Learn from nationally recognized K9 expertise

Instruction shaped by real-world K9 deployment, operational decision-making, and courtroom accountability.

August 25, 2026
Don Blair
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Don Blair, Owner, Canine Intelligence Academy

About
Don Blair

Don Blair has trained K9 teams for over 50 years and consults for the Chicago Police Department anti-terrorist K9 Section through Canine Intelligence Academy.

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Featured session at HITS 2026

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Aug 25th, 2026
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4:00 pm
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6:00 pm

Learning to utilize "Point to Point" and "Quartering" exercises (Fieldwork) to enhance ALL aspects of your detection dogs performance

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Utilizing proper training procedures, “fieldwork” training techniques both handlers and and trainers will quickly see improved performance and enhanced detection capabilities across the board.

Use point-to-point and quartering fieldwork to sharpen detection—faster source work, stronger obedience to odor, and better discrimination.
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Other classes

10:30 am
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12:30 pm

Learning to utilize "Point to Point" and "Quartering" exercises (Fieldwork) to enhance ALL aspects of your detection dogs performance

Aug 27th, 2026
Don Blair
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Learn from
Don Blair
at
HITS K9

Join national-scale K9 education designed to strengthen deployment judgment, legal defensibility, and long-term operational performance.

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See who else is teaching at HITS

HITS brings together prosecutors, scientists, federal advisors, and operational trainers whose instruction reflects real-world deployment and courtroom scrutiny.

Ted Daus

Owner
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HITS T&C
Counsel of record in U.S. Supreme Court K-9 cases and longtime Broward County prosecutor. National lecturer on canine law and search-and-seizure with decades of courtroom experience.
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Eugene P. Ramirez

Partner
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Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Trial attorney and USPCA General Counsel teaching K9 use-of-force policy, supervisor liability, and deployment documentation.
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Michael Asimor

CEO
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Dynamic International
CEO of Dynamic International teaching AI-powered grant strategies to equip and sustain K9 units.
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