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Power Biting is a combination of training techniques which has been systematically designed to enhance your K9 partners while greatly reducing the risk of injury during intense training for the dog as well as the decoy. There are many benefits to employing this system such as; increased depth and bite pressure, reduction/elimination of handler conflict, stops transfer bites, greater speed of entry, reflex response to pressure, improved targeting, and tremendous cardiovascular conditioning.
Justin Rigney has been a law enforcement officer for 15 years. He and his recently retired K9 partner Bosko have been a team with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for seven years. During this time, they have been responsible for hundreds of arrests and apprehensions of violent felony offenders and he has been instrumental in the recovery of numerous articles of valuable evidence.
Post retirement, Bosko obtained his Brevet in French Ring Sport. Justin begins a new chapter in his career with K9 Zeke. Zeke is a three-year-old GSD who has been raised from a puppy by Justin and is showing great potential as a police service dog.
Justin is a corporal and trainer for his agency, who has 60 dogs department-wide. Justin is a former member of the Davie Police Department and their K9 unit where he was the handler for K9 Vader; who was produced from his own breeding program. Justin has been training dogs professionally for nearly 25 years and is the head trainer for K-9 Services Unlimited LLC.
During his professional dog training career, he has trained with hundreds of police K9 teams, competed in Schutzhund, Ring Sport and other dog sports. He has also trained dogs for celebrities, professional athletes, and thousands of pet dog owners. Justin has recently graduated and been awarded a diploma in the NePoPo Gold training system, the modern language of dog training by Bart Bellon. Justin is currently the President of the Florida Law Enforcement Canine Association and was one of the founding members. He is also a judge and instructor for FLECA.
Justin has recently been retained as an expert witness in K9 training and deployment, which marks a new chapter in his career. He has had the opportunity to certify and train hundreds of police K9 teams. Justin continually pursues further knowledge of dog training in many different applications by training with some of the top canine trainers in the world.
Date & Time
Sep 17, 2022 9:00 AM - Sep 18, 2022 5:00 PM
Venue Details
Joint Forces K9 Group
17606 Arkansas 16Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761
