Learn from nationally recognized K9 expertise

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

August 25-26, 2026
Justin Rigney
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Justin Rigney, Founder, K9 Services Unlimited

About
Justin Rigney

Justin Rigney has over 25 years of professional dog training experience and spent 17 years as a law enforcement officer, including 10 as a K-9 handler and trainer.

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Featured session at HITS 2026

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Aug 25th, 2026
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1:30 pm
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3:30 pm

Reactivity, Impulse Control and Capping

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Whether it be excessive barking approaching a deployment, training environment or during searching, breaking obedience, Decoy neutrality, reactivity to non-target humans or other animals, these issues span across every dimension of dog.

Identify the root cause of reactivity and broken obedience, then apply the tools and protocols to maintain control and reduce conflict without losing power.
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Other classes

4:00 pm
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6:00 pm

Reactivity, Impulse Control and Capping

Aug 26th, 2026
Justin Rigney
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Learn from
Justin Rigney
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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.

Dr. Kenneth Furton

Executive Director
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Global Forensic and Justice Center
Provost Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor; Executive Director of the Global Forensic and Justice Center and a world-leading scholar in detection-dog science.
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Rob Downey

Founder
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Annamaet Petfoods
Founder of Annamaet Pet Foods focused on nutrition science and heat stress prevention for operational K9s.
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Fred Helfers

Owner
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Fred Helfers Consulting
Retired detective and detection dog trainer specializing in double-blind certification exercises for narcotics, explosives, and accelerant detection teams.
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