Global Training Academy

Welcome to Global Training Academy, the worlds foremost authority on K9 working dog training. We are proud to offer a wide variety of industry-leading programs in the training and certification of arson dogs , drug dogs , detection dogs , bomb-sniffing dogs/explosive detection dogs , and of course, police K9s . Global Training Academy opened its do... ors for the first time in 1984, and has been proudly setting the international standard forworking dogs ever since. Although we are based out of Somerset, Texas, just outside of San Antonio, we pride ourselves on the international scope which our services have attained. At present, Global dogs are hard at work in every corner of the world; from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, to right here are home. In fact, we currently have more than 450 K9 dogs deployed within the United States Department of Defense alone. If you are in the market for a working dog that is second to none, you have certainly come to the right place. Before Global entered the industry almost thirty years ago, there were no generally accepted standards for working K9 dogs within the civilian world. By applying the same stringent protocol used by the US military, Globals founder (and former Course Chief for the Military Drug Dog Training Course at Lackland Air Force Base) Dan Hayter, has been able to quite literally set the bar by which all other dog trainers are now measured. On the international level, this standard has now become an accepted baseline for measuring the proficiency of working dog and handler teams. This process is not easy to complete, but you can count on the fact that any team that has been certified by Global has completed the absolute highest quality training available. After completing an initial certification process, each handler and K9 dog team must undergo a thorough, three-step evaluation process, which measures real world tactical abilities. From there, a final written examination must also be completed before the dog and its handler are certified. As a proud ...Read More