Shane Vanacker | K9 Training Center

As a sporty guy, Shane was already working in security when he met Johan Weckhuyzen. Johan inspired Shane with his passion for dogs and Malinois.

A few weeks later, Shane enthusiastically bought his first Malinois puppy and the microbe has not left him alone since. Shane followed experienced handlers from the ring, such as Gerdi Huyghe, Valeer Linclau and Bart Boudens, but also studied with IGP master Mario Verslijpe.

Shane later started working with his own dog at Johan's security company as a patrol dog handler. He then switched to working with an explosives dog at Brussels airport.

Johan saw how quickly Shane absorbed everything and gave him the chance to prepare puppies for the real thing. Shane soon became a full member of the team of trainers at the K9 Training Centre.

In the meantime, Shane became head coach of our training center.

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Shane has now been working full time as a trainer at the K9 Training Centre for 2 years and has also been actively involved in our project with the Covid detection dogs.

Shane is a clicker trainer and a certified helper mondioring.

He achieved nice results in mondioring competitions such as the Belgian title Category 1 and the same title at the Club for Belgian Shepherds with Qointreau Van De Duvetorre, a son of his own Marly Van De Duvetorre.

Qointreau Van De Duvetorre :
https://nl.working-dog.com/dogs-details/6303565/Qointreau-van-de-Duvetorre

Marly Van De Duvetorre :
https://nl.working-dog.com/dogs-details/2489719/Marly-van-de-Duvetorre

Curriculum Vitae

certified attacker Mondioring Sint-Hubertus ( FCI )
clicker trainer
certified explosives dog handler
certified patrol dog handler
owner of the stud dogs Qointreau Van De Duvetorre and Marly Van De Duvetorre

Palmares

Belgian Champion Mondioring Cat 1 All Breeds
Belgian Champion Mondioring Cat 1 Belgian Shepherds
Selected for the World Championship Mondioring( cancelled because of the consequences of Covid-19 )

Team

Johan Weckhuyzen

Manager

Johan is one of the biggest names in the world of Belgian shepherd and training of dogs, among others as world famous breeder 'Van De Duvetorre' .

Axel Van der Borght

Trainer-administrative manager

Axel moved from obedience to protection dogsports and became a certified decoy in Belgian ring and decoy in mondioring. He is an avid clicker and platform trainer, private dog trainer and author/journalist.

Fabrice Devleesschauwer

trainer

Fabrice aka Fabbe is the youngest trainer in our center. Fabrice has a past as a successful judoka. Fabbe has been very active in pigeon racing. But in the end he chose to go all out when it came to training dogs. And he gets that chance with us.

Tom Moir

Trainer

Tom Moir brings decades of unparalleled experience and expertise to the world of dog training.

Jos Van Kerckhove

Trainer

Jos is a retired military man who is part-time trainer of our centre. His experience as a soldier, trainer and dog sportsman gives Jos a unique profile and makes him the ideal trainer for our team. Such experience is not for sale!

Philippe Peeters

Kennel master and trainer

André V.

Frankrijk

Johan est une véritable encyclopédie ambulante lorsqu'il s'agit des pedigrees des bergers malinois. Grâce à ses années d'expérience en tant qu'éleveur de haut niveau, son rôle au sein du FMBB, en tant que retraité, en tant qu'entraîneur, ... on peut faire aveuglément confiance à quelqu'un qui connaît son métier. La qualité avant la quantité.

Tim D.

USA

The K9 Training Center is truly unique. I have seen many training centers all over the world. It doesn't surprise me at all that Johan has accomplished this. It is the logical consequence of his many years of activities. Only the best is good enough for Johan. I am a little jealous, but he is very lucky.

Larry J.

USA

For more than a decade we have been customers of Johan Weckhuyzen. We consider Johan to be more than just a business partner. We have enormous confidence in him. He has never disappointed us. He knows our high standards, which our customers also demand of us. So we are on the same wavelength.

Piet V.

Nederland

Proficiat met het fantastische trainingscentrum ! We hebben het project met de Covid-19 speurhonden op de voet gevolgd. Wij kunnen die Vlaamse nuchterheid, bescheidenheid maar vooral zucht naar kwaliteit enorm appreciëren. We wensen jullie nog meer succes !

Ted D.

USA

With Johan we share the passion for working dogs. When we are looking for dogs for Law Enforcement Johan is our 'man to go too'.

CEO security

België

Qua kennis over honden kent Johan geen gelijke. Wanneer we diensthonden nodig hebben dan is Johan onze man.

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