Recent Jobs Completed By Our K9 Teams
K9 Handler's Resume
Formal Education:
Associates of Science Degree in Exotic Animal Training (A.S.) Moorpark College, Moorpark Ca
Detection Canine Handler / Detection Dog Trainer
Certified November 2014 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. German Shepherd.
Certified December 2014 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. Border Collie Mix.
Certified December 2015 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. Jack Russel mix
Certified Nov 2015 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified December 2016 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. Dutch Shepherd
Certified Nov 2016 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified December 2017 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. English Springer Spaniel
Certified Nov 2017 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2018 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2019 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2020 with World Detection Dog Organization .Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2021 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2021 with World Detection Dog Organization. K9 trained from green dog to Certified K9. Dutch Shepherd
Certified Nov 2022 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified Three working K9s for bed bug detection.
Certified Nov 2023 with World Detection Dog Organization. Re-Certified two working K9s for bed bug detection.
2022-2023 Vice President of the World Detection Organization. Committe chairwoman of the Education Committee and Excel/Membership Committee.
Dog Trainer
Sept 2013 Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers
Dog Trainer
1993-2000 K9 Bootcamp, Ventura, Ca
Dog training for the public-All levels of obedience, problem solving, house pet etiquette. Off leash training. Working with all breeds. Customer service, advertisement, sales etc.
Schutzhund I, II, III. Obedience, Tracking and Protection training. Extensive training at IPO level I,II,III and FH. Titles earned in BH, FH1 (tracking), IPO I and II with multiple K9s.
Participated in 2001 FH Tracking Nationals
Schutzhund experience with; Dobermans, Rottweilers and German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois
Dog Trainer
8/1993 - 7/1995 The Learning Tree, Thousand Oaks, Ca
Dog training classes for the general public. 2 levels of classes. Basic Obedience -Home Problem Solving, Off Leash obedience.
Vet Technician, 1993-1994 (approx) Camarillo Animal Hospital, Camarillo, CA Canine and Feline, kennel housing cleaning and sanitation, medication administrations (oral, SubQ, IM), euthanasia
Vet Technician 1997-1999 (approx) Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA Various research species; rats, mice, swine, rabbits. Assisted with animal housing cleaning and sanitation, surgeries, sedation, anesthesia, blood withdrawals, necropsy, medication administrations, euthanasia.
Pre Natal and Post Natal Care, German Shepherd Imports
Gestations, birthing and post-natal care. Including vet care, daily logs on pup’s progress, imprinting for K9’s career path.
ELITE K9, LLC
2016 Has been another busy year for Elite K9 Bed Bug Hunters.
The fur-ployees worked a very similar schedule to 2015 and they have added libraries, public transportation vehicles and 650 college dorm rooms to their resume. Each K9 has had amazing finds of bed bugs over the last year. Also a new K9 employee joined the team in Nov 2016.
2017 was a very busy year. It started off with the K9 teams searching 208 luxury apartment units in two days in Feb. Elite K9 added a new member to the team, K9 Hunter, in March. Then proceeded to a busy spring and summer where the K9 teams worked 5-6 days a week. During the summer the K9s did 600+ college dorm rooms on top of their usual work schedule and went three weeks with out a day off. The K9s exceeded our expectations on endurance, dedication and continued to make live bed bugs finds on a weekly basis.
- Residential Homes
- Apartments (large volume)
- Senior Living and Assited Living Facilities (large volume)
- Condominiums
- Community Outreach Facilities
- Shelters
- Hospitals and Clinics
- Medical Facilities (large volume of rooms)
- Offices buildings and Cubicles (large volume)
- Libraries
- College Dorm Rooms (large volume)
- Schools
- Hotels and Motels
- Child Day Care
- Cars
- Vans
- Buses
High Volume of Units completed in a single day and multi day large jobs
K9's Work Experience
2014-2024
2015 was a very busy year for the three dogs. They worked weekly on contract jobs and worked new scenarios on a very regular basis. On top of their weekly work schedule they also received weekly training to hone
their skills and keep their noses on point. We look forward to an even busier 2016!!!
2018 was another very busy year. The year started out with the K9 team in mourning with the loss of K9 Jagger to cancer. He was sorely missed on a daily basis by not only elite K9 but also by all his customers who loved him so much. K9 Hunter spent the year fine-tuning her skills and ended her year with a nice find of live bed bugs in a post-treatment inspection. K9 Bugsy continues to be the lead K9 with amazing finds on a regular basis. K9 Bugsy had big shoes to fill from the loss of K9 Jagger and he has excelled beyond all expectations. The K9s muscled it thru another busy summer where the they worked 5-6 days a week with 600+ college dorm rooms on top of their usual work schedule. The K9s exceeded our expectations on endurance, dedication and continued to make live bed bugs finds on a weekly basis.
2019 started off with a bang. The K9's searched no less than 600 offices/cubicles in the first month of 2019. In the spring the K9s completed 157 apartments+common areas on a two day job. The summer was it usual busy self with the K9's working 6-7 days a week with the usual work load of weekly apartments, residential homes, medical facilities, senior living, plus 656 summer college dorm rooms.
In the fall the K9s were back at it in the commercial spaces with over a thousand cubicles/offices searched.
It was another fascinating year of watching the talented K9's having amazing and difficult finds of bed bugs, once again proving the K9's important role in the battle against Bed Bugs.
2020 to 2021 There is not much to say about 2020. Although there was a reduction is business the K9 teams remained steady. Since there were more down time than under normal circumstances, the k9's enjoyed late nights, sleeping in, long naps, hikes and fun fundamental training exercises of bed bug detection and obedience. Since the vaccine, the need for inspections has steadily increased and by summer of 2021 the K9 teams were back to working 6 days a week.
A new k9 was acquired, K9 Vinny, in spring of 2021. Vinny is progressing nicely in his scent training and obedience training and looks to take his WDDO certification test in fall of 2021.
2021
K9 Vinden a.k.a 'Vinny'
passed his certification test and has become a full-time employee of the Elite K9's crew.
2022-2023 K9 Vinden and K9 Hunter have had two busy years working together as a team to tackle more than 50 large volume building searches. Together they frequently searched 80 rooms or more per day, moving along with efficiency and thoroughness.
