About Us
Scenturion K9 Consulting was established in 2003 to provide the highest quality training in the industry. In addition to selling and training dogs that are strong, social and controlled, we focus on handler development to provide your agency with a K9 team that is ready for the streets. Most of our staff has law enforcement K9 experience, and all of our staff members have completed multiple Scenturion K9 training courses and handled dogs for various high profile events.
Our philosophy of “Street ready, court clean” applies to handlers and dogs across all disciplines. In addition to drills, exercises and scenarios, we use debriefs, agency policy and case law to provide comprehensive handler training. From decision making through testimony, we prepare handlers to properly articulate, document and testify in support of their deployments.
We train at the Fontana Police K9 Training Center, which was designed and constructed specifically for training Police Service Dogs. The training center boasts a full obstacle course, four structures, a mobile mini container, 5 vehicles and a dedicated detection area. From patrol to detection, the training center offers almost every imaginable environment to prepare dogs for real world deployments. It is a world class training facility that is only accessible to our clients.
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Meet Our Team
Our team brings extensive experience in law enforcement K9 handling and training.
Gary Aulis – Owner/Lead Trainer, Scenturion K9 Consulting
Gary Aulis retired from the Fontana Police Department (Southern California) in 2017 and has more than 30 years of law enforcement canine experience. He received his B.A. in Administration of Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Class 246. Gary’s philosophy uses his knowledge, training, and experience to provide supervisors with the tools to run an effective unit for their agency, as well as to train and develop handler proficiency, leadership and decision making. During his law enforcement career, he spent 3 years as a K9 handler, 7 years as a K9 Sergeant and 10 years as a K9 Lieutenant. During his 17 years as a manager and supervisor, Gary was responsible for every aspect of the K9 program, including budgeting, writing policy, overseeing all aspects of training, handler selection, dog selection, conducting demonstrations, speaking about the program in the media and working with a non-profit organization that supports the agency’s K9 program. Under his leadership, the K9 program doubled in size, from 3 to 6 K9 teams in 8 years, and he helped the non-profit grow by organizing an annual golf tournament that has raised nearly $500,000 during his involvement. Using those proceeds, Gary supervised the development of a world class K9 training center that opened in 2012. He was selected as a subject matter expert for California POST for the 2011 committee to update K9 Guidelines, as well as the recently convened 2024 committee to establish statewide K9 standards. Gary is also a certifying official for California POST and the International Police Canine Association (formerly CNCA).
Gary started with Scenturion K9 Consulting, in Southern California, in 2013, bought the company in 2018 and continues to use his supervisory and management skills and experience to benefit his clients. As the head trainer, he trains K9 teams in patrol, detection and tracking, as well as providing policy and deployment reviews, and guidance to supervisors and managers. In addition to Law Enforcement training, Gary has trained, organized and supervised private sector dogs and handlers that have worked many high-profile events, such as MLB, NBA, NFL, NASCAR, NCAA sporting events, the Rose Parade, Hollywood premiers and awards shows, music festivals such as Coachella, Stagecoach and Power Trip, and Google corporate events.
Paige Burton
Assistant Trainer/DecoyPaige began working with Scenturion K9 Consulting in 2018 as a volunteer decoy and continues to grow and progress in this key role. As a decoy, Paige has helped train numerous Police Service Dogs in vital areas such as bite development, searching and control work. Paige also instructs some of our civilian obedience classes and is an assistant trainer with our detection and tracking courses. As a handler, Paige has amassed thousands of hours handling her own detection dogs. Among her regular events and venues, Paige works at numerous schools, rehab facilities and ports. She has also worked high profile events such as NASCAR events and the Coachella, Stagecoach and Power Trip Music Festivals.
Lenny Moreno
Private Sector DetectionLenny is the newest addition to the Scenturion K9 Consulting staff, and he is responsible for scheduling, coordinating and handling dogs at private sector events. Lenny is a Scenturion K9 trained handler and has handled his dogs at NASCAR, MLB, NBA, Hollywood premieres, A-list parties and the Coachella, Stagecoach and PowerTrip Music Festivals, to name just a few. He is one of the most experienced and sought-after handlers in Southern California.
Darryl DiSanto, Sr.
Founder / Consultant / TrainerDarryl founded Scenturion K9 Consulting in 2003, after 14 years as a Police Service Dog instructor. Darryl has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience and more than 40 years of experience in dog training. He excels in training all disciplines of Police Service Dogs, and he is specifically recognized as one of the top detection trainers in the industry. Darryl has trained or certified thousands of dogs in his career and there are very few trainers with his vast and varied experience. Although he sold the company in 2018, Darryl continues to serve as a consultant and trainer with the company he founded.