Three tiers. One standard. Built for the handler and the dog.
The government K9 world — USPCA, NAPWDA, HITS, ATK9 — is closed. Full membership is limited to active law-enforcement officers, military police, and correction officers. Civilians and private-sector Protection Special Services Dog teams are institutionally locked out.
The civilian world that is left is a market of one-off courses, sport clubs, and generic dog-training subscriptions. None of it treats the handler and the dog as one team. None of it is built around face-to-face, close-quarters, kinetic protection — the environment a civilian PSS-K9™ team actually operates in.
Where We Come From
Corrections Special Ops. The dog works at arm's length, not down a block. The handler makes decisions under pressure with a weapon in the equation. The team is one unit or it is nothing. This library is the standard we actually use — what a Protection K9 is, what it is not, and what happens when Bark, Bite, Hold, and Out have to work in real time with a real handler making real calls.
Tier 1 · Puppy
Map · nutrition · PD1 · foundations · gear.
Puppy stands alone. Civilian can add Puppy for $400, or include it free for placed clients.
Tier 2 · Civilian
L1 · PD2 · Domestic · Travel · legal · seminars.
Built for the civilian owner-handler in the first 180 days after placement — and for the household that has to live with a specialist K9 well.
Tier 3 · Pro
L5 · Armed Handler · Team Tactics · legal · in-person.
For the professional non-government PSS-K9™ team. Application only. Pro includes Civilian so members do not pay twice.
For Placed K1K9™ Clients
Year one of Civilian is included with the dog. Sustainment. Seminars. Direct-line access to KILO1. Included, not upsold.
What It Is Not
K1K9™ training content is education in our standard. It is not a license, a government certification, or permission to deploy a dog.
This is not a course to turn a pet into a Protection K9. This is the doctrine for the team that has one.