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 [...]

How many times have you seen someone dragging their dog by the collar through the doorway of the groomer or vets office!  Maybe you have had to deal with this problem yourself with one of your own dogs.  If you are the person witnessing it, you might get a little chuckle inside, or you might [...]

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 [...]