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
Register for HITS 2026View full speakers list
Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.
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.

Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.

Featured session at HITS 2026

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

Reactivity, Impulse Control and Capping

Details

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.
View details
Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.

Other classes

4:00 pm
-
6:00 pm

Reactivity, Impulse Control and Capping

Aug 26th, 2026
Justin Rigney
View details
Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.

Learn from
Justin Rigney
at
HITS K9

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

Register for HITS 2026View full speakers list

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.

Jason Purgason

President
,
Highland Canine
President of Highland Canine Training teaching detection teams to leverage mistakes for performance gains.
See speaker

Nicholas Bonney

Instructor
,
Ace Interdiction Tactics
Nebraska State Patrol interdiction specialist teaching consensual encounter tactics and reasonable suspicion development.
See speaker

Heath Kuhlmann

Owner
,
FACT K9 Training
Heath Kuhlmann is the founder and lead trainer of FACT K9.
See speaker
View all speakers
Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.Light beige paper texture background with subtle fibers and creases.