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Kathy Marmack — President
Contact Kathy — Email: pawswithattitude@hotmail.com
It was Rin Tin and Lassie's fault! Dogs are my first love period! I started training as an assistant to Miss Stevens, a retired State Humane Officer at age 11. She taught at our local park and rec center. She was a great mentor! She taught me how to work with the hard to train dogs, how to praise them to get their attention. And how to get buy in from their owner handlers to better communicate with their dogs. Her mentorship was invaluable, it has served me well.
Work: Employed by the world famous San Diego Zoo.
- Developed and trained trainers and exotics for educational animal shows for 42 years.
- Certified Master Trainer, over 10,000 hours thru the Zoological Society of San Diego.
- Hands on training of many exotic canines, wolves, bush dogs, singing dogs, dholes, and many species of foxes.
- Established four terrific cheetah/dog pairs at the Zoo for educational shows, special events, school programs, TV programs, and lure coursing.
Event titles: Obedience, Rally, Agility, Tracking, Herding (sheep and cattle), Trick, Carting, Lure coursing, and a smattering of Conformation (no titles). I have working line German Shepherds.
Club experience and participation: Have been on dog club boards off and on since 1990. All Breed Dog Obedience Club was my first board experience as a director. I belong to six dog clubs in San Diego. And I am on the Board of three: President of the German Shepherd Dog Club of San Diego County; Board member of the Agility Club of San Diego and Board member of the Obedience Club of San Diego. All three obedience Clubs and Silver Bay Kennel Club.
I have served as Trial Chair for the Obedience and Rally Trials many times for the Obedience Club of San Diego as well as the German Shepherd Dog Club of SDC.
Have done countless Raffles (now known as opportunity drawings) and hospitality setups for trials. Have also served as trophy chairperson many times for the above clubs.
Club-wise I hope we can continue to all work together to promote our favorite dog activities throughout San Diego and beyond. If we want to keep our dog sports, clubs must work together to achieve better results. I look forward to serving on this very versatile board.
Betsy Hartwig — Vice President
Contact Betsy — Email: eahartwig@cox.net
I've lived in San Diego since 1980.
At work I was a federal prosecutor (Asst. U.S. Attorney) and a state prosecutor (Cal. Deputy Attorney General). For stress relief, I brought home an 8-week-old German shepherd puppy in 1990 (#1 "Quincy"). When she got bored and renovated the backyard, I went to the OCSDC for help.
From Quincy to Ricochet (#8 GSD) the dogs and I studied obedience, herding, rally, tracking, scent work, trailing and locating, carting and conformation, and I learned to compete in dog sports. One of my pups was the first GSD to be a breed champion AND a tracking champion.
I've been on the board of directors of the German Shepherd Dog Club of San Diego, other dog related clubs, and my local Soroptimist club.
Kathy Upton — Treasurer & Acting Secretary
Contact Kathy – Email: uptongraphics@att.net
More Information Coming
Ken Miller — Director
Information coming soon
Dana Witt — Director
Information coming soon
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Puppy and Conformation Handling are now BOTH ONGOING Classes! See descriptions on the Home and Classes Page.
Other Current Classes are Beginning & Intermediate/CGC as well at Scentwork!
Our Next Monthly Club FitDog Walk is Sunday July 26th. Details on the Club Event Page.
Our Next Club Scent Work Trial is Dec. 5th and 6th! Look for our Volunteer invitation!