
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
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Available Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays
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Time: 8am-5:30pm, by appointment only
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Locations:
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CIAK9 Training Center
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Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center in Joliet
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Cost: $300 per 2-hour lesson
We also offer training at a location of your choice. Please contact us for details!
UPCOMING EVENTS

An Evening with Bob Bailey
​Join us for a chance to meet with and speak to a true legend of animal behavior and training. Bob Bailey will be telling us stories of his historic expertise, experiences and answering your training and behavior questions.
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Date: Thursday March 27th, 2025
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Time: 6:30-9:00pm
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Cost: $150/person, 20 spots available
Price includes beer, wine, soft drinks, and hors d'oeuvres finger sandwiches
Event Location: Holiday Inn Express, 1240 Dement Rd, Rochelle, IL
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Hotel phone: 815.562.9994
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Discounted hotel rates available, use code “Evening with Bob.”
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2019-20182019 Events Jan 1 – 13, 2019: Migoori, Kenya: security dog evaluations 18, 25 Jan 2019: Police dog detection evaluations (private) 1, 8, 15 Feb 2019: Police dog detection training (private) 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Mar 2019: police dog detection training (private) 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2019: police dog detection training (private) 13 – 14 April 2019: Competition NoseWork (Chicago, IL) 3, 10, 17, 31 May 2019: police dog detection training (private) 21 – 26 May 2019: Pacific Northwest Police K9 Detector Dog Conference (speaker) 7, 14 June 2019: police dog detection training (private) 20 – 23 June 2019: Private competition K9 detection training seminar, PA 27 – 31 June 2019: Competition NW / seminar and private lessons, Lansing, MI 2-3 July 2019: police dog detection training (private) Detroit, MI 5 July 2019: police dog detection training (private) 6-7 July 2019: private lessons, Leland, IL 11 – 16 July 2019: Don Blair Targeted Detection Seminar: Canine Search Initiative, Nashua, NH: caninesearchinitiative@gmail.com 19, 26 July 2019: police dog detection training (private) 27 July 2019: private lessons 29 July 2019: police dog detection training (private) 1-5 Aug 2019: police dog detection training (private) 9, 12 Aug 2019: police dog detection training (private) 13 – 16 Aug 2019: Guest Speaker: HITS, Chicago, IL 19 – 23 Aug 2019: Basic Human Remains Detection Course (private / full) 24 -25, 31 Aug 2019: Private Lessons, Leland, IL 5 Sep 2019: police dog detection training (private) 6-8 Sep 2019: Competition NW 13-15 Sept 2019: WAGS, Chicago, IL 21-22 Sep 2019: Seminar and private lessons, Leland, IL Sept 26 – 29, 2019: Advanced Detection Dog Training Seminar, Front Royal, VA 1 – 4 Oct 2019: K9 Explosive Detection Police Recertification 7, 21, 25, 28 Oct 2019: police dog detection training 11 – 14 Oct 2019: Private sessions 17 – 20 Oct 2019 Canine Search Initiative Targeted Detection Training, New Hampshire 25, 28 Oct 2019 Police training 29 Oct – 1 Nov 2019: APDT National Conference Speaker, Portland, OR 2-3 Nov 2019: Competition NW, Chicago, IL 2018 Events Jan 20 – Jan 21, 2018: Private Training sessions in Leland, IL Jan 28, 2018: A Problem Solving Day with Don Blair presented by 4G&TB at the JJC Weitendorf Agricultural Center, 17840 W. Laraway Rd. Joliet, IL. Feb 3 – Feb 4, 2018: Private / Semi-private training sessions in Leland, IL March 24 – 25, 2018: Fundamentals of Canine Detection & Problem Solving: Hawthorn Mall, Vernon Hills, IL April 10 – 13, 2018: Fundamentals of Detection and Problem Solving with Don Blair, Front Royal, VA: LoganHaus Kennels May 14 – 18, 2018: Logan Haus Kennels Detection Course (4 week): 1 week Guest Instructor. June 23 – 24: Seminar. Planefield, IL July 11 – 15 2018: Don Blair Semi-Private Sessions and Detection Seminar: Hollis, NH July 23 – 25, 2018: Law Enforcement Seminar: Detroit, MI Aug 18 – 19, 2018. Detection Seminar: Highlands, Kentucky Sept 29 – 30, 2018: Private Detection Seminar: Illinois. Oct 5 – 8, 2018: Targeted Detection Seminar: New Hampshire. Oct 16, 2018: CHI Police Training Oct 20 – 21, 2018: K9 Nosework Seminar, Toledo, OH Nov 9 – 11, 2018: Detection Seminar. Hosted by J&R Kennel LLC, Toms River, NJ
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2017-Older2017 Events April 8-9, 2017: Snifftacular: http://www.foryourk9.com/index.aspx, Melrose Park, IL July 7-9, 2017: Semi-private Sessions for Canine Search Initiative, Hollis, NH Aug 11-13, 2017: Semi-private Sessions for Canine Search Initiative, Hollis, NH Oct 6 – 8, 2017: Seminar at Canadian Canine Training: Sherwood Park, AB Canada Oct 14-15, 2017: K9 Detection Problem Solving: JCC Weitendorf Agricultural Center, 17840 W. Laraway Rd, Joliet, IL Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2017: Fundamentals of Canine Detection Training and Problem Solving. Logan Haus Kennels, Lewisburg, WV 2016 Events May 15, 2016: Seminar at For Your K9: http://www.foryourk9.com (sold out) May 21 – 22, 2016:Private detection seminar at Grand Central Nose Work Club, Joiet, IL May 28: Detection Seminar: Fur Better Fur Worse, Iowa Working Dog Seminar: http://www.canadiancaninetraining.com Seminar: Texas (Law Enforcement) Aug 26 – 28, 2016. New England: Working/Sport Dog Seminar: Don Blair / Mike Suttle (Logan Haus Kennels) 2015 Events March 27 – 29, 2015: Sniffacular Conference: Don was featured at a working seminar and providing training in: Motivation, Training Exterior Searches using Point to Points, Developing Search Plans, Vehicles Searches and more! At For Your K9 in Melrose Park, IL April 1 – 8, 2015: Working Seminar in Protection, Tracking and Detection at the Canadian Canine Training Center: Edmonton, Canada. June 20-21, 2015: Training Scent Detection. Littleton, MA October 9-11, 2015: Training Sessions with Don Blair: Southern NH. Evening lecture: Oct 9 at 6:00 pm; Detection Training Day: Oct 10, 2015 and Semi-private sessions (suitable for small groups of 2-3 people) to trouble-shoot issues in obedience or detection work. Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2015: Colombian National Police Training Seminar. Bogota, Colombia 2014 Events April: Maine Search and Rescue Dogs (MESARD): Closed SAR Seminar (Maine) May: Police K9 Trials: team coaching (Texas) June 14: Private training sessions (Illinois) June 20 – 22, 2014: SPARCS (Society for the Promotion of Applied Research in Canine Science): Newport, RI: Attendance. For more information, please see the SPARCS Website. July/Aug: NH Working Dog Seminar (New Hampshire) August 21 – 24, 2014: Training Seminar at Canadian Canine Training November 2014: McLean County Emergency Management K9 Operations Team Seminar (closed to external participation) 2013 Events Sept 2013: Search Dog Organization of North America (SDONA) Building Search for Disaster Dogs (New York)