Looking forward to working with some of the really great CC folks on this board. I am a dog trainer that was introduced to CC's in about 1994, and have owned one ever since. I look forward to all the great CC info I can get here. I hope I can also contribute something tothe forum.
Following is a brief resume that was compiled by the Association of Security & Industrial Specialists (think Pinkerton and Blackwater Security types)
Butch Cappel's Credentials
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Founder and Executive Director K9PRO SPORTS International
* Mr. Cappel is licensed by the State of Texas, and the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, to train and procure police and security dogs and dog teams.
* Mr. Cappel has supplied both leased guard dogs and precision trained dog teams, consisting of trained handlers and dogs, for some of the top corporations in the United States and Mexico, including Coca Cola bottling plant in Juarez, Mexico, and American factories in Mexico such as M.S.D., Motorola, Ford, and
others.
* Mr. Cappel's K9 Teams secured the airport, and supplied additional K9 security services to Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari on his trips to northern Mexico.
* Mr. Cappel served as an adviser on the use and deployment of k9 teams on medical properties to the International Association of Hospital Security Specialists (IAHSS) as well as the American Society of Industrial Security Specialists.
* Mr. Cappel trained and functioned as an on-site supervisor for Special Operations K9 Teams in charge of the physical security at such high risk facilities as the Commitment Center for the Criminally Insane, El Paso County, as well as numerous facilities involved in major labor disputes
* Mr. Cappel supplied trained security dogs as an adjunct to the close contact executive protection services provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety for the reelection campaign of George W. Bush in his Texas campaign.
* Mr. Cappel trained dog teams for the Hunt Corp. one of the United States Army's largest construction contractors.
* Mr. Cappel was featured on national television networks in the United States and Europe for his program using trained dogs to protect victims of domestic violence.
* Mr. Cappel consulted with Federal Law Enforcement to develope and implement standards for the certification of police and private security dogs for Juarez,
Mexico.
* Mr. Cappel has written articles or been featured in "Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime" police magazine, "Dog Sports Magazine," "Dog World," "Dog Fancy," "Dog and Kennel" as well as police and security trade magazine
* Mr. Cappel is recognized Nationally as an expert witness in district and state courts of law concerning cases involving dog bites, civilian and police, as well as animal cruelty charges.
