Earls K9 Service AKA The Kansas City Dog Whisperer

Dog Whisperer, he is not. Do NOT spend your money on this trainer. My husband and I decided to hire Earl to help us with the few problems we had with our dogs (2 boxers, 1 cavachon). None of the problems involved aggressiveness. First, Earl sent us a ton of links to videos he “required” us to watch before he came out. If we wanted to watch videos about training our dogs, we wouldn’t be paying someone. One of the problems I wanted him to help us address is our dogs barking and running outside (through the dog door) every time they hear a noise. His response to that was, “And that’s a problem?” We explained why and he said he’d have to think about that one. The next problem was the dogs barking excessively when the doorbell rings, making it difficult to open the door, and then jumping on guests when they come in. His solution to this? “Put them in their crates when you’re expecting someone.” My response was, “what if someone stops by unexpectedly or a package is delivered?” Earl said something along the lines that they don’t ring the doorbell when delivering a package nowadays anyway. REALLY??? I’m paying you $400 for this??? After that meeting I wasn’t real anxious for another one, but as he left we agreed to meet when it got warmer to work on taking them for walks. After a couple of busy months, a family vacation, and then covid hitting the US, I emailed him and kindly asked for just a portion of our money back as he just wasn’t a good fit for us. He responded very curtly saying that he tried to contact us “several times by text with no response” (he texted 3 times, my husband responded once) and “when people blow me off I assume my responsibility has been fulfilled.” SO unprofessional and NOT a good trainer! Do NOT waste your money. Don’t be fooled by the good reviews. We spent $400 for nothing!

Almost immediately, Mr. Newland was able to identify and explain in clear and concise terms, the underlying behavior and several possible options for dealing with our dogs' poor behavior.   Our dog is a Manchester Terrier, which, as Mr. Newland explained, has a very high prey drive. What we mistook for ADHD was actually a desirable quality that simply needed an outlet.  Mr. Newland explained games and activities that satisfied our dogs natural inclinations and established the parameters for the relationship between us and our dog.   I was impressed with how Mr. Newland was able to hone in on the very issues we were worried about, and  on how to best address positive activities and minimize negative behavior.     I was, and remain, amazed at Mr. Newland's perception and his listening skills.  Rather than just lecture us about what we should or shouldn't do, Mr. Newland actually LISTENS, a rare  skill these days, or so it seems.   Further,  Mr. Newland spent substantial time with my wife and I, teaching US as much as teaching our puppy. 
For the record, we always adopt, and usually adopt 'problem' animals, meaning dogs and puppies that have been previously adopted and returned, for various reasons.   For our puppy,  she was transferred from a kill shelter in Oklahoma to Wayside Waifs in Grandview.  She was a digger, a barker, a jumper, a nipper and incontinent.   The perfect dog, right?  Of course, we didn't know all of this, but it was obvious that she also had some trust issues.    Mr. Newland  approached her and, I swear,  it was like they'd known each other for years.  I've never seen anything like it.   As I said, we've used Mr. Newland on numerous occasions before, and I am still amazed at his innate ability to get to the heart of the matter, and identify and address issues before they become real problems.    I would offer that Mr. Newland trains us as much as he trains the animal.  I can not recommend Mr. Newland strongly enough.  He is the best at what he does, and the only one I trust with my dog, my children and my family.   Mr. Newland is professional, punctual, and above all, fair.  His rates are extremely competitive and for what you get, a tremendous bargain. I can recommend Mr. Newland with no reservation.  I trust him implicitly.  I can already see the issues we were concerned about minimized and slowly being replaced  with appropriate behavior.   It's like we have a new dog.    I can highly recommend Mr.  Earl Newland and his Puppy Program.    It's worked for us, and  I was worried we'd have to get rid of our dog because of bad behavior and her aggressive play.   If you have a dog with behavioral issues, I can heartily recommend Earl Newland.   You owe it to yourself and your dog to try Earl Newland.   You won't be disappointed.

My husband and I have a 5 year old Boxer named Roxy. Roxy is a very sweet girl and loves her family. Roxy is very shy of strangers. My husband and I have a 2 year old nephew who lives close and visits frequently. My husband and I noticed some dominance behavior from Roxy. I contacted Earl through email. Earl responded to me right away. Earl then made an appointment to come over and evaluate. Earl arrived on time even though he drove a far distance. When Earl arrived he first talked to us about the issues. I could tell right from the start Earl is very compassionate towards dogs. Earl and quot;shed some lightand quot; on the behaviors we were seeing. Now, Tyler and I are working on leading the pack. Roxy is working on activities to boost her confidence. Tyler and I are so lucky to have Roxy in our lives! Thank you so much Earl for your compassion, knowledge, and guidance!

