C.R. Smith, Doug Kelley, Gregg Yerington, Mike Reaver, Dave Reaver
All our instructors, both full and part time have completed a comprehensive instructor training program.
Complete CV available upon request.
Full time Instructors
David Reaver
Involved in training of Police & Sport Dogs for over 40 years. Started Adlerhorst in 1976, and has been the innovator of using the imported dog for Police Service. Mr. Reaver has been the trend setter in the training of service dogs for almost 30 years.
Mr. Reaver was a reserve Police Officer for 20 years.
C.R. Smith
C.R. became a handler in 1981, and ultimately the supervisor for a Los Angles area K-9 unit. He began instructing for Adlerhorst part time in 1985. Sine his retirement from law enforcement after 29 years he has been a full time instructor for Adlerhorst as well as the SKIDDS school.
Ed Nicks
Ed was a Police Officer and a supervisor for 33 years. He first became a dog handler in 1979.
He has also been active in the Schutzhund sport for many years. He has been with Adlerhorst full time since his retirement in 2003. Ed resides in West Texas and does much of our satellite training in the Southwest.
Doug Kelley
Doug was a Police Officer for 20 years, and a handler for 7. He has been an instructor for Adlerhorst since 1999.
We also have civilian dog trainers for our private sector specialty training.
Gregg Yerington
has twenty three years of Law enforcement Experience, eight years working a dual purpose k-9, and swat Unit. Greg Yerington started agitating at Adlerhorst in 1991, and he currently is our detection instructor. Additionally, Gregg Yerington assist’s with detection and patrol maintenance, and annual Re-Certifications
Office Manager
Heather Wiebe
Part Time Instructors:
Ron Ramirez
Mike Cohen
Mike Cohen has twenty five years of Law enforcement Experience and is currently working as a Homicide Detective for an Orange County agency. Mike has seven years experience working a dual purpose k-9, and swat Unit. Mike has been an Adlerhorst instructor since 2003 on a part-time basis, and is currently one of our detection instructors. Additionally, Mike assist’s with patrol and detection maintenance, as well as annual Re-Certifications..
Shirley Sumner
Shirley has been a Police Officer for over 23 years and a K9 handler for over 11 1/2 years. She’s worked two cross-trained K9′s both patrol and narcotics. She works as Post evaluator for narcotics training certificate and patrol re-certifications. She is currently working Narcotics monthly maintenance, re-certifications, proofing and assistance with new detection classes.
Paul Western 
Daryl Gaunt
Daryl Gaunt began working with dogs by decoying for Inglewood police department 1978.He also worked with the Los Angeles Schutzhund Club where he held the position of Vice President and Assistant Training Director. He then went onto the Army for eight years and was a military dog handler for four years. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff for Los Angeles County since 1991 and has been assigned to the canine unit since 2003.He is currently working a SWAT patrol dog and explosive detection dog Handler.
Tom Brown
Tom Brown has worked for the Pasadena Police Department for the last twenty four years. Tom worked as a decoy for five years before becoming a K-9 handler. Tom worked a cross-trained patrol dog for nine years. He has worked for Adlerhorst since 2008 after completing the Post Evaluators Course. Tom works as a Post Evaluator for patrol and narcotic re-certification classes. Tom is currently working monthly narcotic maintenance and the Basic Narcotic Classes.
Brian Schopf
Tom Fara
