2010 Certification will be held March 29 - April 2, 2010 in Ottawa (Franklin County), Kansas. The event is being hosted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Information on this years guest trainer is below the hotel information.
Click here to download the 2010 certification register form
HOTEL INFORMATION:
We have blocked 15 rooms at the Ottawa Travelodge. Room rates are $44.95/night - BE SURE TO TELL THEM YOU ARE WITH KPDA FOR THIS RATE. A nominal additional fee may be required for dogs in the rooms. This is the same hotel we were at 2 years ago, and we have the east side again so we are 1/2 way secluded.
Travelodge Ottawa KS
2209 S Princeton Rd
I-35 Exit 183B/1Block North
Ottawa, KS 66067
Phone: 785-242-7000
Fax: 785-242-8572
2010 Guest Trainer Information:
The Kansas Police Dog Association is excited to announce the 2010 guest trainer as Achim Cullman. Achim comes to us from Germany, by way of Indiana. He started working with police dogs in 1990 in Germany and has been a trainer since 1992.
After graduating from trainer class, Achim took over the training for the German State Police K-9 division training 32 dogs at the time. Achim trained officers in basic patrol work consisting of obedience, tracking, article search and scenario based patrol work with aggression elements. Achim also trained the narcotic detection classes and judged in both fields during annual certification. Achim comments, "My basic training philosophy is rather simple: I believe in positive re-enforcement and working with a dogs natural skills by channeling them to my use, rather then force and pressure based training, which has a tendency to fail in the field, when it is needed most."
Achim has been involved in studies of animal behavior as a member of the Field Research Group for the Fraunhofer Institute for Animal Behavior and he has been involved in a German research center with the assignment to conduct field studies in pack behavior. Achim came to the United States in 1998 and currently works for the Allen County, Indiana Police Department.
Achim has been a consultant for the Tulsa, Oklahoma police K9 unit, as well as other agencies in the U.S., with regards to K9 training and problem solving.
We look forward to working with Achim and learning from him!
