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LESSONS & EVENTS

CIAK9 offers private lessons, workshops & seminars to help with training challenges, dog-handler team development, and much more!

PRIVATE LESSONS

Private training is perfect for working on specific training challenges, increasing your team's performance, or for problem solving particular detection tasks. 

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Additional details

  • Available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and select weekends

  • Time: 8am-5:30pm, by appointment only

  • Locations:

    • CIAK9 Training Center

    • Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center, Joliet, IL

    • Leland, IL

  • Cost: $300 per 2-hour lesson 

We also offer training at a location of your choice. Please contact us for details!

UPCOMING EVENTS

3 Day Detection Training Workshop - POSTPONED - NEW DATES TBD!

Join Don for a 3-day workshop that will dive into training, handling and problem solving. This workshop is great for anyone competing in Nose Work, searching for human remains, narcotics, explosives, and other detection industries. Friday is a REQUIRED classroom session without dogs. 

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Any and all levels of detection handlers from beginner to seasoned experts are welcome! Don will provide Nose Work odors, but you will need to bring any other odors (HR, narcotics, explosives, etc). For obvious reasons you alone will handle your training aids and package/place them under Don’s supervision. These aids will be secured separately. 

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Event Details

  • JULY WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED - NEW DATES TBD

  • Time: 9am-5pm each day with a 1-hour break for lunch

  • Location Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center: 17840 W Laraway Rd, Joliet, IL 60433

  • Cost: $400 per working spot

  • Spots available: 10 - You must work the same dog both days

PAST EVENTS
Past Events
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testimonials

 What a great weekend! Once again attending a seminar with detection guru Don Blair. Don’s clear instruction and knowledge resulted in huge improvements in the dog/handler teams from July. Then there was the incredible transformations in the dogs from Saturday to Sunday!

Thanks for another outstanding presentation at For Your K9 Friday night. You gave us a lot of excellent ideas to think about and incorporate into our training.  You could also give courses on how to give a workshop. You are always organized, on time, on task and highly efficient.

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