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CUTTING EDGE

TRAINING 

METHODOLOGIES

For working and sport dog handlers

ABOUT

CANINE INTELLIGENCE
ACADEMY

Canine Intelligence Academy (CIA) was founded in 1984 by Don Blair as means to leverage his 30+ years of working K9 experience with a broader community. CIA provides cutting edge training methodologies to working and sport dog handlers that ensure clarity of communication and effective, efficient establishment of required behaviors.

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Leveraging the scientific principals that govern learning, CIA is able to effectively define training actions that optimize the ability of the K9 to meet the requirements of the requested task

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OUR SERVICES

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THEORY & APPLICATION

CIA offers lecture and hands-on training seminars in the basics of operant conditioning.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT:

DETECTION & APPREHENSION

Services targeting working teams include seminars and workshops, which can be customized to the needs of the clients. 

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k9 search & rescue

CIA can provide a customized seminar to assess training proficiencies and gaps in both handlers and K9s

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Competitive Dog Sports

From AKC obedience, to Ringsport to IPO, and the very popular K9 Nose Work, the fundamentals of operant conditioning and general principles of learning apply and CIA trainers can assist you in learning how to excel in all aspects of training and competition.

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competitive detection

CIA Trainers have provided extensive training seminars to handlers, and many of these handlers have seen significant and consistent improvement in their trial results.

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

If you have a specific interest or work for a department embarking on an R&D project that could benefit from external oversight, consider CIA involvement.

upcoming events

None currently scheduled - please check back soon!​

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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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