About Thurman's Place | K9 Scent Detection Services

Love your Dog Through Leadership

Karen Oler has always had dogs in her life. In 2000 she embraced the opportunity to focus her career on K-9 training.

She started by rehabilitating rescue dogs for a local organization.

After receiving training from Karen, these dogs were able to successfully be placed in forever homes.

She also trained therapy dogs to visit children at local area hospitals.

Karen held the position of manager for a successful and busy boarding facility in La Jolla, CA and a large 200 run kennel in middle TN.
Karen became fascinated with K-9 scent detection dogs and the wide range of services they offer.

She studied and mastered the skills needed to train and prepare scent detection dog/handler teams to pass the rigorous certification testing process that makes them so effective.

In 2004, she founded Certified K-9 Inspections, headquartered in San Diego, CA; a company that provides mold and bed bug scent detection inspections of residential and commercial properties.

Karen serves as the company CEO as well as a certified detection K-9 handler. She has become the head trainer of both scent detection K-9s and the dog/handler teams for the company.

Through Karen’s hard work, Certified K-9 Inspections has an impressive roster of clientele including pest control companies, hotels and private individuals.

In 2006, Karen became an active member of the World Detection Dog Organization (WDDO). Karen served for several years as Vice President of the organization, where she organized educational conferences for the WDDO reaching out to scent detection groups of many different disciplines.

She is part of an elite group of K-9 scent detection trainers authorized to train for the WDDO.

Doug & Karen Oler

In 2013, Karen moved to Dickson, TN, just outside of Nashville where she took over dual roles; opening K-9 Scent Detection Services and management of a 200 plus Kennel and Training Facility. Working under the support of K-9 Scent Detection Services, Karen is pioneering a new business model focusing on helping others succeed in their dreams of building a K9 scent detection business.

Thus, Karen trains and makes available certified Mold and Bed Bug Scent K-9s for other businesses. She consults as an expert in her field showing other scent detection businesses ways to improve their operations, saving their clients time and money.

In 2018 Karen, her husband and their 7 dogs moved to Lyles TN to pursue a dream of owning a farm with plenty of room to build a barn for boarding and training; where we can focus on balanced obedience and scent detection training. Our barn will make an amazing addition to our training program and add even more space for training in addition to our countless trails, country roads, creeks, and wild life.