Core Security Services provides  K-9 Teams and K-9s with the following capabilities

• Tracking Patrol & Dual Purpose K-9 Teams - trained in on and off leash obedience, evidence search, weapons search, area search, verbal release and recall, tracking and trailing, and handler protection. These dogs are trained to focus under distractions, such as gunfire and other loud noises.

• EDD (Explosive Detection Dog) K-9 Teams - trained in explosives detection. Used for entry point checks, package checks, aircraft checks, vehicle checks, locker and storage checks.
  

• NDD (Narcotics Detection Dog) K-9 Teams - trained in narcotics detection.  Used for personal searches, campus safety, entry point checks, package checks, aircraft checks, vehicle checks, locker and storage checks.

• Personal Protection/Executive Protections K-9s - trained in on and off leash obedience, recognition of "false run", owner protection, focus under distractions, such as gunfire and other loud noises, home and office searches, allergen detection (such as peanuts, etc.)
  

German Shepherd Dog

For centuries people have been utilizing dogs to enhance and complement the level of  protection in many personal, military, police, commercial, and other applications. The German Shepherd is the world's most recognized breed used for protection and with good reason.

"The most striking features of the correctly bred German Shepherd are firmness of nerves, attentiveness, unshockability, tractability, watchfulness, reliability and incorruptibility together with courage, fighting tenacity and hardness."
                                    - Max von Stephanitz, Founder of the German Shepherd Dog

German Shepherd is a dog that's intelligent, able to reason, agile, trustworthy in temperament, strong, and protective, if necessary. There is no limit to the work this breed can do. Their loyalty and devotion to their handler is well known, and they will attempt to do anything their handler asks of them. The breed’s instinctual protection drives make them an excellent guardian, and the German sport of Schutzhund was created primarily to test the ‘workability’ of the German Shepherd Dog through its three training phases: obedience, tracking, and protection.

Working ability is tested through Schutzhund (German for "protection dog"), a sport that tests traits necessary for police type work. It also tests physical traits such as strength, endurance, agility, and scenting ability. The goal of Schutzhund is to illuminate the character of a dog through training. Breeders can use this insight to determine how and whether to use the dog in producing the next generation of GSDs. Schutzhund was developed as a test of working ability for German Shepherds. Only German Shepherds that had passed a Schutzhund test or were allowed to breed and thus have their progeny registered as SV German Shepherd Dogs. This is true to this day. It is only by testing the working ability of every generation that the strong working characteristics of the GSD have been maintained.

Schutzhund is governed by a number of organizations. The FCI the international umbrella organization for all things dog related, sets the rules for IPO titles. (IPO is the FCI name for sport Schutzhund titles.) The AZG sets the rules for Schutzhund for all breeds. The AZG is one of the component organizations of the VDH, the all breed kennel club of Germany. The SV is a member of the VDH and arguably the most powerful influence on the sport. Although the AZG formally sets the rules, the AZG does nothing with respect to Schutzhund without the approval of the SV. The SV has great influence in the FCI and is probably still the most powerful influence on the sport.

Lineage is examined through SV pedigree records and DNA testing of the dog and two to three generations of its ancestors. Health screens must be passed and results recorded. And finally, appearance conformation is judged through show participation.  If a German Shepherd is not able or does not have a SV stamp, it cannot be judged and tested by internationally accepted guidelines set forth by the SV. 

In most of the world outside Europe and the United States in particular, German Shepherd breeders have not conformed to the SV standards in their breeding practices. Instead, some breeders followed the preferences of their local or national breed clubs, while others did not follow any guidelines at all.  National breed clubs, such as the AKC in the United States have continued to register "purebred German Shepherds" without requiring any proof of working ability, health certifications, or show record.   Numerous unscrupulous breedings created a wide variety of variations in temperament, health, and appearance.  These variations make it impossible to determine  the quality of a GSD outside the SV.

Some new breed sub-types  have emerged worldwide as a result of breed popularity and uncontrolled breeding. These include, for example, the White and the Shiloh German Shepherds in the USA, the Chinese Wolf Dog in Asia, and the Eastern European Shepherd. None of these sub-types are acceptable by the SV and are in fact no longer considered to be German Shepherds.

Worldwide, the German Shepherd  is most commonly utilized to perform a task it is specifically trained and bred for. It can be found in Schutzhund trials, personal service, or police, rescue, and security work and represent the best the breed has to offer in terms of training.