Whistler Dog Festival - April 24nd. 2010:

We are excited to announce we will be attending the Whistler Dog Festival on Sat April 24rd 2010 10am til 8pm!

At the "tail end" of the World Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival is a day for dog lovers...The Whistler Dog Festival! This day is a dedication to dogs, a fundraiser for WAG (Whistler Animals Galore). If you love dogs, you do not want to miss this! This family event is great fun for all ages. See demonstrations provided by professionals in canine freestyle (dancing with dogs), agility, tricks, and Absolute K9's own Jaime Kinna (along with K9 help from our Wyatt and Tao) will provide an obedience demonstration, as well as a look into the world working dogs with demonstrations in patrol work, and explosive detection! Come and see working dogs in action. And don't forget to bring your pooch for the costume parade, or best trick contest.

All proceeds from this event go to help animals in need at the WAG animal shelter in Whislter.

For more info please click here.

NEWS!!!! Oct 18th 2009:

We are thrilled to announce our very own Tao Vom Linmarc is now a government validated explosive detection K9! Jaime and Tao validated as a team to the new JIBC standards. It was a huge undertaking and challenge but Tao made it with 19 finds out of 20 hides! All this two days before her second birthday! Tao joins Wyatt (Holdem Von Grunheide) as our second JIBC validated dog, Wyatt became a validated Patrol K9 earlier this year with Jaime. Jaime has been working with Tao since she was 8 weeks old to get to this point, and we thrilled at her achievements! Tao is fluent on TNT, Nitro based explosives (Dynamite, ANFO, Slurries and the like) , Black and Smokeless powder, and PETN and RDX based explosives .

The validation ran two days and consisted of a luggage search, office building, outdoor area search, 25 vehicles, and wear house search all with an unknown number of hides and time limit. Only two missed hides are allowed over the two day period.

Jaime is very excited to have Tao as her new K9 detection partner. They will be working for Western K9 Security for the upcoming 2010 Olympics, and keep your eyes peeled for them screening at the BC ferry terminals as well!

'We would like to thank Master Trainer Werner Hader of Obedience Plus for all his time and training advice in helping us to achieve our goals with both Wyatt and Tao. Thank You!'

NEWS!!!! JULY 22nd 2009:

We are beyond thrilled to announce that Jaime Kinna is now the FIRST and to to date ONLY licenced security officer / dog handler in British Columbia to validate under the Justice Institute of BC's Security Dog Validation Program in all three aspects!

Jaime is now a validated Narcotics Detection K9 Handler, Explosive Detection K9 Handler and Patrol K9 handler ( Patrol program completed with our very own Wyatt- see our dogs page).

This is a huge achievement that took hundreds of hours of training, practice and dedication. Way to go Jaime!!!

See this link for more details on the JI program.





Jaime Kinna has always had a love and understanding for all animals, but a particular special place in her heart has always belonged to dogs. She has been professionally training all breeds and temperaments of dogs for over 10 years. Jaime took her love of dogs to the next level in 1999 and became a Certified Master Dog Trainer, attending Canada West CanineCentre and graduating among the top in her class. She attends ongoing seminars to broaden her knowledge and believes you never stop learning when working with animals.

Jaime competes in CKC obedience, conformation, herding and has gained titles on several breeds of dogs. In her spare time she dabbles in the sport of schutzhund and enjoys agility. Jaime is a certified explosive detection K9 handler and a certified security patrol K9 handler. She is passionate about her work and it shows each time she picks up a leash.

Her resume includes :
- Certified Master Dog Trainer - Canada West Canine Centre (1999)
- Past president of West Coast German Shepherd Rescue (2000-2001) and
- Animal Behavior and Training Associates Inc. - Certified (2001)
- City of Coquitlam bylaw and animal services clerk and kennel attendant (2003/2004)
- Certification in Pet First Aid by Saint Johns Ambulance (2004)
- Owner/Operator of successful dog training, daycare and grooming center in
  Vancouver, BC'AbsoluteK9' for four years (2004-2008)
- Police Dog Training Center - certified - Florida by IFRI/NFSTC standards (2006/2007)
- Currently teaches bite safety prevention seminars to meter readers (BC Hydro)
- Validated Patrol K9 Handler and Validated Explosive Detection K9 handler,
  Justice Institute of BC (2009)
- K9 detection Supervisor for Western K9 Security (2007 to present)