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Thank you to Mike for inviting me to this forum. I've enjoyed reading a number of member bios, and also reading several training related discussion threads. This looks like an awesome group!
LOL - as a person who has to be constantly reminded that I was given two ears, and only one mouth for a REASON...I will try really hard to keep my bio brief.
Hubby Gary and I met nearly 9 years ago, and married a few months later. I knew he was the "right one" for me when he loved my rescue dogs - a Shepherd/Chow mix and a retired Greyhound almost more than me from the start.
In the all too common theme of "Ready, Fire, Aim" we bought a GSD (german show lines female) pup 3 years ago, and THEN started learning about SchH sport. Once we figured out what SchH really was, we couldn't find a training situation we were comfortable with reasonably close to home. We would NOT send our female to Germany to buy some titles, so we are proud of her SchH1 and KKL1 earned (away from our home with a trainer) right here in the good old US of A. She is back home with us now, and Gary looks forward to working on the SchH2 with her.
Meantime, we found an excellent trainer willing to drive to our neck of the woods every week. Our 2nd GSD show line (male) has been handled by Gary from the start - under the guideance of a trainer we have really come to respect. He turned 2 years old at Thanksgiving time, and we hope for a BH, and maybe even SchH1 next season.
Pics and too much stuff about all 4 of our current dogs (a rescue mutt Cleopatra, a rescue Beagle Buck, and both GSDs) can be found here: http://www.godtw.com/Mittelwest/Kimba/DogsToWork.html
My personal labor of love is the work I do for our training group www.JolietSchutzhund.com. Our focus is SchH training. Schutzhund is such an amazing and demanding sport - for the dogs and the handlers. It's truly a test requiring a very broad range of skills from both the dogs and the handlers. I enjoy meeting people and dogs from many walks of life - all with the common goal of learning along side of our dogs.
I take a special pleasure in supporting the potential work capabilities of show line GSD's, and encouraging the people "in that world" to place higher value on quality work.
This is way long enough for now! Thanks for listening, and I look forward to getting to know everyone better.
LOL - as a person who has to be constantly reminded that I was given two ears, and only one mouth for a REASON...I will try really hard to keep my bio brief.
Hubby Gary and I met nearly 9 years ago, and married a few months later. I knew he was the "right one" for me when he loved my rescue dogs - a Shepherd/Chow mix and a retired Greyhound almost more than me from the start.
In the all too common theme of "Ready, Fire, Aim" we bought a GSD (german show lines female) pup 3 years ago, and THEN started learning about SchH sport. Once we figured out what SchH really was, we couldn't find a training situation we were comfortable with reasonably close to home. We would NOT send our female to Germany to buy some titles, so we are proud of her SchH1 and KKL1 earned (away from our home with a trainer) right here in the good old US of A. She is back home with us now, and Gary looks forward to working on the SchH2 with her.
Meantime, we found an excellent trainer willing to drive to our neck of the woods every week. Our 2nd GSD show line (male) has been handled by Gary from the start - under the guideance of a trainer we have really come to respect. He turned 2 years old at Thanksgiving time, and we hope for a BH, and maybe even SchH1 next season.
Pics and too much stuff about all 4 of our current dogs (a rescue mutt Cleopatra, a rescue Beagle Buck, and both GSDs) can be found here: http://www.godtw.com/Mittelwest/Kimba/DogsToWork.html
My personal labor of love is the work I do for our training group www.JolietSchutzhund.com. Our focus is SchH training. Schutzhund is such an amazing and demanding sport - for the dogs and the handlers. It's truly a test requiring a very broad range of skills from both the dogs and the handlers. I enjoy meeting people and dogs from many walks of life - all with the common goal of learning along side of our dogs.
I take a special pleasure in supporting the potential work capabilities of show line GSD's, and encouraging the people "in that world" to place higher value on quality work.
This is way long enough for now! Thanks for listening, and I look forward to getting to know everyone better.
