Manda Vanhorne

As the Chief Trainer, Manda Vanhorne is responsible for the daily management of all canine training ensuring that the overall scope, schedule, and performance requirements for contract and commercial efforts are met.

Manda joined the British Army in 2001 and upon completion of Basic Training was posted to the Defense Animal Center, Melton Mowbray to attend Dog Trainer and Instructor School. During her career as a Dog Trainer in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Manda completed two deployments to Iraq and one deployment to Afghanistan training and handling multiple Military Working Dogs, including Patrol, Combat Tracker, and Explosive Detection Dogs.

In the spring of 2008, Manda left the British Army and moved to the United States to join a small team of British Subject Matter Experts working alongside the US Military to develop the Specialized Search Dog (SSD) Program at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.