I recently have been receiving many phone calls for protection dogs.  99% of those calling have been asking many questions and have been doing their homework.  This has made me very happy.  Anyone that is truly interested in a protection dog knows that they are not cheap, but are a great investment if you can [...]

Highland Canine Training offers a tactical police leash along with a wide variety of other dog training equipment. Our tactical police leash is great for police patrol, tactical and SWAT applications. The leash comes with a quick release snap that allows for release of the dog even when there is back pressure against the snap. [...]

Highland Canine Training Center recently came out with a K-9 containment video that is outstanding. It is an 11 minute video that explains to road officers and supervisors how to properly contain a fleeing suspect through a perimeter and how a tracking/trailing dog works. It is meant to be shown as roll call training. This [...]

Do you remember where you were 8 years ago as the planes struck the twin towers.  I do!  I stayed up until 3am last night watching the videos and interviews of people that lived through that horrific day.  As I layed there and listened to some of the stories there was one that really caught [...]

In January 2009, I was approached by a Commander in my police department that asked me if I could find someone willing to donate a dog that could be trained for police work.  I then asked him for which police department.  He stated “ours of course!”  I was surprised to hear that being that we are [...]

A couple of weeks ago we were training our police K-9s at our firing range.  It was approx. 95 degrees outside and not a cloud in sight.  As training went along through the day, I could tell that the dogs were not working as effective as they usually do.  One of our new handlers came up [...]

I would like to welcome everyone to our new website and give a little background on myself.  I am currently a Police Officer for the City of Marietta, GA.  Before Becoming a police officer, I was a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier based out of Fort Stewart, GA.  During my time in the Army, I spent [...]