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
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.

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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Kathryn McConnell

President
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NOCMG
Emergency veterinarian and president of the Nevada Operational Canine Medical Group, focused on heat injury prevention and K9 operational medical readiness.
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Jeff Schettler

Owner
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Georgia K9 NTC
Jeff Schettler is a retired police K9 handler who served with the City of Alameda and the County of Amador in California.
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