Remote (Camera/Radio) Guidance

The primary purpose of a "remote guided" dog is to gain information that will increase deployment safety, particularly in unknown or difficult-toaccess areas.

Wednesday
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Aug 27, 2025
5:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Instructor(s):
Thomas Schuppe
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Thomas Schuppe presenting Remote (Camera/Radio) Guidance at HITS.
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Class overview

The primary purpose of a "remote guided" dog is to gain information that
will increase deployment safety, particularly in unknown or difficult-toaccess areas. However it has also been used for supporting tasks such as
placing jammers, retrieving drones, relaying tools, and helping robots
over barriers.

Participants in this course will dive into the steps involved in teaching
dogs to follow radio-guided commands. This training protocol was
developed from over 15 years of experience deploying remote-guided
K9s for reconnaissance and interventions.

The course also explores direct operational feedback and the various
ways in which camera systems can make K9 teams an increasingly
valuable asset to their department.

Class Outline

  • History of guiding dogs at distance
            > Tools, methods, and major players (Bailey, Prins, Nolan)
            > “Directionals” vs “Remote Guidance”
            > Evolution of camera systems
            > Operational testing and international variations
  • Detailing of 9-Step protocol for training remote guidance
  • Transitioning to radio
            > Intermediate steps
  • Deployment feedback and evolution
  • Application for the future

This session explains:

  • Detailing of 9-Step protocol for training remote guidance
  • Transitioning to radio > Intermediate steps
  • Deployment feedback and evolution
  • Application for the future
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About the instructor

Thomas Schuppe

Thomas is a former member of the GIGN. He combined his expertise in EOD and assault tactics with his talent for dog training, to shape France's first multi-specialty K9 program (assault, explosives detection, camera-guided reconnaissance, and laser targeting). Consequently, K9 teams became an increasingly valuable asset to intervention and reconnaissance teams.

Through his camera-guided K9 project, it quickly became clear that the technology available did not match their training capabilities of guiding dogs over long distances and out of sight. Thomas thus founded the company T&S Concepts. The company dedicated years to developing a dog-mounted camera and radio system that would fit their operational needs: the K9 Vision System. Today the K9VS is used worldwide, in both special operations and traditional K9 units.

Later in he careee , Thomas' focus shifted to making disciplines such as camera guidance and laser targeting accessible to all. He added to his operational role the title of program instructor, and demonstrated that multiple generations of dogs and handlers were capable of learning and sustaining advanced training techniques. Thomas established testing protocols and standards with the Centre National Cynophile de la Gendarmerie, enabling all French national police and military units officially certify K9s in those specialities.

He now pulls from over 20 years of special operations experience to train units worldwide-with the goal of raising standards and demonstrating that K9 programs have more to offer tactical teams.

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