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| Biographies - Helpers |
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| Meko Calderin - Virginia
Beach Schutzhund Club |
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have been a member of Virginia Beach Schutzhund Club for 6
years. During that time frame, I was privileged to
learn under the tutelage of Fred Samseer and Carla Van
Duijvenbode. Both Carla and Fred introduced to me my
passion and still continue to coach me today. After
moving to the Washington D.C. area, I have had the
opportunity to surround myself with many great mentors and
talented trainers and helpers; including Ron Marshall, Mark
Torrance, Mark Pellon, and Rod Davis. I would like to
extend a huge thank you to my coach and friend Steve House
for pushing me and taking my potential to the next level.
He truly has the passion and determination to better the
sport. A few other mentors who have guided me along
the way, and have taken the time to help me include, Phil
Hoesler, Carl Smith, Wallace Payne, Mike Karlov and my good
friends Rory Kennedy and Leesa Foster.
My trial experience includes 12 club trials and 4
championships.
2014 NAWBA National Championship (Back Half)
2015 NAWBA National Championship (Back Half)
2016 United States Rottweiler National Championship (Back
Half)
2016 DVG NKG Championship (Front Half)
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| Rod Davis -
Central Virginia Schutzhund Club |
 Rod
Davis is an established K9 trainer/National Decoy with over
15 years experience in working dog sports. He is also
a USA National Certified Decoy, DVG certified decoy
(Commonwealth Working Dog Club) and the training director
for Central Virginia Sch. Club. By trade he's an IT
Computer Engineer. As a certified decoy Rod has worked
numerous trials and specialty breed working events.
Throughout his training career he's been very influential in
the training and titling of several dogs such as Bouvier,
Malinois, GSD, Doberman, Rottweiler, and APBT, some to
national titles. Rod is very grateful to all who have
supported him and is looking forward to a great national
event.
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| Rory Kennedy - Wesconn
Schaeferhund Verein |
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am honored to be selected as a helper for the 2017 GSDCA
National IPO-FH Championship. Having grown up in a
family deeply entrenched in the training and breeding of the
German Shepherd Dog. I have been involved in helper work
since the age of 9. I am currently the President and
Training Director of Wesconn Schaeferhund Verein.
Among many club and regional level trials and breed surveys,
I have also been chosen to work numerous national level
events, which are as follows:
- Front Half NASS 2013
- Front Half GSDCA-WDA National IPO Championship 2014
- Front/Back Half NASS 2014
- Front Half Helper GSDCA National IPO Championship
2016
- Front (Males)/Back (Females) Half Helper GSDCA
National Sieger Show 2016
I would like to thank T. Floyd and Dean Calderon for
their early influence, as well as my grandfather John
Mathias Henkel. I would like to especially thank my
uncle John Henkel, for his wealth of knowledge and continued
coaching. I also send special appreciation to Steve
House, Phil Hoelcher, Carl Smith, and Helmut Huber for their
guidance. I thank the board members for their
consideration of me for this event, and I wish all the
competitors the best of luck!"
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