Linda Porter has been the Academy Coordinator, field instructor and certifying official for the Canine Training Academy since its inception. Linda is a former 
Reserve Police Officer and K9 handler for the Canon City Police Department. She has been working and training tracking, trailing, patrol and narcotics detection K9s since 1996. Before leaving Law Enforcement work in 2008, she assisted many local and state law enforcement agencies with her K9's. Linda also assisted the Mara Conservancy in training 2 Bloodhounds and 8 dogs handlers for its Anti-poaching unit in Kenya, Africa in 2009. Linda participated as an instructor and team evaluator for the California P.O.S.T Bloodhound Tracking Course in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and assisted in creating the P.O.S.T standards for the K9 team evaluation process. She is a former member of the Colorado Police Canine Association, a current member of DVG America and the Colorado Canine Club where she works a Schutzhund K9 and competes in club trials to title her K9s in sport tracking, obedience and protection.
Linda keeps current on her training by attending tracking and trailing seminars annually around the country and training regularly with different K9 groups in her area. Since leaving Law Enforcement, Linda now focuses on training dog handlers who attend the Academy and coordinates and teaches international training classes. She assists with foundation training for all started dogs that are trained at the Academy . She brings over 13 years of K9 training experience to the Academy and its students. She is an enthusiastic instructor who loves to share new training technique.