What Sets Us Apart

Kathy has over 17 years of experience (military, law enforcement and search and rescue) in training dogs for a wide range of scent detection work. She has also worked as a Veterinary Technician, and has trained dogs for Narcotics, Human Remains Detection, Explosive Detection and Tracking/Trailing. She is a Certification Officer for Law Enforcement Training Specialists or L.E.T.S, and MWDA, a state law enforcement association, and also serves as a West Virginia Fire School Instructor. She is one of the founding members of the Barbour County Tactical Search and Recovery Teams and is also a member of the Mountaineer Area Rescue Group.

:: Trained or Donated K9s

Chiodo Kennels has trained or donated rescued dogs to the following departments:

Grafton City Police Dept. Patrol/Narcotics

Morgantown City Police Dept. Patrol/Narcotics

Huttonsville Correctional Center, Patrol

Kaso, with his partner, Lt. Mark Mcullough, Grafton City Police Dept.

Training Seminars

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended for us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

Working Dogs

All dogs trained are from working lines bred from generations of police, Ring Sport, FH, Schutzhund, and Search and Rescue dogs, such as Strega, seen below, a Czech German Shepherd with lines to Grim Pohranicni Straze. A pronounced degree of intense and focused hunt drive, endurance, good structure (hips, elbows and spines are checked in all dogs) and strong confident boldness in all environments are required in our dogs.

We have trained and certified Explosive Detection Canines available for local work. Please contact Kathy at k9hdler@aol.com for more information.

For information about our working Beaucerons, go to Beaucerons des Vielles Montagnes. Pictured above is Mavrick des Ombres Valeureux, now retired from wilderness work.