Brad Hardin

Brad Hardin has been involved with competitive dog sports and hunting dogs for over twenty years. Since 2005, Brad has been heavily involved in protection-based competitive dog sports, including Mondioring, PSA, IPO, NWDA, and Iron Dog competitions. Brad became a certified Mondio Ring trial decoy in 2007 and a certified PSA trial decoy in 2008. In 2009, Brad decoyed the Mondioring National Championships.Brad is the former Vice President of USMRA, he served on the USMRA Decoy committee, and has been the head decoy/training director for three different clubs located in Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma. Brad's focus eventually moved from decoying to training, and he is now currently in the Apprentice Judge's program for USMRA. In 2019, Brad took two dogs to the USMRA National Championships his own K10's Kitty Pryde, Belgian Malinois, at Level II and Lanzo van Arne's Hoeve, a German Shepherd owned by Samantha Barns and trained with Southern Warrior K9 at Level 1. Brad and Kitty went on to place third, and Brad and Lanzo placed second. Lanzo also won the Decoy's Choice award and best non-malinois competitor rare accolades for a Level I competitor. Brad and Lanzo went on to compete in the FCI Mondioring World Championships in Nedza, Poland later in 2019, placing 12th in their division.In addition to his career in competitive dog sports, Brad has been working professionally as a dog trainer for over ten years, traveling the country to work with various organizations. Beyond his work with pet owners and in dog sports, Brad has worked with numerous police departments and high-end vendors who supply working dogs to both police and military organizations. Brad's experience also includes preparing police K9 teams for professional (CLEET) certification, and training dogs and handlers in narcotics detection, explosives detection, tracking, apprehension, and officer protection.Brad is proud to offer comprehensive dog training services in the greater Oklahoma City area.