Workshops

2024 Workshops

Workshops offer
opportunities for every skill level of dog and handler.

Which workshop is right for you?

Contact us at info@thecfte.com if you need help selecting the right workshop. 

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Spike's School Handler Application

HRD Land - Large Source Workshops

These workshops are designed to provide a progressive training opportunity to expose yourself and your dog to large sources up to full sets of remains. Beginner will guide you through introducing your dog to large sources. Intermediate is designed for teams that are ready to move past exposure to guided searches. Advanced Scenarios gives you the opportunity to put your skills to the test with blind and know exercises that simulate real world searches. Click on a workshop below to learn more.

NEW for 2023, we will not be offering an Advanced Distractions Workshop this year, instead we will be focusing on skill level appropriate distraction training in each of our workshops.

HRD Water Workshops

From beginning teams just starting out to advanced teams that are routinely responding to water searches, we have a workshop to meet your training needs. Beginner will teach you how to develop and implement a water search protocol for shoreline and introduce you to boat operations. Intermediate will focus on extending nose time on open water and shoreline searches, and effectively using search strategy. Advanced Scenarios will offer numerous opportunities for known and blind searches in moving and still water environments that simulate real world searches. Click on a workshop below to learn more.

NEW for 2023, we will not be offering an Advanced Distractions Workshop this year, instead we will be focusing on skill level appropriate distraction training in each of our workshops.

HRD Land Specialized Workshops

These workshops are land based and geared to specific training objectives HRD Advanced Distractions will challenge you to work through the most distracting conditions you will face during real searches including live animals and hoarding conditions. HRD Crime Scene will prepare you to work criminal cases with varying source sizes from trace to large sources in building, vehicle, and wide area environments. Burials will focus on multiple full body burials of various ages from days up to a month or more. Burn will prepare teams to respond to structure fires as well as wildfire searches. Click on a workshop below to learn more.

NEW for 2023, we will not be offering an Advanced Distractions Workshop this year, instead we will be focusing on skill level appropriate distraction training in each of our workshops.