Tony Gravley, is the Owner and Founder of Next Generation K9, TWG group LLC.

Tony has over 35 years experience as a Trainer, Instructor, Manager and Handler of Police and Military Working Dogs.
Here are some of Tony's abbreviated highlights below: Owner and Head Trainer Next Generation K9 which holds multiple Government contracts such as Department of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, through these contracts Next Generation K9 provided fully trained Patrol Explosive Detection K9s Single Purpose Explosive Detection Dogs, Patrol Narcotics Detection K9’s along with “Green’ Dual Purpose Canines. Tony has also conducted countless workshops centered on Nose Work/Detection and has been a guest Instructor for several Police K9 Conferences. Next Generation K9 is averaging over 100 working dogs a year placed with Government Agencies this includes selection, importing and training.
Tony has also managed and instructed for various groups including protecting the Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq; NATO, American and Canadian interests in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Tony provided training of Explosive/Narcotic Patrol Dogs to the Department of Defense and Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Tony also taught all Military Working Dog Courses to include Patrol, Detection, and Supervisor
Course.  Additionally, Tony has the following credentials: Fully Accredited Master Trainer, United Police Work Dog Association; NACSW Nose Work Judge; Active in CNWI Program; AKC Scent Work Expert Judge (highest level judge and instructor/teaching judge); Numerous K9 Nose Work Titles; Qualified and
Invited to 2016 AKC Obedience Nationals; Instructor for several NACSW National Competitors; Multiple Students achieved K9 Nose Work Elite Titles; U.S. Marine Corps Military Police K9 Handler; Graduate of Military Working Dog Patrol Dog Course; Graduate of Military Working Dog Explosive Detection Dog Course; Graduate of Military Working Dog Supervisor Course; Graduate of Air Education and Training Instructor Course.

 

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Saturday Workshop

The Low Down on High Hides
When and where should you call a high hide? How precise should you require our dog to be in
alerting? Where do you pay? Some conventional wisdom is to pay at the highest concentration
of odor and call it a day. But this makes no practical sense. First, in the real-life hunting context,
the hunting dog does not alert on the tree next to where the raccoon or squirrel is located just
because that is where they encounter the highest concentration of odor. That wouldn’t be terribly
helpful to the hunter, would it? Second, rewarding at the highest concentration of odor is really
rewarding fringing because the dog has not indicated where the hide is actually located. But how
do we teach our dogs to finish the math problem to use the highest concentration of odor to
calculate and communicate to us where the hide is? Tony will break it down for us in the
challenging Clinic.

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Sunday Workshop

Confidence in calling the mighty inaccessible
One on the biggest challenges is knowing when to call an inaccessible hide—the fear of
getting the dreaded “Where” from the judge has created so many handlers to hesitate
way too long calling the alert. Tony is not only going to build the dogs skill in working
the inaccessible hide but educate the teams on the different types of inaccessible hides
and how to recognize the dogs working them, so they have the confidence to all alert.
This workshop will be focused about understanding all facets of an inaccessible hide
and building not only the dog’s skill but the handlers as well!

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