Jeff Schettler

Jeff Schettler

Jeff Schettler is a retired police K9 handler who worked for the City of Alameda and County of Amador in California and was attached to the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Teams’ K9 Assistance Program for two years. This program was designed to locate and apprehend high-risk fugitives on the run. Jeff has worked hundreds of trailing cases across the USA and is a specialist in the areas of tactical trailing applications. He and his K-9 partner, Ronin, made hundreds successful finds over their 11-year career. Jeff has trained under many well-known manhunters, including Jerry Yelk, Glenn Rimbey, Jerry Nichols, John Lutenberg, John Salem, and Doug Lowry.

Jeff is considered a law enforcement expert witness in the areas of scent evidence and trailing with bloodhounds. He has qualified as an expert in the Counties of Santa Clara and Alameda in California. He has also corroborated in court other police K9 handlers trailing training and experience.

After leaving the police force, Jeff founded TacticalTrackertTeams.com and later integrated it with the Georgia K9 National Training Center, LLC with his partner Kelli Collins. Georgia K9 National Training Center is a specialty K9 training company with nationally recognized dog trainers and clients across the country. GAK9.com offers a variety of services, each tailored to fit the needs of civilian, law enforcement, and search & rescue dog owners and handlers.

Jeff rarely relaxes at his home and dog training facility in Canton, GA. There are just too many dogs running around. He has recently started training basenjis to find narcotics and explosives. The author has written a series of nine articles for the Basenji Magazine called the Hunter Basenji Chronicles. These articles cover the use of the basenji for hunting and detector dog work.

For more information please visit: http://www.gak9.com/

 



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