About Dog Training Cell

Introduction:
The present security scenario in the country calls for employing diverse equipment and methods to provide adequate security to vulnerable places and persons. The loyalty and sniffing qualities of the dog, combined with its ability to receive training and act according to the orders of the master, has rendered this animal a position of great importance in any security setup.

Experience and time have proved that a well-trained dog is the most reliable and efficient component of any security apparatus. However, there is a shortage of centres for training of dogs for security duties in our country. To fill this gap between demand and supply, the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, has taken the initiative of setting up its own ‘Dog Breeding-cum-Training Centre’ in January,1999 which was formally inaugurated by the than DGP, Punjab, on 4th April, 2000. This Centre is situated within the campus of the Punjab Police Academy and is run by a team of highly trained committed  dog-trainers.

The Centre specializes in training of dogs for various purposes related to security and general obedience to dogs of all breeds. Highly pedigreed dogs/pups of the champion/imported class procured from German Shepherd, Labrador, Dalmatian and Doberman Pincher breeds are trained at this Centre.

 

  1. Punjab Police Dog Breeding-cum-Training Centre imparts training to dogs in the     following areas ;

S. No.

Course

Salient features of the course

Duration

(a)

Obedience Training

The dog is trained for house manners & obedience (heel, sit, get-up, down and retrieve).

12 Weeks

(b)

Tracker Dog Training

The dog is trained of house manners, obedience, retrieve over two hurdles, recall on leash, stay command on leash and without leash, scent discrimination, search catch and leave, handler scent, with one turn, more than one turn and cross tracks.

32 Weeks

(c)

Narcotic Sniffer Dog Training

The dog is trained for house manners, obedience, retrieve over two hurdles, sight, exercise, long sit and down out of sight, practice with dummy narcotics in house building, close packet, box, baggage and to search narcotic items from persons by identification.

32 Weeks

(d)

Explosive Sniffer Dog Training

 

The dog is trained for house manners, obedience, retrieve over three feet hurdles, signal exercise, differentiate scent of  burned gun powder and unburned gun powder, searching hidden in building, furniture, closed almirah, box, luggage and in various types of vehicles, to search explosive items from humans, to identify explosive among DDT, bleaching powder, talcum powder and urea.

32 Weeks

 

 2.  COURSE FEE 

The course fee for the courses mentioned in para 2 from serial numbers (a) to (e) is as below:-

 FOR POLICE ORGANISATIONS:

  1. Training charges for above mentioned courses will be Rs. 10,000/- per dog for each course (except obedience training).

  2.  Medical/veterinary charges:- Rs. 5,000/- will be taken as security at the start of the course, which will be refundable to the quarter concerned after the completion of the training and actual expenditure on veterinary charges will be deducted from the security.

  3. Hostel charges per dog per month will be Rs. 600/-.

FOR PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS :

  1. Training charges for above mentioned courses will be Rs.1500/- for every 4 weeks and charges will be taken as per the course choice.

  2. Hostel charges for per dog per month will be Rs. 600/-

  3. Medical/veterinary charges: Rs.10,000/- will be taken as security at the start of the course, which will be refundable to the quarter concerned after the completion of the training actual expenditure on veterinary charges will be deducted from the security.

  4. Hostel rent for dog handler during training will be Rs.250/- per month per handler. The messing charges are approximately Rs.1000/- per month per head.

3. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR TRAINING

    The following equipment are required for dogs during training.

S. No.

 Item

Quantity

1.

Dog Chain Iron

One
2.

Choke Chain

 One
3.

Leather Collar Set

 Three
4.

Small Leash With Hook

 Two
5.

Long Leash With hook

 Two
6.

Dog Harness Set

 One
7.

Dog Coat

 One
8.

Dog Blanket

 One
9.

Dog Durrie

 One
10.

Feeding Plate

One
11.

Water Bowl

 One
12

Dog Comb

 One
13.

Dog Brush Small

 One
14.

Dog Brush Large

 One
15.

Dog Muzzle

 One
16.

Dog Dumbbell

 Two
17.

