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Both keep your K9 records. DogBase also shows you what those records are telling you, so your unit gets better, not just documented.
DogBase and PackTrack both keep K9 training and deployment records. PackTrack is built specifically for U.S. police K9 documentation. DogBase is a working dog operations platform used by police, military, SAR, detection, and sport programs in 15+ countries. It adds a full Health Center, AI training insights, custom training types, version history on every record, and automatic field data on every session.
PackTrack is built for one audience: U.S. police K9 units that need training records, deployment records, and reports. If that's the whole job, it does it.
DogBase is built for programs that need the record and the results. Police units run patrol, detection, tracking, and article searches. Their dogs get hurt, drop weight, and age out. Supervisors need to know which handler is slipping before it shows up on a deployment. DogBase keeps training, deployments, health, and performance insight in one system of record.
Based on each company's public website, September 2026. "Not listed" means we couldn't find it on their site. If something's changed, tell us and we'll update this page.
| Feature | DogBase | PackTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Working dog programs across 12+ disciplines, including police, military, and government | U.S. police K9 units |
| Company & data location | International team. All data hosted on Google Cloud in the United States | U.S.-based |
| Training and deployment records | Yes | Yes |
| Custom training and action type builder | Yes, 30+ widgets plus ready-made libraries | Not listed |
| Structured assessment on every session | Objective, Observations, Actions To Be Taken | Not listed |
| Version history and edit trail | Every record: who edited what and when | Not listed |
| Training date and saved time recorded separately | Yes | Not listed |
| Automatic field data | GPS, terrain imagery, weather, temperature, wind, visibility, air quality, sunrise and sunset | GPS, weather, location |
| Built in session timers | Yes | Not listed |
| Health Center | Vet visits, medications, vaccinations, nutrition, measurements, notes | Not listed |
| Certifications and awards | Yes, linked to training history | Not listed |
| Reminders | Trainings, medications, vaccinations, appointments, events | Not listed |
| AI summaries, recaps, blind spot detection | Yes | Not listed |
| Performance analytics | Team and dog comparison, Drilldown, Aggregate Insights | Summary reports across handlers |
| Unit activity | Real-time activity feed and inbox | Supervisor dashboard |
| Roles and visibility | Handler, Trainer, Viewer types. All, team, or own records | Handler, trainer, supervisor roles |
| Dog Booklet for handovers and audits | Yes | Not listed |
| Share single records outside the account | Yes | Not listed |
| Joint training | Groups across agencies, records stay separate | Shared group entry |
| Exports | PDF, Excel, CSV | Built in reports |
| Native iOS and Android apps | Yes | Yes |
| GPS track mapping | Yes, with the native app | Yes, including live view |
| Training aid inventory and scent aid tracking | Yes | Not listed |
| Handler certification tracking with reminders | Yes | Not listed |
| Pricing model | Per dog for individual handlers. Annual plans for teams with users included | Per handler. Trainers and supervisors free |
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Every record carries version history, an edit count, and timestamps. Reviewers see who changed what and when, and can switch back to any earlier version. The training date and the saved time are recorded separately, so a session written up a month later never passes as same day.
The Training Assessment Framework captures three layers on every session: Objective, Observations, and Actions To Be Taken. Built in timers record duration to the second. Handler and dog ratings add a quick, consistent signal.
Every session automatically records GPS, terrain imagery, weather, temperature, wind, visibility, air quality, and sunrise and sunset. When a track goes wrong, you can see the wind it ran in.
The Health Center keeps vet visits, medications, vaccinations, nutrition, measurements, and health notes on the dog's profile. Reminders flag boosters and meds before they're overdue, and lifecycle status shows who's Active, Injured, or Retired.
The Custom Type Builder has 30+ widgets, including working dog specific ones like Bite Loss Correction and Session Blocks. Start from ready-made libraries of training and action types, including K9 Deployment Log and Bite Incident Report, or build your own.
Intelligent Summaries and AI Training Recaps read across your sessions and flag repetition, plateaus, and gaps. We call it breaking the Trainer's Blind, and every trainer has one.
The real-time activity feed, team and dog comparison, Drilldown Insights, and Aggregate Insights give supervisors unit-wide visibility. User types and three-tier record visibility decide who sees what.
Groups run joint training days, regional certifications, and mutual aid exercises. Each agency keeps its own account and records. The coordinator sees who completed what.
DogBase is an international company, with offices in Las Vegas and Tallinn, Estonia. All DogBase data is hosted on Google Cloud in the United States, the same infrastructure any US-based vendor runs on. Paying customers in 15 countries run on the same system.
Your unit is U.S. police only, you need training and deployment records and little else, you want a live real-time GPS view during an active track, and you'd rather pay per handler.
PackTrack prices per handler. DogBase prices by the size of your program. Individual handlers pay per dog. Teams, units, and larger programs pay one annual price that includes handlers, trainers, and supervisors, with no per seat charge.
Every plan includes the parts that change outcomes: the Health Center, AI Intelligence, analytics, exports, and version history on every record. Organization plans can be paid by invoice or purchase order.
DogBase started as one handler's training log. Almog Koren trained his Belgian Malinois, Echo, from service dog to operational SAR, and kept running into the same wall: the tools for documenting K9 work were built by people who'd never run a dog.
So he built his own. A U.S. Navy veteran and software engineer with 15 years building mission-critical systems, he still deploys with Echo today. Every feature in DogBase exists because a working handler needed it.
He's presented on K9 data and AI at the International Police K-9 Conference, the World Police Summit, and the NYS Technical Rescue Conference.
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