About Us
Training
Our dogs help clients ensure not just the integrity of their property but also their personal safety. They are loyal companions with judgement yet, a protective instinct. Equally comfortable in the home, around children and in the office, as they are on the open street or in a restaurant. Select K9s can further be trained for explosive/scent detection and can thus further help ensure safe public gatherings and environments. We offer a range of scent detection training options upon request, including Tracking & Search and Rescue (SAR), the aforementioned Explosive Detection.
Our dogs are trained at our facilities in Victor Idaho, USA; Berlin, Germany; and Kita-Karuizawa, Japan. All working dogs are accustomed to open public environments, such as offices, airports, train stations or stadiums, etc.
Importantly, we will never sell you or provide you with a “kennel damaged dog”. Unfortunately many good protection dogs are simply trained to “pass the tests” and spend the rest of their lives in a kennel or other confined environment. This has a negative impact on their psychology, and can make it a long term or difficult project to integrate some of them into loving families upon a sale. At Alpine Kennels we will never take on more dogs than we can care for and give the attention they need, all our animals get to board and interact in a family like environment. We believe this provides for a more mentally balanced and healthy dog, that displays better judgement, as well as makes it all that much easier to integrate into a new owners family. We realize this reduces our turnover and will slightly drive up the ultimate cost for us, but we believe it is worth it.
Location & Team
Our training facilities are located in Victor, Idaho; Berlin, Germany and Kita-Karuizawa, Japan. All strategically located within easy reach of major metropolitan areas. We will travel to any customers location upon request by road or air, as required.
Our Principal Team Members Are:
– Mika M. (Founder) and Mina K. and Izuru S. – in Japan
– Neil M. and Sophia H. – in the USA
– Marcus K. and Lars H. – in Germany