Tracker Dog Handler Course - Zimbabwe

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Living and Working in Zimbabwe

This NASDU Overseas Endorsed Tracker Dog Handler course can be delivered in Zimbabwe through cooperation with established local conservation and security partners.

Training takes place in the Midlands region of Zimbabwe, where access to extensive rural terrain provides an excellent environment for developing operational tracking skills. Accommodation is provided on a full-board basis at a former hunting lodge, allowing learners to live and work in a realistic field environment throughout the course.

The training area offers a wide variety of natural environments including bush, farmland, rural communities and hard-surface areas, enabling handlers and dogs to develop a full range of operational tracking and trailing skills.

Courses are deliberately delivered in small numbers to maintain a high instructor-to-student ratio and to ensure each learner receives significant practical instruction and mentoring during the programme.

The NASDU Overseas Endorsed Tracker Dog Handler qualification is portable, meaning the course can also be delivered in other suitable operational environments where appropriate training areas and logistical support are available.

For course availability and future dates, please contact us directly.

Course content includes:

• Selection of Dogs 
• Handler Qualities 
• Inspection and Grooming 
• Kennel Management 
• Basic Obedience including emergency stop and recall 
• The theory of scent 
• Use of equipment 
• Line handling 
• Casting 
• Scent Squares 
• Track laying the early stages (straight legs, shuffle tracks, scuffing, turns, use of poles, open box, casting). 
• Location of articles both on and off track
• Multiple pole start (laying and handling)
• Cross tracks 
• Obstacles
• Dealing with Distractions (people, wildlife, domestic and farm animals, vehicles) 
• Hard Surface Tracking
• Operational scenario based tracking 
• Relay tracking 
• Wildlife Crime and law Enforcement