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2015 United Doberman Club National

Mission StatementThe United Doberman Club or UDC http://www.uniteddobermanclub.com is made up of Doberman enthusiasts dedicated to preserving and protecting the Doberman and its heritage as a working dog. UDC is advancing the inter-ests of the breed by educating members about working ability, conformation, temperament, health, breeding, training and maintenance of the total Doberman, sound in mind and body. The UDC encourages its members to partici-pate in a variety of activities for which the Do-berman is suited, including Agility, Conforma-tion, Drill Team, Guide Dog, Obedience, Ring Sports, IPO, Search & Rescue and Therapy.

Editor in ChiefRobin Nuttall | DD Graphix

PublisherDD Graphix | Robin Nuttall

3506 Westwind Drive Columbia, MO 65202 www.ddgraphix.net info@ddgraphix.net

UDCFOCUSOfficial Publication of the United Doberman Club

is published three times a year (plus the National Catalog) by the United Doberman Club, 367 Chickadee Lane, Bailey CO 80421. UDC Focus is a tax exempt educational orga-nization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the editor. The opinions expressed in this publication, either editorially or in advertising copy, are those of the authors and do not necessarily constitute endorsement by the United Doberman Club. This publication is not liable for contents used in advertisement. The editor reserves the right to reasonably edit all copy submitted.

W W W . D D G R A P H I X . N E T

ContentsMessage from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Message from the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Results of the 2014 United Doberman Club Membership Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Member Brags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Focus on Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

The New Recruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Service Dog of the Year Nomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

UDC Member Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

UDC Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Advertise in Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Advertisers2015 United Doberman Club National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

von Luka Dobermanns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Vermont Total Doberman Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Barn Hunt Association LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Julianne & Ricardo Ferado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Bonnie Guzman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17

Barbara Nagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Meryl & Paul Winnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Deb Hartzell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Robin Nuttall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sandy Pope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Beth Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Irene & Dave Korotev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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von Luka Dobermanns

This issue of Focus is near and dear to my heart; the Senior/Veterans issue. As I write this, my old girl is

outside barking at a contractor working on my house; she takes her job seriously even now. I tell people that at 12, she can still hear a squirrel fart a half mile away. These days she couldn’t quite catch one, but she sure would try hard. She still occasionally competes in Barn Hunt and she still has to talk about everything!

The montage on the cover is just a sample of all of the great older Dobes celebrated in this issue. I hope you all enjoy the Senior gallery and listings as much as I enjoyed reading about these dogs as I formatted the magazine. The names and the sheer number and weight of all of the titles of these dogs is more than impressive. The stories they could tell us about their adventures in their younger years, and some even still today. I know I feel blessed, as do all of us who own these dogs who have reached wisdom, even if they do not always act like mature adults.

Robin Nuttall

Robin with Zipper (UAG2 URO1 Ch Regatta It’s About Time, BN RE MX MXJ MJS RATN RS-O JS-O GS-N RL2 CGC) Prada, (Ch Regatta Devil Wears Blk-N-Tan RATN JS-N) and Cala (UAg1 URO2 USJ ARCH BJF O’er The Hills N’ Far Away, RE OA NAJ WAC TT CGC, RATO, 12 years young)

Message from the PresidentEva dei Dohse

DOB: 8.01.04 Titles:

SchH3 (96/90/94) IPO3 (94/93/94)

FH AWD1 StPr1 WAC RN CD

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Message from the Editor

First of all I want to thank Erynn Lucas, Wendy Schmitt & friends for hosting a wonderful UDC National in

beautiful Northern California. As I’m sure you all know a tremendous amount of work goes in to planning and hosting a National and their hard work paid off for all of us who attended.

Congratulations to all of our UDC members who with their work have shown that Dobermans are true working dogs. IPO, obedience, tracking, search & rescue, human remains detection, therapy, agility and more…..all show what a magnificent and versatile breed we are lucky enough to share our lives with.

Our 2015 National will be the 25th Anniversary of the UDC in beautiful Lexington, Kentucky. I know the members of the host clubs; Working Dobermanns of the Carolinas and Working Dobermans of Kentucky have some wonderful events planned for this very special National. I hope you will all help support this very special event as you can. Volunteer, sponsor trophies and support the UDC with your entry! It’s never too early to start planning.

In closing I want to thank our current board, committee members and regional directors for their dedication to the UDC and Dobermans. If you would like to volunteer in any way please contact me.

Dedicated to Dobermans,

Marsha Sheppard

UDC President

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Vermont Total Doberman Club

Results of the 2014 United Doberman Club Membership Survey.

Beth Bishop, Chair, UDC Membership Survey Committee

The United Doberman Club Membership Survey Com-mittee developed an online survey to gather ideas,

opinions and feedback from UDC members about UDC programs and functions. The Board of Directors approved the survey and UDC members were sent the survey link in January 2014. The link was resent a number of times and members were repeatedly encouraged to take the survey. We mailed a paper copy of the survey to all members with-out an email address.

