane toad. It is a real credit to Tangalooma Resort Manager Mr. Trevor Hassard who is doing a great job and is a fantastic leader.

If you havent been to Moreton Island I suggest you give Trevor from Tangalooma Resort a call or visit their website and enjoy a great holiday right on Brisbanes door step.

If you want to help Moreton Island Protection Committee protect this island paradise give Alan a call on 07 3321 1463.

And make sure you check your camping gear, 4wd and trailer to ensure you are cane toad free and when you arrive say g day to Chris and the team of park rangers.

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[Pictured back Jim McDonnell Logan City Council Gary Jackson Multi National K9 front Lloyd Hancock with Kuna Amanda Harris with Sparky]

It has been a very busy week for the Quoll detection dog team conducting searches in several locations for the Logan City Council. World’s first Quoll detection dog Sparky and new Quoll detection dog Kuna put in a massive effort and was able to locate Quoll sites so camera and traps can be placed. With the fantastic guidance of one of Australia’s leading Quoll experts Dr. Scott Burnett and the extremely compassionate and dedicated team from Logan City Council the Quoll detection dog teams did very well.

Logan City Council should be proud of the high quality staff working in the environmental department, the staff are very dedicated and compassionate about the wildlife and all are fully committed to making a difference in protecting the native wildlife. I first met some of these talented people in June with the Koala surveys and Oscar the world’s first koala detection dog.

Logan City Council has always been very innovative in many areas and are clear leaders that other councils look up to. Under the Guidance of Mr. Jim McDonnell his very valuable team are doing a fantastic job. I was very impressed with the teams extensive knowledge, attention to detail and the training of newer team members.

I had the great privilege to work with some very talented people  including Rebecca Condon, Anna Markula, Renee Domalewski, Rachael Booth, Nicole Walters and Katie Hawton. It is also very clear that using Quoll detection dogs the wildlife at Logan are in very safe hands.

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