CLEP on Sniffer dogs training

Date

11 March 2024 9.00 - 15 March 2024 17.00 UTC

ART code

CTR/013/003

Short description

The CLEP training is targeted to the Customs officers working as dog handlers at the EU´s external border to improve the vocational skills of the service dogs and dog handlers.

Domain / Area

Customs

Location

Gajary (Slovakia)

Application deadline

31 January 2024, 17.00 (UTC +1.00) Europe/Brussels

Organiser

Slovakia

Number of participants

6

Number of participants face-to-face

2

Description

The objective of this training is to improve the vocational skills of the service dogs and the customs officers working as dog handlers at the EU´s external border and to exchange the practical experience and best practices in the field of training and use of service dogs to search for narcotics and psychotropic substances, tobacco and tobacco products, as well as financial cash. 

Mutual cooperation of dog handlers and sniffer dogs from different countries and comparison of training methods directly in the training process will contribute to the preparation and training of sniffer dogs.  

This training will improve training techniques of dog handlers for sniffer dogs.

The training will consists of: 

  • presentations of the service cynology methodologies
  • practical demonstrations, working with service dogs
  • discussions and sharing best practices

Profile of participants

  • Customs officers working as dog handlers at the EU external border
  • Experienced dog handlers with sniffer dogs (at least 1 year of practice) – member groups of K9 teams of participating countries
  • Dogs with previous experiences in Tobacco, Drugs, CITES or Cash searching

Target

Subject matter experts

The CLEP has ended on 15 March 2024, 17.00 (UTC +1.00) Europe/Brussels