Tactical Canine Solutions

29/07/2025

My brothers from Belgian SF.

Episode 3 Kamp Waes Classified: "K9" (Jason) A television program from VRT and De Mensen © 2024

04/07/2025

🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸

This is Falca—my heart, my shadow, my teacher. Her spirit was pure freedom: fierce, loyal, and always true to herself.

This is my first Independence Day without her. The silence she left is loud, but her legacy lives on in every dog I now train, and in every choice I make with presence.

Today, let’s celebrate not just our freedom—but the freedom we give our dogs when we lead with love, not control.

From me and the spirit of Falca—Happy 4th. 💥🐾👑

Bart De Gols

04/06/2025

For years, I’ve spoken out—often ignored or mocked—about the reckless and dangerous practices of Kraftwerk K9. I’ve warned clients, students, and fellow trainers about the “cowboy culture” that prizes flash over safety and ego over ethics. Now, the unthinkable has happened: someone has lost their life. And Wayne Curry is in jail, charged with First Degree Manslaughter.

This isn’t just a tragic accident. It’s the inevitable consequence of a training philosophy that prioritizes social media clout and staged bravado over professionalism, safety, and genuine canine welfare. Wayne Curry has long been known for unethical practices—stories of freezing unsold puppies alive, of valuing image more than life, of using dogs and people as props in his performative empire. And people cheered him on, shared his videos, and sent their dogs to be trained in this circus.

Meanwhile, people like me—trainers who choose ethics over optics, who refuse to sensationalize the work we do—get dismissed for not being “media cool.” But here’s the truth: cool killed a young man this week.

Read the comments of his former employees and clients. Look at the pattern. Then ask yourself—how many red flags did we collectively ignore?

My heart breaks for the young man who died, for his family, for everyone manipulated by the illusion of “elite” training. But make no mistake—this was not an unpredictable accident. This was the result of arrogance, negligence, and a community that has for too long rewarded showmanship over substance.

It’s time for accountability. For real ethics. And for a complete overhaul of the industry culture that enabled this.

On June 3rd, TCSO deputies responded to a tragic incident during a working dog training exercise involving live gunfire. One individual was fatally shot. Our thoughts are with the victim’s family and friends as they navigate this difficult time. Following the investigation, the person who discharged the firearm was arrested for Manslaughter in the First Degree.

22/04/2025

09/04/2025

They Say the Dire Wolf Has Been Cloned? Not So Fast.

I feel compelled to speak up about the recent media frenzy surrounding what some are calling the “cloning” or “resurrection” of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus).

Let me be absolutely clear: I am not a geneticist—but I do understand dogs, wolves, evolution, and the deep history of canids better than most. And what’s being claimed here isn’t just an oversimplification; it’s a dangerous distortion of science that fuels false hope.

Editing 14 genes in a living gray wolf (Canis lupus) does not recreate a dire wolf. It doesn’t even come close.

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago, but more importantly, it split off from the lineage that led to modern gray wolves nearly 5.7 million years ago. That’s right—Aenocyon dirus and Canis lupus are not even in the same genus. While they may have looked alike due to convergent evolution—filling similar ecological roles in overlapping regions—their DNA reveals a chasm of difference.

So what are we really looking at in these headlines? A biotech company has edited 14 genes in a gray wolf to mimic a handful of presumed dire wolf traits—size, coat structure, bone density, metabolic tweaks.

This isn’t resurrection. It’s cosmetic mimicry. It’s like stapling feathers on a lizard and calling it a bird.

To put it in scientific perspective: the wolf genome contains over 2.4 billion base pairs and more than 20,000 genes. Over nearly six million years, evolution has shaped tens of thousands of interconnected systems—through gene duplications, deletions, regulatory pathways, epigenetic controls, immune systems, microbiome dependencies, cognitive traits, behavioral blueprints, and countless adaptive pressures.

Tinkering with 14 genes? That’s a drop of water in a genomic ocean.

I’ve spent my career understanding not just how dogs and wolves behave—but why they behave the way they do. Behavior is not just learned—it’s deeply coded into the nervous system, the endocrine system, the gut-brain axis, and the entire evolutionary context of the species. You can’t simply flip a few genetic switches and recreate millions of years of divergence. That’s not how nature works.

Let’s not forget: the dire wolf was not just a “bigger gray wolf.” Studies published in Nature and other top-tier journals have shown that it was a distinct evolutionary branch—farther from gray wolves genetically than jackals or African wild dogs. The dire wolf was a unique predator, shaped by Ice Age megafauna, distinct ecosystems, and environmental pressures that no longer exist.

Science fiction often gives us the seductive idea that technology can fix what we break—that we can resurrect lost species and undo the damage we do to nature. But this mindset is deeply dangerous. It lulls us into complacency. It fuels a false sense of ecological invincibility.

The reality is this: extinction is forever. Each extinction event wipes out a tapestry of evolutionary history—interwoven species, food webs, behaviors, symbiotic relationships, genetic information, and ecological roles. Once those are gone, we cannot simply stitch them back together.

Even if we had a full dire wolf genome (which we don’t), and the lab tech to rebuild every molecule (which we don’t), we still lack the environmental context, the prey base, the viruses, the bacteria, the landscape, and the ecological pressures that shaped the dire wolf into what it was.

So no—this is not a dire wolf. And no, science does not offer us a do-over button on extinction.
I don’t say this to undermine innovation in synthetic biology or to criticize the brilliant minds pushing genetic frontiers. I say it to remind us of our responsibility. We must not let flashy headlines and PR stunts distract from the urgency of conservation. We must protect what’s still here—what’s real—before it’s gone forever.

Let this not be a triumph, but a cautionary tale. A reminder that nature is not ours to remake, but to respect.

Bart De Gols

09/10/2024

Please go help this K9!

Our dear friends are facing an unimaginable crisis: their beloved dog… Nicolette De Reuck needs your support for Urgent Surgery Needed for Our Friends' Dog

12/08/2024

18 month old Female Malinois for Sale. Same father (Jesson von king von backdraft) as my boy Cronos, different mom, (RENEGADE DU VAL DES LOULEO) This is an amazing dog, great candidate for personal protection or sport. Serious inquiries only! ($$$$)

12/08/2024

18 month old Male Malinois for Sale (green dog). Same father (Jesson von king von backdraft) as my boy Cronos, different mom, (RENEGADE DU VAL DES LOULEO) This is an amazing dog, great candidate for police work personal protection or sport. Serious inquiries only! ($$$$)

09/08/2024

My former student Kim is making a world famous name for herself! So proud of her!
Bart De Gols

„Mache weiter und lass dich nicht aufhalten“   Frauen sind als Schutzdiensthelfer im IGP noch eine Seltenheit. Auf der WDSF World…

05/08/2024

Happy 5th birthday K9 Ruppert!

25/06/2024

An absolute disgrace of an officer! I hope he gets prosecuted and charged for negligence, endangering a fellow officer and animal cruelty!

A K-9 from a small Missouri town died after being left in a hot car, the department said.

29/05/2024

It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news of the passing of TCS K9 Quentin. His spirit and resilience were truly remarkable. Today, he peacefully crossed over the rainbow bridge, leaving a void in his owners, Mel and Curt, and our hearts that can never be filled. We are grateful for the time we shared with Quentin and the memories created. Your support during this difficult time is deeply appreciated as we remember and honor Quentin's legacy.

Bart De Gols