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John C. McWilliams
John C. McWilliams is a dog trainer in Northern New Jersey. He, along with his wife, Erin, own and operate Paws-itive Experience Pet Services, LLC in Rockaway, NJ.

John C. McWilliams has been professionally training dogs since 1982. Johnbegan his dog training career in the US Air Force’s Green Dog Program (GDP). The GDP was an experiment that took airmen straight from dog handling school and taught them to become dog trainer with the job description of Animal Behavior Modification Specialist. John was among the first 18 airmen selected for this assignment. Within 3 years, the GDP had transformed into the Department of Defense Dog Training Section, comprising 64 military personnel from the 4 branches ofthe Armed Services. In the 3 years that John was assigned to this unit, he was personally responsiblefor training scores of dogs for patrol work as well as drug detection work. Because of the close interaction of the members of the unit, it can be said John was part of the training of several hundred dogs during his assignment. John was reassigned to Belgium in 1985. He was an integral part of building the new base’s Military Working Dog section, personally transporting the base’s first 3 dogs – 2 drug detector dogs and 1 explosives detector dog. John was tasked with being this new unit’s Airman in Charge of Training. After completing 5 years in the US Air Force, John became an Investigator with the Morris County (NJ) Sheriff’s Office K9 unit. Within months, he was designated officer in Charge of Training for the unit. His job tasks included handling his own patrol/drug detector dog as well as the training – initial and maintenance – of the unit’s assigned K9s and of other departments. Whilei n the MCSO K9 unit, John trained and handled Police Work Dogs in the followingfields:            PatrolTracking and Man-trailing            Drug Detection            Explosive Detection            Arson Detection            Search & Rescue - Alive bodies above ground or in rubble; Dead bodies above or under ground, under rubble and under water; Burned bodies. For the last 18 years, John has owned, along with his wife, Erin, Paws-itiveExperience Pet Services, LLC. He is the head trainer of a 4 trainer staff. He performs temperament evaluations of dogs for local rescue groups, veterinarians, animal control officers, health departments, municipal courts and law firms. Among John’s more notable accomplishments: Accepted as an Expert witness for Police Dog handling and training in NJ Superior Court;            Singled out by the County government for updating the K9 UNIT’S Drug detector dog program            Evaluatorfor the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen program            Tester for the American Temperament testing Society, Inc            Interviewed by the NY Times, local newspapers, NBC News and local TV            Served as the dog training expert for Hartz Mountain’s website   Published in Dogs Naturally magazineNavigation menuTrainadog1TalkSandboxPreferencesWatchlistContributionsLog outUser pageTalkReadEditEdit sourceView historyUnwatchMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaWikimedia ShopInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUser contributionsLogsUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkPage informationPrint/exportLanguages