Derek Crouse
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Derek Crouse
Group : NEPOPO® Gold Multiplicators
Regio : ILLINOIS, USA
Website : www.facebook.com/dccanine
Discipline
Protection Dog Training, Sport Dog Training, Pet Dogs
Information

DISCIPLINE

 

Protection Dog Training (PPD), Sport Dog Training (PSA & Schutzhund/IGP), Pet Dogs (In-Home Comprehensive), Behavior Modification (Aggression Anxiety Etc), Business Building Workshops (Client Relations & Management), Decoy Development Seminars, Police K9 Training, CGC Training

 

INFORMATION

 

-Owner of Crouse Canine

-PSA Certified Decoy

-Irondog Certified Suit/Sleeve Decoy & Judge

-IGP/Schutzhund Club Helper

-Vohne Liche Kennels Certified AWD Decoy

-Central Indiana K9 Association Decoy

-HITS K9 Certificate of Completion

-Decoyed K9s for Secret Service, Department of Defense, SWAT, SERT, DOC, Sheriffs

-High Risk Deployment Police K9/Working Dog Radio Decoy since 2020

-Attended One-on-One Workshops for Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Randy Hare, Larry Krohn, Michael Ellis, Kenny Licklider, Nino Drowaert

-News-Gazette 2020 Dog Trainer of the Year (Champaign IL)

-IACP (International Association of Canine Professionals) Member

-Hosted & Judged Protection Tournaments for the last decade. 

 

Pet Dogs, In-Home Comprehensive, Behavior Modification, Helper & Decoy Work (PSA, IGP, PPD, Police K9, Military Working Dog), Business Building Workshops, Long-Term Students 

 

Derek got his start actually training horses before dogs became more of a priority. Arabians were what he started in which led from Equestrian Fence Jumping at 11 years old to Western Pleasure, Trails, Showmanship, and Halter; qualifying for Nationals at the age of 14. The development he had from being on a farm at a young age in Illinois has carried deep into the nuance of dogs.

 

So far, his company Crouse Canine has brought 14 states to his region as he has travelled to 12 others which will increase soon with a United States trip to teach Decoy Development Seminars.

 

Known in over 80 plus cities for his nationally known In-Home Comprehensive training, incorporating the home owners deep into the dog training process. A few years back, he was traveling to over 35 cities and towns a week, pushing ideas of dog training way beyond the board & train format. Many of his families have turned into effective dog trainers themselves. Derek was an academic and a journalist for multiple media outlets including a weekly op-ed, the NFL, which lead to him becoming a writer for local, state, and federal government topics. His last job in media was the PR team for two major Chicagoland hospitals in Joliet and Kankakee Illinois.

 

For 5 years, he was South of Chicago working a small club as a IPO handler and helper. Then went to PSA Clubs working with multiple regions building dogs from puppies to adults as a session decoy. Now he primarily travels in the Midwest working foundation work for sport dogs. Crouse has a dog named Negan who travels with him. Derek works daily for pet and sport dogs in the U.S.

 

Crouse Canine hosts seminars for business building about his in-home systems, decoy development, and pet dog families to further develop their knowledge base to help others in the dog industry. Now he is looking forward to building a small set of qualified students over his lifetime to move information. Always a student as much as the people he helps to mentor.

 

He has driven over 250,000 miles across the U.S. since his new van in April of 2019. He plans to reach a million miles in the coming years. Derek resides South of Chicago, North of Champaign. Every month, he travels to Michigan and Indiana working with training facilities and depts.

 

Prepared multiple Old NePoPo® Gold School students for their last school in 2022. Many of his NePoPo® students and associates now run successful training facilities in pet dogs and sport dogs. His goal is to further encapsulate the system how Michael & Bart Bellon taught him directly; in the interpretation, they wanted without distancing from the original bullet points of NePoPo®.

 

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