K9s Talking Scents

#149 Mike Skinner on FBI HRT K9s: Detection, Deployment & Trusting Your Dog

What does it take for a K9 team to move from a tactical entry to an explosive detection search? Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team operator Mike Skinner joins Cameron Ford to

#148 The Silent Professional & Trainer You've Never Heard Of | Shannon Krieger - SOCOM Veteran

Shannon Krieger shares 30 years of military and law enforcement dog training experience—from pioneering SOCOM's canine detection programs to developing the "social gorill

#147 The Best Detection Dog Career Nobody Wants (Ag & Biosecurity) | Jordana Gamble

Jordana Gamble (former Canada Border Services Agency handler, Food/Plant/Animal canine handler) reveals the world of biosecurity and agricultural detection dogs—the disci

#146 Why Certification Standards Are Broken (And Training Records Matter More) | Armin Winkler

Armin Winkler (renowned detection dog trainer, international expert) and Cameron Ford break down why current K9 certification standards don't actually validate operationa

#145 Getting Into Canine Detection: Career Pathways for Veterans & Civilians | AK9I

Tim Baird (Vice President, AK9I) and James Overton (Operations/Business Development, AK9I) break down exactly how to become a detection dog handler—whether you're a veter

#144 Training Puppies On Odor: The Science & Method That Works | Pat Nolan

Pat Nolan returns to discuss the science of early odor imprinting and how to properly train detection puppies from 8 weeks old. This isn't theoretical—Pat shares his exac

#143 Two LA County K9 Handlers: From Interdiction to Narcotics | Adam & Nicole

Nicole (15-year LA County narcotics K9 veteran, now head trainer) and Adam (5-year handler, transitioned from interdiction) discuss real operational stories, breed select

#142 Narcotics Interdiction with Jeremy Bedingfield

Jeremy Bedingfield (Southern California narcotics interdiction officer, Cartel Traps founder) shares the real methods for identifying and stopping drug loads on highways.

#141 How To Reward On Blanks with Eric Stanbro

Eric Stanbro (Working Dog Radio host, best-selling author, former Canton PD K9 handler) and Cameron Ford have the conversation detection dog handlers need to hear. This i

#140.5 Are Kong's Really Addictive? | Dr. Paola Tiedemann Explains

Dr. Paola Tiedemann and Cameron Ford dive into the controversial Kong toy research that detection dog handlers have been asking about for years. This episode exclusively

#140 Firearms Detection Data and KONGs with Dr. Paola Tiedemann (Part 1)

Dr. Paola Tiedemann returns to break down the groundbreaking firearm detection research she conducted with Cameron over the past four years. As the newly promoted Directo

#139 Firearm Detection LAPD Metro K9 Tom Onyshko

Tom Onyshko is a 20-year LAPD veteran and handler in Metropolitan Division's elite K9 Platoon, where he runs both a patrol apprehension dog and a firearm detection dog. W

#138 Fire Investigation Dogs: Why One Odor Works Better Than Thirteen | Jared Harms

Fire Marshal Jared Harms (Spokane, WA) reveals why ignitable liquid detection dogs train on only ONE odor—50% evaporated gasoline—and why it works better than multi-odor

#137 From Puppy to MWD with Jason Dill

In this episode of K9’s Talking Scents, Cameron Ford and Jason Dill discuss the intricacies of breeding and training military working dogs, focusing on the DOD Military W

From Army Rangers to Navy SEALs: Lessons from a Combat K9 Handler | Brent Verner

Brent Verner shares his journey from being one of the first eight Army Ranger Combat Assault Dog handlers to working with Naval Special Warfare, bringing decades of opera

#135 The Cutting Edge Of Detection Dogs with Brian Menace | Knife Detection K9s

Brian Menace from the UK reveals how his team pioneered knife detection dogs—a capability that sounds impossible but is backed by solid science. Working with Dr. Tatum an

#134 Electronic Storage Device (ESD) Detection Dogs with Derek Ramierez

Derek Ramirez, the first ESD (Electronic Storage Device) K9 handler in his large Southern California agency, breaks down why electronic detection is the most challenging

#133 The Reality of Explosive Detection with Hank Wong

Hank Wong, veteran law enforcement K9 handler turned DHS contractor, reveals shocking findings from government READY events that test bomb dog teams nationwide: NO team p

#132 Detection Therapy Dogs with Deputy John Grey

In this groundbreaking episode, I sit down with John Grey, a law enforcement K9 handler who's doing the "impossible" - running a program with PUPPIES that are BOTH therap

Unregulated & Misunderstood: Fixing the Commercial Detection Dog Industry with Dan Donovan

In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Dan Donovan, Founder and Managing Partner of Stratoscope, Ingressotek, Ford K9, and Stratos K9, who recently acquired For Can