Ilkka Hormila is coming to South Africa!
Ilkka Hormila is undoubtedly one of the most recognized and acclaimed K9 scent work experts in the world. For 50 years, he served as an operational K9 handler and instructor at the Finnish Police Dog Training Centre. Internationally he has trained dogs for all types of scent-work, including: tracking, area search, explosives, arson and cadaver detection dogs. Ilkka is an internationally respected lecturer and trainer among the Police, military and SAR-dog handlers. He works all over Europe, Asia, the US, China, and India, and has even helped shape international standards as part of the Scientific Working Group on Dogs and Orthogonal Detection Guidelines. With his extremely busy schedule we are delighted that he is able to come to South Africa to offer his Human ID tracking course. The goal of the course will be to teach dog handlers how to train their dogs in human individual scent tracking and searching, and how to use K9 Teams in a real mission. The course will span two visits to South Africa in November 2025 and February 2026, in between these visits will be supported by webinars and whatsapp groups. Observer spots are available. Interested? Contact us at nose@goodscents.co.za or whatsapp 060 660 7961