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im only 14 but im very interested in the becomeing a K-9 police officer. What is the best dog and is it possible to use a pibull is it better to have a biger stronger dog or not

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Zac, only because I have had the best results, a german sheperd is the best for this work. Another good dog has been the belgian malinois. Both dogs come from the working class group. Unfortunately pitbull breeds do not have good sense of smell for this line of work.
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Paul

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PaulKoinig

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i have trained over 100 police work dogs for patrol,narcotics and explosives. i am a nationally certified trainer with the uspca and npca canine associations.

Experience

Handler for 13years. Trainer for 9 years

Organizations
USPCA,NPCA,FOP,PBA,IABTI,IAAI

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bs Towson State Univ,Balt. Md.

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