Bill Gaskins
Bill Gaskins comes to you by way of the US Air Force from Beaverton Oregon. After 21 years in the US Air Force he retired to spend more time with his Jersey Girls; Wife Melissa and Daughters McKenna and Baylee.
Bill is the son of two retired police officers in Oregon and has been working with and training police dogs since he was 11 years old.
During his Air Force Experience Bill served as a Law Enforcement Specialist Military Working Dog Handler of 10 different dogs, Trainer for over 50 operational K9 Teams, and Kennel Master managing kennel operations all over the world. As a canine training instructor, Bill trained and certified 624 operational Canine Teams for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan in tasks from Obedience, Patrol Protection, as well as Explosive and Narcotics detection.
Bills experience culminated as the Course Director of 5 different College Credit awarding canine training programs where he developed and delivered courseware and evaluated dog teams on three levels; dog, handler, and overall team.
Training Philosophy
Bill’s motto is; Whatever you “Seek” I’ll train your dog to find.
Services
- Private Training
- Group Training
- Scent Work Seminars
Certifications
NACSW ANWI
Specializations
Scent Work
Training Methods
Our Detection training programs use Markers/Clickers during introductory phases of training. Following a logical progression of crawl, walk, and run our detection programs are based on teaching the indication first, which is not only logical but very easy to teach and streamlines the remaining skills in detection. Because the system builds on sub-skills and then compound skills, the method is suitable for any dog, drive level and degree of handler experience.