I have a dog who is an extremely rare breed of dog. She is a German Pinscher (not to be confused with the min pin). She has an extremely strong personality, everything she does, she gives it her all. She is a very loving and loyal dog; however, she has some issues with strangers and territorial aggression. She would not let anyone else into our home, even our friends. In our ignorance, we were trying to socialize her and keep her around when people came into our home so that she would get used to it. For this reason, we have many friends who are now terrified of her, and for good reason. It killed me to have my friends talk about how vicious my dog was and how we should not allow her around my son. I really did not want to have to re-home her or put her down, because I know for a fact that Zoe would fight to the death before she let anyone hurt me or my family. She would never bite anyone in our family, or even growl at us. She is so very loyal, and these types of dogs only have one true owner. So I know that even if I did re-home her instead of putting her down, all I would be able to think about was how she would never be the same, and neither would we. She is a member of the family.
We have had many, many trainers work with her, and they all had different theories. Many told us that she would never really be safe to have around other people. I can't describe how exhausting it was to think about being on edge for the rest of her life. In effect, owning Zoe was controlling our lives. Earl was very helpful for multiple reasons, but two really stand out. The first is that he knew of Zoe's breed, and had seen her breed in action before. So the first thing he told me was that, she was not doing anything abnormal for her breed. She is a strong dog, and her breed is naturally wary of strangers and are said to be excellent watch dogs (though not many progress to the guard dog stage that Zoe thought she was at). This made me feel better because even though he saw her aggression first hand, he did not think she was vicious or bad. Earl has extensive experience with working dogs, like Zoe, and with extremely aggressive and dominant dogs. There really are not many trainers out there who truly are qualified to work with aggressive dogs, and Zoe most definitely had not been responding to the 'tree hugging' version of training that is so popular now. For most dogs, that may work fine, but Zoe had progressed to biting and needed specialized training, not out of the box training.
The other thing that really helped that Earl did was explain the theory of dominance and pack structure in a way that I could understand. Of course, with a dog like Zoe, I had read a lot of material on being a pack leader and watched every Caesar Milan episode he has made, but it seemed like a lot of it was just mean, to me. Earl explained why a dog needs to know where s/he stands in the pack and that it is not all about asserting yourself in a violent way. There are many subtle and easy things that you can do to establish your rank in the house and we were doing them wrong. Things like letting her have free reign of the house instead of making that an earned reward, and allowing her on the furniture and to sleep on our bed. Just beginning to change these simple things I have seen a huge improvement with Zoe. She used to be kind of a spaz, and we thought that was just her being weird, but really it was her not knowing her place and being confused. Sometimes we were dominant, others we weren't, and we were not being consistent. Now, she is calm all the time! She has had NO problem not sleeping with us anymore (and it is fantastic to have our bed back) and she spends a lot of her time calm and sleeping in her area. She gets to go out and play when I decide, and that has been more than enough for her. I thought it was mean to keep a dog confined, that they needed the stimulation, but I can already see how much calmer and happier she is, just after a few days! We still have a lot more work to do, but I can see that Earl's approach really works and is making her happier, not making her feel unwanted. There is much, much more that we were doing wrong, but the long and short of it was that we were treating her like a person, not a dog. And with some dogs, that may never pose a problem, but with a working dog like Zoe, it definitely did. She didn't have a place, she didn't have a job, so she took on a job of her own, protecting the house. Now, it is my responsibility to take on that job and let her know she does not need to handle it.
Finally, another thing that really helped me, was the amount of material that Earl gave me to peruse. I am the kind of person who likes to learn as much as I can about an approach so that I can really do it right, and Earl was able to provide that for me. I now have so many things to work on, I will have to make myself an objectives list to be sure that I touch on all the issues. The other good thing about all the reading material is that it is hard for a trainer to really see all of your dogs issues in just an hour or two, or even after a month of working with them. I live with Zoe and see all the things that she does. There were many things that she was doing to assert herself as dominant that I never realized were an issue. So now I know even more that I need to correct than what Earl saw. He, of course, saw how she reacted to strangers, but I was able to see how she was asserting herself with me. I thought she knew I was alpha because she was obedient and would listen to me (except when she didn't). She had decided that she would listen when she wanted, but that she got to decide when to obey and when not to. That is why I had so little control over her when people came to our door.All of this I got from only two days working with Earl.
I appreciate all his help so far, and I intend to gain off leash control/obedience from Zoe, so watch for my call Earl! You will be hearing from me! I could write more, but I'm sure no one is interested in the life and times of Zoe; however, I think that the most important thing we will gain from this experience is MY confidence. A lot of trainers talk about the dog gaining confidence, but for me I needed to be confident of my place and ability to control Zoe. She didn't trust me to handle the situation, so she took charge. That will be changing now.Thanks again, Earl!– Kari

He was right on time, neat and very friendly. He was really good with the dog.