Growing Pains Facts
Director of Military Operations Bobby Roettger holds back K9 Chango during bite drills with trainer K.C. Licklider at VLK West. (View larger version)
- Ken Licklider owns a kennel in Banning, California, called Vohne Liche Kennels West.
- The Morongo Casino is located approximately nine miles from VLK West.
- Sergeant Doug Roller is the Chief K9 Trainer with the Los Angeles Police Department.
- Doug Roller has been involved with the LAPD K9 unit for over 20 years.
- The electric collar, or E-Collar, delivers an electric stimulus to the dog's neck, which allows the trainer to control the K9 from a distance.
- Tactical K9 is a working dog training facility in Santa Clarita, California.
- The bark and hold is where the dog approaches the suspect and barks at them, but does not engage the suspect.
- Tom Tennant is the president of Green Dog K-9 Sales LLC.
- Europe is a major supplier of police and military dogs for the United States.
- The Sunset Strip is located in West Hollywood.
- West Hollywood, California was founded in 1984.
- The Sunset Strip is home to The Viper Room, a club once co-owned by actor Johnny Depp.
- The Doors were one of the first house bands at the Whiskey A Go-Go, a famous West Hollywood club.
