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Heath Kuhlmann is the founder and lead trainer of FACT K9. His experience includes 10 years in the USMC and over 24 years in law enforcement. Prior to becoming a handler, he worked patrol, auto theft, and cargo theft. He has 13 years of experience as a handler and serves as the Lead Instructor for his Departmental Canine Program. Heath developed the training schedule and guidelines used in his department’s basic handler course. He has served as the Lead Instructor since 2018. He has conducted hundreds of training days throughout the state for his department as well as allied agencies. This training includes maintenance of canine teams, E-Collar workshops, decoy workshops, and problem solving of handler and canine issues.

As a handler, Heath is working with his second canine partner and understands the progression of training needed to properly develop a canine team. As a trainer, he is dedicated to the progression of the team: handler and canine. He currently serves as the progression trainer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s- SED patrol K9 teams. Heath is a CA POST Canine Evaluator, CA POST certified instructor, and International Police Canine Association (IPCA) Certifying Official. He has attended numerous training courses including Basic Decoy Training (Von Liche Kennels), Basic E-Collar Class (Tactical K9), Canine Trainers Course (Tactical K9), Police K9 Behavior and Decoy Techniques (K9 Bite DR), Obedience Fundamentals and Troubleshooting for Police Canines (Michael Ellis), and Detection Dog Trainer Course (FORD K9).