Dog Nail Cutter

  One
18.

Turkish Towel

 Six
19.

Plastic Hand Gloves

 Six set
20.

Arresting Patt

  Two set
21.

Dog kit box

 One

 

4. SCALE OF RATION PER DAY PER DOG

S. No.

Standard Item

Scale

 Substitute

Scale

1.

Atta/Rice

480 gm.

Bread

720 gm.

2.

Dog Biscuit

30 gm.

Dog Biscuit

30 gm.

3.

Mutton

680gm.

Milk

1500gm.

4.

Egg

2 Nos.

Egg.

2 Nos.

5.

Green Vegetable

250gm.

Green Vegetable

250gm.

6.

Tonic Ostocal, Vimtex, Tonofron, Liver Oil, Vita pet, Liv-52

10 ml. Per day

Tonic  Ostocal,

Vimtex, Tonofron, Liver Oil, Vita pet, Liv-52

10 ml. Per day

 4.  (b)  Ready to serve food of the brand name of Pedigree Active, Purina & Royal canin

Adult weight

2 months age

3-5 months age

6-7 months age

8-14 months age

15-17 months age

+ 18 months age

Above 18 months age

26 kg

300 gm

375 gm

430 gm

500 gm

525 gm

525 gm

550 gm

30 kg

320 gm

410gm

440gm

525 gm

550gm

560 gm

575 gm

40 kg

350gm

490gm

540gm

550 gm

570 gm

570gm

590 gm

Curd 250 gm to 500 gm may be included in the dog ready to serve diet to keep lever in Good order.    

 5.  VACCINATION SCHEDULE FOR PUPS

Age

Disease

Vaccination

Procedure

6-8 Weeks

Rabies

-         Raksharala

-         Virbae-R

-         Rabigen

 

First deworm the pups, with any broad-spectrum dewormer or zental albomar, Analgon etc. vaccine to be given intramuscular or sub coetaneous (i/m or sub cut)

6-8 weeks

Parvo virus Canine Distemper canine

Hepatitis leptosprosis

1&2 Influenza par influenza.

-        Canigen-7

-        Duramnune

-        Anmumnue 

This has to be given with a gap 7-15 days after or, before Rabies vaccine, it also has to be given i/m or sub cut.

12-6 weeks

The above vaccinations has to be repealed, as a Booster does the pups, here after the vaccination is done annually. Here too a gap of 15 days has to be kept between each vaccines.

 6. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

  1. The dog’s age should be between 6 to 8 months at the start of training. Younger or older pups will not be accepted.

  2. The Unit/organization must produce a certificate, from a veterinary doctor, declaring that dog is free from chronic diseases.

  3. At the time of reporting, dog must be dewormed, vaccinated against rabies, parvo, distemper and all the vaccinations should be completed one month prior to reporting for training at PPA, Phillaur.

  4. Dog should be sent with registration certificate and history sheet.

  5. The Unit/Organization should deposit feeding, training, medical, equipment charges and other charges specified above in advance.

  6. No dog will be accepted without advance deposit of charges.

7. Achievements

The officer incharge of this centre has the honour to set up dogs squads in African Country (Ethiopia) being selected by BPRD New Delhi and he is the first Asian Police Officer nominated for this work.

This centre has trained dogs along with handlers of Uttaranchal Police, U.P. Police &  Haryana Police and RPF.

8. DOGS Accommodation

There are 22 kennel in the newly constructed dogs accommodation on the back side of PPA Hospital and there are 18 old kennel in the old accommodation on the back side of J. F. Rebrio Hostel. 

9. PERSPECTIVE Plans 

Since, Punjab Police Dog Breeding cum-Trg. Centre is working on adhoc basis and proposal for regularization of training centre is pending with the State Govt. This centre has the following perspective plans on receiving sanction from State Govt. to run the following courses.

1.  Training of search and rescue dogs during natural and man made disasters.

2. Guard duties by dogs for vulnerable points and vital installations.

3. Training dogs as guides for blind people.

4. Experimenting regarding the suitability of new breed for policing purposes.