Jeff Malzahn always wanted to work with animals and grew up wanting to be a veterinarian. He switched his focus in college to becoming a police officer with the goal of becoming a K-9 officer. Soon enough, he was a Wyoming, Michigan, police officer, working with a Belgian Malinois named Jake. Jeff trained Jake to be a dual-purpose narcotics detection and patrol dog and graduated from Wyoming’s 8-w
eek handler course. Jeff and Jake went on to make multiple apprehensions and narcotics seizures and even received USPCA Region 19 ‘Catch of the Quarter’ for one his apprehensions. Jeff and Jake certified with the USPCA in both patrol work and narcotics detection, both regionally and nationally. He has helped with the selection, evaluation and training of multiple police and personal protection dogs. He competed in multiple personal protection dog trials and won and placed in multiple trials. Through his training connections, Jeff learned dog psychology, obedience, agility, protection work and how to be a decoy. He moved to North Carolina in 2009 and began to work for a large police department in Wake County. He is currently a patrol Sergeant and has been a police officer for over 18 years.
