The Top Dog Show

The Top Dog Show

By Emma McPhersonKids & FamilyPets & Animals
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The Top Dog Show episodes

  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Bolton & Jo
    Mark and Emma talk to dog handler, Jo, who is in Maine, USA. Jo started off as an unpaid intern during college with Merrill's Detector Dog Service and was then hired right after. She talks about how she worked her way up from being a kennel hand, to a bed bug dog handler, and now holds a Department of Defense certification in explosives. She has trained 10+ dogs in bed bug, explosive, and narcotics detection and she is only 24 years old! Listen to this episode to hear how she caught the bug for dog handling.. PUN INTENDED!!
    30 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Riggs & Vince
    This week the team speak with Vince from the Lackawanna County District Attorneys Office in Pennsylvania. Vince is a narcotics detection K9 handler working along side K9 Riggs. Vince talks about his K9 training, some exciting calls he has attended with Riggs as well as fundraising programs he supports.
    Don't forget to watch the 'Dog Off' on YouTube as K9 Riggs goes head to head with K9 Mattis.
    You can find us at www.thetopdogshow.com
    or on Instagram
    @thetopdogshow
    @the_muddy_pawz_fit_dog
    @adps_k9_mattis
    @13k9_riggs
    &
    Vince supports @southerntierpolicek9 who give shelter dogs a second chance by training them and giving them a job!
    28 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Tabitha & John
    Join the crew as they talk with John who works with K9 Tabitha in New York USA. John is a retired NYPD Police Officer who now works for a private industry company as an explosives detection handler. K9 Tabitha is a famous Doberman who not only sniffs for bombs but also stars in commercials and in music videos. This dog team are doing great things for the Doberman community so listen in and learn from John, the expert.
    17 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Callie & Rudy
    Join Mark & Emma as they talk to Master Sergeant Rudy Parsons who is a Pararescueman in the US Air Force. Rudy is pioneering the Search and Rescue K9 capability within his current role with K9 Callie. This is a brand new initiative that Rudy is working hard to achieve so that the US Air Force can work smarter and faster to save lives. Listen in and learn all about K9 Callie and Rudy's exciting adventures of jumping out of planes, how they do it and so much more in with the exciting capability.
    25 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Indiana & Kay Anne
    The Top Dog Show is super excited to welcome our first Search and Rescue (SAR) dog to the show and finally another Australian to keep Emma company! K9 handler Kay Anne is the owner of K9 Indiana who is an Urban Search & Rescue dog (USAR) with the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) in Australia. Kay Anne is a dedicated volunteer with so much passion and drive for this important job. Join the conversation as Kay Anne explains her role in the QFES and how much training and dedication she gives to her working dogs. Hear what it has taken to achieve these amazing results and reach the status of being able to be deployed internationally on rescue missions.
    27 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Riley & Garrett
    This week The Top Dog Show welcomes Garrett to the show with K9 Riley. This great K9 Team are Probation Officers for Stanislaus County Probation Department in California, USA. K9 Riley has a very interesting role within the department and a committed handler in Garrett to perform the tough role. Listen in as Garrett talks about the day to day work they perform working as Probation Officers.
    21 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Mac & Alison
    After a short break The Top Dog Show returns with an explosive episode.. Pun intended as the team talk with Alison who is an explosives detection and patrol dog handler for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York USA. Alison works alongside her partner K9 Mac who is 3 year old German Shepherd. Listen in as Alison discusses her incredibly important job with K9 Mac of keeping the people of New York safe.
    *Please note there is some respectful discussion regarding the role the K9s undertake in relation to transit related deaths.
    21 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Lulu & Alani
    This week on The Top Dog Show, Mark & Emma have the pleasure of talking the lovely Alani. Alani is a K9 handler for the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General with K9 Lulu. K9 Lulu and Alani are part of the Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Lulu is a dual purpose dog with a difference, she is an electronic detection dog and comfort dog for the children. Join the fun with the crew as they learn all about this amazing capability that is doing so much for children and Hawaii. The Top dog Show loves Hawaii...
    35 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Jester & Steve
    In episode 18 of The Top Dog Show Mark & Emma have the please of talking to Steve from Middleton Township Police Department in Bucks County PA USA with his dual purpose dog - K9 Jester who specializes in patrol and explosives detection. With the support of the community this capability has been made possible through donations to fund the K9 unit. Steve tells us how you can help with funding and talks about his K9 unit and Police calls he has been involved in, including the call that has put him on light duties with an ankle injury. This injury will not stop this committed young K9 handler from getting back out there and doing what he loves to do. Be sure to follow Steve and K9 Jester on Instagram @k9jester .
    And check out The Top Dog Show YouTube channel and watch the dogs go head to head in a 'Dog Off' (an odor detection race) This week we hang put with K9 Yogi and Mark Pini from Pasco County Sheriffs Office at the YouTube channel.
    For all the links go to
    www.thetopdogshow.com
    Find us on Instagram
    @thetopdogshow
    @the_muddy_pawz_fit_dog
    @adps_k9_mattis
    @k9jester
    36 min
  • The Top Dog Show - K9 Zorro & Jess
    This week on The Top Dog Show, Mark was unable to make this episode so Jason from Clinton Police Department joined Emma in talking with Jess from Winston-Salem Police Department. Jess is a new K9 Handler with her department who is clearly already making a big impact with K9 Zorro. Join us as we learn about Jess and K9 Zorro and hear the excitment in her voice as she talks about her new job.
    26 min

About The Top Dog Show

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Season 1 & 2 - Two K9 handlers living on opposite sides of the world join together to unite working dog handlers around the world in a fun yet insightful way. Mark is a Police K9 Sergeant with the Alpharetta Police Department in the USA alongside his working dog K9 Mattis who is a dual purpose Police K9. Emma is a law enforcement K9 handler who has been working patrol and detection dogs for about 10 years in Australia but brings a different working dog perspective to the show by introducing her own private working dog Ayla who is a trained Truffle detection K9. Join Mark & Emma on their journey around the world as they have fun battling time zones, accents and 'Dog Offs' on The Top Dog Show YouTube channel and meeting new friends on the Podcast that doesn’t take itself to serious..