40 S3 EP 40 Sway and Armin Winkler
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Today I sit down and share a beer with Armin Winkler, a professional K9 Trainer! Armin has spent the majority of his life working dogs in the civilian and law enforcement fields since the mid 1970s. He has operated his own K9 security business in Canada.
Armin is a published author who has written and published K9 training articles all over the world.
Armin operates Rivanna K9 Services in Virginia where he provides training services as an Applied Animal Behavioral Scientist to his clients.
He is a certified law enforcement instructor through the Justice Institute of British Columbia and the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Armin provides in depth training programs to SOF military K9 units as well as LE agencies. He has advised and consulted with all US Tier 1 SOF units.
As well as many SOF units across the globe. Armin was the headline instructor at the 2018 and 2019 SOF K9 Conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Armin’s hands on style and decades of prolific decoy work have earned him great respect and influence as his innovative concepts and techniques are utilized by the world’s top K9 units.
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