Ed Nicks
Instructor
Ed was a Police Officer and a supervisor for thirty three 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.
David Reaver
Founder,
Dave Reaver has been involved in training of Police & Sport Dogs for over forty years. He started Adlerhorst in 1976, and has been the innovator of using the imported dog for Police Service. Dave has been the trend setter in the training of service dogs for almost thirty years. Dave was a reserve Police Officer for twenty years.
Michael Reaver
Owner, Instructor
Michael Reaver has served as an army veteran for six years, deployed overseas to numerous countries, Iraq , Afghanistan, Macedonia and Afrika. His fundamentals for dog training were laid at an early age. By 8 years of age he had obedience trained several young dogs. At 14 years of age he made several procurement trips […]
Ron Ramirez
Instructor
Ron Ramirez is a retired police officer who worked as a handler, supervisor and department trainer. He has been an instructor at Adlerhorst since 2007, serving as one of the instructors for the Basic Handler Course, Patrol & Detection Monthly Training, the Re-Certification Courses and the K9 Evaluators Course. Ron is currently a full time instructor for the Basic Detection Courses.
Paul Western
Instructor
Paul Western has been in law enforcement with the San Bernardino sheriff’s and Pomona Police department for twenty three years. He spent thirteen years as a K9 officer working a dual purpose dog for apprehension and explosives. He also spent ten years as a SWAT team member working as a K9 handler and explosive breacher. Paul western has been with Adlerhorst since 2008 as a apprehension, narcotics, explosive and mobile odor detection instructor.
Matthew Bolton
Instructor
Rod is a retired California Highway Patrol Officer. He has worked for Adlerhorst since 2016 serving as a detection instructor for explosive and narcotic K9’s. He currently works the monthly narcotic and explosive maintenance classes and annual certifications for Northern California.
