About Jeff Mitchell

I've been training dogs for as long as I can remember. From an early age, I discovered a deep connection and instinct for working with canines, and that connection has turned into a lifelong pursuit of mastery. I've competed in protection dog sports all over the world—earning countless trophies and titles—and have built a reputation for performance, precision, and excellence on the global stage.

My passion doesn’t stop at the field. I’ve pioneered advanced methods for training working dogs in real-world applications that go far beyond traditional roles. I developed a scientifically validated system to train dogs to detect suicidal and homicidal ideation in public settings—giving rise to a breakthrough in preemptive mental health and threat detection. These dogs can work in stadiums, airports, schools, and other high-traffic areas to identify individuals in imminent crisis—often long before any human could perceive the risk.

My work in medical detection is just as groundbreaking. I’ve trained dogs to detect pathogens like COVID-19 and highly pathogenic avian influenza with astonishing accuracy, often able to identify a single cell of the virus. These programs have been deployed across a variety of high-stakes environments—from hospitals to poultry farms—and continue to lead the industry in early bio-threat detection.

There is quite literally nothing I haven’t done or can’t do when it comes to training dogs. My career spans every major discipline in the canine world: explosive detection, narcotics, fugitive apprehension, medical diagnostics, mental health intervention, and elite-level sport competition. I bring decades of hands-on experience, innovative thinking, and a commitment to developing new frontiers for working dogs in medicine, defense, and public safety.

At the core of everything I do is a relentless passion for excellence—in dog sports, in the science of scent, and in redefining what working dogs can achieve for humanity.

About Brian Dowdy

Director of Advanced K9 Training | Co-Founder of the Dowdy-Mitchell Method

Brian Dowdy is one of the most focused and committed dog trainers in the world today. Raised with a deep-rooted passion for dogs, Brian’s singular life mission has always been to train the finest working dogs on the planet. His dedication is unmatched—Brian quite literally lives, breathes, and sleeps dogs.

Driven by his desire to work with dogs full-time, Brian became a police officer, knowing that K9 work was the fastest path to daily, hands-on engagement with working dogs. From there, his trajectory accelerated quickly. Brian went on to become the head instructor at the prestigious Tom Rose School, where he trained thousands of dogs, including:

• Police K9s

• Medical detection dogs

• Fugitive apprehension search and rescue dogs

• Obedience and protection dogs

• Family and companion dogs

Brian also served as the head trainer for Medical K-9’s pioneering COVID-19 detection program, leading the development and deployment of the world’s first clinically trialed canine COVID detection system. Under his direction, four COVID detection dogs were successfully trained within a single week—an achievement that was key to the program’s national recognition and scientific success.

A true innovator in the field, Brian is the co-creator of the Dowdy-Mitchell Method, a breakthrough training system that allows green dogs—those with no prior nose work experience—to be fully imprinted in as little as one week. This method does not rely on traditional single-target odors like narcotics or explosives, and it does not use COVID viral proteins for imprinting. Instead, it leverages proprietary scent profiling techniques that have redefined what’s possible in medical detection dog training.

Today, Brian trains dogs for over 120 law enforcement agencies nationwide, while concurrently working with pet owners, medical professionals, and security organizations across the country. His legacy is not only defined by the number of dogs he’s trained—but by the lives those dogs have saved and protected.

If you’re looking for the most advanced working dog training available today, you’re looking for Brian Dowdy.