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Narcotics detector K-9's
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Posted 9 months ago Do you prefer a passive or aggressive alert? what does your department use. |
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| Posted 9 months ago We have both passive and aggressive alert. Our older K-9's are aggressive and our newer ones are passive. They say they are trying to phase them out to go to all passive. Me I love to watch a aggressive K-9 hit its is awsome to watch.
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| Posted 9 months ago passive |
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| Posted 9 months ago Agressive alerts are more fun to watch, and easier to show when presenting to a jury. Passive alerts are a little less damaging, especially when "searching" a vehicle. I prefer a passive alert, no particular reason though |
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| Posted 9 months ago I work a Labrador that is a "passive" alerter! At times he's been known to try to get "aggressive" but, like others said, aggressive alerters are a potential liability if they damage a paint job which can get expensive! When correcting mine, when he tries to get aggressive, he'll resort to passive and bark! What a clown he can be! |
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| Posted 9 months ago Many departments go for passive because of the "not tearing shit up" but aggressive alerts can be a little more precise.... passive alerts can sometimes easily be conditioned to "fringe" but aggressive alerts can be conditioned to give "unconfirmed alerts" It's up to the department and also the dog... It's hard for a dog to really get "in" to it if they would rather scratch than sit.... Ultimately, it depends on the training, either can be GREAT!! |
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| Posted 8 months ago Many of the post above make excellent points in favor of each alert. If I can tip the scale a little more in the direction of Passive alert / response, With what I have been currently learning, training and patrolling with are High Drive Mal's is focus response / odor dedication. Its like watching a hunting dog / a pointer, there body goes stiff and nose is right on source and held there till reward is given from behind there head so it looks like reward comes from the source, you can easily add to the final response with a sit if the dog can sit depending on the location of the training aid / substance. If I may quote those above with a passive alert your biggest problem from what I have been told and read is in court trying to convince a jury and or judge this non aggressive behavior means the same if the K9 was trying to rip through everything to get to the substance, people like to see the action.
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| Posted 6 months ago We use food reward labrador retrievers and they are passive alert and are very accurate. As to the body language both passive and aggressive dogs exhibit an attitude change when they get into odor. As far as fringing that is a training issue that the trainer is not making the K-9 go to source. Passive alert requires a little more work but as long as the proper training is done it is good. One other bonus is passive alert labs can be used to search people. |
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| Posted 2 months ago passive |
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| Posted 2 months ago Passive. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Passive |
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| Posted 2 months ago Passive I feel like a crouton in a white trash salad!!! |
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| Posted 2 months ago I prefer the aggressive response. We do have both passive and aggressive response drug dogs, but I do prefer the aggressive. Primarily it's because I like it, I'm old and traditional and I'm in charge, so that's what I train them to do. Our patrol/drug are passive response. In truth, trained properly, there isn't a proficiency advantage either way. Beyond fatigue lies compensatory hypertrophy |
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| Posted 2 months ago I've worked two Patrol/Narcotic K-9s, one was aggressive and one is passive. I personally like the agressive alerts, but the passive alerts are great for package sniffs. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago +1 for passive |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Passive. My Mal is aggressive enough as is. |
