Mark McDonough

Owner, Director, Patrol and Detection K-9 Trainer

 

• Twenty one years experience as a K-9 officer and trainer

• Seven years with SWAT (Graduate of FBI SWAT School)

• Trained and worked four K-9's during his career with over 800 deployments resulting in K-9 arrests 

• USPCA Certified Judge in Patrol

• USPCA Past President & Training Coordinator of Region 12

• Expert Witness in court in the field of K-9s 

• Awarded for Valor on four occasions 

• Competed in USPCA Field Trials with over 50 awards and placement in the top 10 nationally numerous times; in addition to being the 2015 Region 12 Champion, scoring 698.16 out of 700. 

• Range Instructor and Distinguished Master Shooter 

 

Mark has trained over 200 K-9 officers from 50 different agencies in the upper midwest.

 

He conducts reality-based K-9 street scenario seminars and leads classes on effective utilization of K-9's in law enforcement. 

 

Mark has established international relations with the finest breeders in the Czech Republic to screen, evaluate and select the finest working K-9's for use in McDonough K-9's training program. 

Kenny McDonough

Single Purpose K-9 Handler

McDonough K-9 Instructor

 

• Kenny is NAPWDA, USPCA and Advanced Explosive K-9 Technique Evaluation Certified.

• He has been a single purpose K-9 handler since 2011 and has been immersed in the training process for over 10 years.

• Kenny placed second in a national competition, and continuously strives for excellence with everyone he trains with.