Military and Police K9 Training & Consultancy
Blackrole K9 was founded to provide bespoke K9 training and consultancy services to government organisations utilising working canines
We have witnessed operational canines save lives during our military and police service and are aware of the strategic impact a highly functioning canine team can provide to an organisation.
Our Trainers and Consultants are experienced in understanding the challenges faced by organisations when starting, maintaining, or growing new canine capabilities. We work closely with the organisation to provide customised solutions, to achieve their desired operational end-state.
Testimonials
What Our Clients say About Us
Marco and the team at Blackrole K9 provide exceptional training and services. Their professionalism combined with real world experience and depth of knowledge is second to none when it comes to k9 training. Their courses provide participants with the most up-to date and scientifically sound training principles and knowledge and then immerse the students in reality based scenarios that translate to real world capability increase. Marco and his team have directly improved my teams operational safety and continue to assist us in various capacities. I can’t recommend them highly enough.Hide
Police Tactical K9 Program Manager
Our unit has conducted K9 medical training from Blackrole K9 as part of our Handler course. We see this training as one of the key elements to any handler's skills. This training was delivered to us in an extremely professional way, with the methods adapted to our field.
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This enabled our handlers to train with the specialist equipment that they will have with them in the field, operationalising the training.K9 Medical training is a difficult thing to conduct during our normal training, so having the guys from Blackrole K9 out as often as possible is key to keeping our dogs safe in the event of injury.
Special Operations Command K9 Cell Supervisor
Our Unit has used Blackrole K9 to develop Detection Dogs and train handlers. I have participated in their EDD Handler, EDD Supervisor and K9 TECC (K9 medic) Courses. In my experience, training is evidence based, extremely professional and tailored to suit our objectives and operational goals.
The knowledge and passion displayed by Blackrole K9 is exceptional.Hide
The knowledge and passion displayed by Blackrole K9 is exceptional.
Explosive Detection Dog Handler
I have been thoroughly impressed by their professionalism, dedication and depth of knowledge on all matters to do with Military and Police Working Dogs.The preparation and resourcing that go into the Blackrole K9 TECC Courses is exceptional. Students gain skills that translate into actual capability to provide life-saving care to injured canines in a tactical environment. The mannequins and training aids are outstanding, and careful thought has gone into training scenarios to ensure the participants receive maximum benefit from the course.Hide
Dr Garnett Hall BVSc (Hons)
Our unit consulted Blackrole K9 for our organizations new and emerging Explosive Detector Dog capability. With new handlers, we needed not only good instruction but advice on self-sustaining methodologies that would look to enhance our service delivery. Blackrole K9 not only provided world leading contemporaneous training but assisted with course ready Explosive Detector Dogs that were of a high standard, that greatly assisted trainee handlers.
Blackrole K9 trainers were extremely professional and adapted to our units mission specific training. Our unit has also engaged Blackrole K9’s services for our K9 medical training (TECC) which is extremely beneficial for our program. I can’t speak highly enough of Blackrole K9’s cutting edge contemporaneous training techniques. Our unit continuously engages Blackrole K9’s for ongoing training and supportHide
Blackrole K9 trainers were extremely professional and adapted to our units mission specific training. Our unit has also engaged Blackrole K9’s services for our K9 medical training (TECC) which is extremely beneficial for our program. I can’t speak highly enough of Blackrole K9’s cutting edge contemporaneous training techniques. Our unit continuously engages Blackrole K9’s for ongoing training and support
EDD Capability Supervisor
Blackrole K9 was hired by my organisation to train myself and 2 others as Explosive Detection Dog Handlers.The course was very thorough and presented in a way that helped us understand how dogs learn, how to train them and how we as handlers can get the best out of them. Marco O'HEHIR was our trainer and he was very organised and had a structured syllabus which taught us in a crawl walk run style. This set us up for success in our practical assessments.
I highly recommend Blackrole K9 to anyone or any organisation seeking to learn the world's best practice in dog training and handling. I look forward to continued advanced training provided by Blackrole K9 to further improve my skillset and develop as a handler
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I was first involved in a Tactical Police Dog Program and Tactical Police Dog Development from 2011.
During these years I have received training from, and have been able to work integrally with, the Director of Blackrole K9 since 2013. From my initial introduction, I found the Director of Blackrole K9 a very knowledgeable, professional, and approachable expert, sometimes hard to find in this workspace.This sets Blackrole K9 apart in my opinion as his experience comes from lessons easy and hard learnt, through actual operational training and live tasks.
I have been directly involved in several courses that Blackrole K9 has delivered, both as a student and as an instructor. As a student, the environment Blackrole K9 provides allows for a very open and rewarding experience, whilst staying true to the relevant standards set by both the student’s organisational requirements and worlds best practice, once again sometimes hard to find in this workspace.
For all you who want a great balanced course between theoretical and practicable, which is developed specifically for your capability, I would thoroughly recommend Blackrole K9. Having seen many and experienced a lot, you will be well rewarded for bringing Blackrole K9 into your Kennels.
I found Blackrole K9 was driven to provide our capability with the best solution they could deliver with constraints always found in the tactical world and all things dog related. There is no doubt without their involvement, the programs I have been involved in would not look like they do today.
As always, thank you Blackrole K9 for your ongoing support
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Marco and the team at Blackrole K9 provide exceptional training and services. Their professionalism combined with real world experience and depth of knowledge is second to none when it comes to k9 training. Their courses provide participants with the most up-to date and scientifically sound training principles and knowledge and then immerse the students in reality based scenarios that translate to real world capability increase. Marco and his team have directly improved my teams operational safety and continue to assist us in various capacities. I can’t recommend them highly enough.Hide
Police Tactical K9 Program Manager
Our unit has conducted K9 medical training from Blackrole K9 as part of our Handler course. We see this training as one of the key elements to any handler's skills. This training was delivered to us in an extremely professional way, with the methods adapted to our field.
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This enabled our handlers to train with the specialist equipment that they will have with them in the field, operationalising the training.K9 Medical training is a difficult thing to conduct during our normal training, so having the guys from Blackrole K9 out as often as possible is key to keeping our dogs safe in the event of injury.
Special Operations Command K9 Cell Supervisor