Belgium NVBK Training Experience
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(Photo) Noel Austria doing the Escort Exercise.
Last June 2000, SK9C Trainers Noel M. Austria, James R. Tan and Tessa
M. Daza, together with friend Royce Cruz visited the beautiful city of
Gent in Belgium for a NVBK training workshop.It was a memorable
experience not only because of the training knowledge that they
gained, but also for the priviledge of watching the "Grote Prijs de
Provincies" (Grand Prix) where the top Belgian Mechelaars in the 5
regions of Belgium competed
(Photo) Noel Austria and Germain Pauwels with his personal dog
V'Rakky.
It was NVBK President and Judge Germain Pauwels and his lovely wife
Mary Ann who mentored the SK9C trio. They also got a taste of NVBK
training by joining the training routine in the Club where Germain
trains, the Eeklo Club. Insights & demonstration of Narcotic detection
training was also shared by Germain and Police Officer Willy.
NVBK dogs are trained to do sport routine exercise in order to teach
control and discipline. They know that when inside the ring, they must
tolerate other people around while doing the exercises. Outside the
ring, they show the same control with its handler and this dogs are
ready to attack, with or without bite suit. No wonder, this dogs can
easily adopt into police work or personal protection work.
(Photo) Tessa Daza receiving final instructions from Eeklo head trainer
Carlos (in red -shirt)
Dogs in the NVBK program are trained for approximately 2 years before
entering the trial.
(Photo) Tessa feeling the bite of a 10-year old retired NVBK dog, now
working as an active police dog in Gent. Handler is Police Officer Willy
(in blue jeans).
In the NVBK program, the dog is tested not only on the character and
quality of the bite, but also its ability to use its sense of smell. There is
an exercise in the program where the dog has to look and retrieve an
object with its handler's scent.
This is an indication that an NVBK dog has the potential to be
re-trained for sniffing and other scent related works.
(Photo) Ouch! James Tan felt like he's hit by a boxer's punch on this
guard the object with muzzle exercise.
In the Object Guard with muzzle exercise, the decoy uses a thick vest
with layers of foam padding to protect his chest or ribs from injury.
This dogs are trained to hit hard that it can lift the decoy's two feet on
impact.
(Photo) Noel A. doing civil agitation on a 10-year old NVBK dog that
was retired from the ring with a Category 1 title.
Despite being trained for sport all its life, this dog now works as an
effective perimeter guard dog on this car sales garage in Gent, Belgium.
The said car sales garage employs the services of 3 retired NVBK dogs
aged 10 to 11 years old. This are what they termed as "the real dogs".
(This dogs are approximately 90 to 100 lbs in weight and are as quick as
a cat).
Last June 2000, SK9C Trainers Noel M. Austria, James R. Tan and Tessa
M. Daza, together with friend Royce Cruz visited the beautiful city of
Gent in Belgium for a NVBK training workshop.It was a memorable
experience not only because of the training knowledge that they
gained, but also for the priviledge of watching the "Grote Prijs de
Provincies" (Grand Prix) where the top Belgian Mechelaars in the 5
regions of Belgium competed
(Photo) Noel Austria and Germain Pauwels with his personal dog
V'Rakky.
It was NVBK President and Judge Germain Pauwels and his lovely wife
Mary Ann who mentored the SK9C trio. They also got a taste of NVBK
training by joining the training routine in the Club where Germain
trains, the Eeklo Club. Insights & demonstration of Narcotic detection
training was also shared by Germain and Police Officer Willy.
NVBK dogs are trained to do sport routine exercise in order to teach
control and discipline. They know that when inside the ring, they must
tolerate other people around while doing the exercises. Outside the
ring, they show the same control with its handler and this dogs are
ready to attack, with or without bite suit. No wonder, this dogs can
easily adopt into police work or personal protection work.
(Photo) Tessa Daza receiving final instructions from Eeklo head trainer
Carlos (in red -shirt)
Dogs in the NVBK program are trained for approximately 2 years before
entering the trial.
(Photo) Tessa feeling the bite of a 10-year old retired NVBK dog, now
working as an active police dog in Gent. Handler is Police Officer Willy
(in blue jeans).
In the NVBK program, the dog is tested not only on the character and
quality of the bite, but also its ability to use its sense of smell. There is
an exercise in the program where the dog has to look and retrieve an
object with its handler's scent.
This is an indication that an NVBK dog has the potential to be
re-trained for sniffing and other scent related works.
(Photo) Ouch! James Tan felt like he's hit by a boxer's punch on this
guard the object with muzzle exercise.
In the Object Guard with muzzle exercise, the decoy uses a thick vest
with layers of foam padding to protect his chest or ribs from injury.
This dogs are trained to hit hard that it can lift the decoy's two feet on
impact.
(Photo) Noel A. doing civil agitation on a 10-year old NVBK dog that
was retired from the ring with a Category 1 title.
Despite being trained for sport all its life, this dog now works as an
effective perimeter guard dog on this car sales garage in Gent, Belgium.
The said car sales garage employs the services of 3 retired NVBK dogs
aged 10 to 11 years old. This are what they termed as "the real dogs".
(This dogs are approximately 90 to 100 lbs in weight and are as quick as
a cat).