The survey was open until March 15, 2014. We received a very good response to the survey (approximately half the UDC membership). A total of 177 surveys were completed (176 online and 1 paper copy received). More members completed the survey than submitted votes in the recent election. Those completing the survey also included many opinions and suggestions. Many thanks go to the members for answering the survey questions and for taking the time to submit thoughtful and thorough comments.

This article summarizes the survey results. Graphs and charts were used to summarize the responses to multiple-choice questions. Because this survey promised anonym-ity, individual responses will not be listed. For open-ended questions I attempted to summarize comments, if possible. In some cases this was not possible since there were not common “themes” to the answers. The original survey is posted in the members-only section of the United Dober-man Club website. Complete survey results will be available in the “members only” section of the UDC website. This article attempts to summarize and report results.

PART 1. MEMBER INFORMATION.The first three questions asked information about the member:

Q. How long have you been a member of the United Doberman Club? Most respondents had been a member of the UDC for at least six years. This corresponds well to actual length of membership. Nearly 20% of UDC members have been members for 10 or more years. The next highest percentage are those who have been in the club for 2 years or less.

Q. Which region do you live in? Not unexpectedly, region with the highest number of survey respondents was the Northeast. This corresponds to actual member distribution (approximately 45% of the members live in the Northeast.

How does this compare to the actual distribution of members? Q. Where do you get most of your information about UDC? (check all that apply).

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This question reveals which communication channel(s) mem-bers are using to get information about the UDC. Remem-ber, a respondent could choose more than one option (check all that apply). Answers to this question tell us whether the different communication channels are being utilized effec-tively and will ultimately help improve club communication.

PART II. UDC NATIONALThe next section of the survey asked questions about the UDC National.

Q. Have you attended a UDC National within the past 7 years?Out of 169 responses, 53.8% members said they had, the remainder had not.

Q. What prevents you from attending more UDC National? When asked for reasons for not attending national, the most common response was “too far away” (68.5%). Twenty-two respondents (15.1%) selected “too expensive” and 13% selected “I don’t have a dog to enter”. Only 3.4% selected “the activities don’t interest me.

Q. Which of the following activities should be included at the national? For each of the listed activities, respondents were able to select “always include”, “include if possible”, “would be nice, but not necessary” and “don't include”.

A total of 150 – 165 responses were received for each activity. Very few respondents selected the “don’t include” option for any of the activities (7 percent or less). The percent of remaining responses for each activity are shown in the graph. The activities are arranged in the graph (from left to right) in descending order of highly supportive responses (always include the activity + include the activ-ity if possible): IPO, Breed Survey, Temperament Test, Obedience Trial(s), Conformation Show(s), Health Clinic(s), Seminar(s), WAE and CGC. However, sorting by the “always include” category results in a different order: IPO, Temperament Test, Conformation Show(s), Obedience Trial(s), Breed Survey, Seminar(s), Health Clinic(s), WAE and CGC.

Q. Do you think the length of the national is (just right, too long, too short)?Of 160 responses, 60% felt the length of the national was just right and 35% felt it was too long. Only 5% thought the national should be longer.

Q. Please tell us what changes would encour-age you to attend the UDC national more often?We received 104 comments in response to this question. By far, the most common response (46) had to do with the loca-tion. Most responses indicated “closer to me” but some identi-fied particular locations (centralized location, rotating etc.).

After location, the most common responses (18) included money and personal issues (health, work schedules, etc.).

A number of responders suggested different types of events to include or skip. Several responses mentioned more types of activities, including seminars, workshops, and other dog sports. A few responses indicated they would prefer less emphasis on certain activities (conformation and IPO in particular).

PART III: UDC PROGRAMS

Q. Please share your opinion of the following UDC programs. This question asked members to evaluate the UDC dog registration, UDC conformation, UDC obedience, UDC temperament test, UDC breed survey and the UDC versa-tility program. Respondents could select from “Great pro-gram (needs few if any changes)”, “Good program (needs some improvement)”, “Needs major changes but worth keeping” and “UDC should drop this program.”

Overall, the vast majority of the respondents felt all the programs were worth keeping, although a significant percentage felt that some programs needed at least some changes. The following graphs show the results for each program individually.

PART IV: UDC FOCUSThe cost of producing the UDC Focus continues to be a significant expense. To reduce the financial drain on the club, FOCUS production was changed to three digital copies and one printed copy. Even so, ad revenue remains low and production costs continue to increase. In 2014 the number of issues was reduced from four per year to three (two digital and one printed).

The Board of Directors has concerns for two reasons. First, the cost of the FOCUS continues to drain the club. Second, the FOCUS is a very important source of informa-tion for members (see Part I of this article) and we know many members prefer printed copies.

This part of the survey asked members to assess potential solutions to this dilemma. Members were given three op-tions and asked whether each option was unacceptable, acceptable but not desirable, acceptable or a good option.

Q. The cost or producing the UDC Focus continues to be a significant challenge. The FOCUS schedule has been changed to 2 digital copies and one printed issue, but ad revenue is not sufficient. Please evaluate each of the fol-lowing proposed options to make the FOCUS more financially sustainable.

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Barn Hunt Association LLC

Reduce FOCUS to two printed issues per year. Produce periodic supplemental updates (board meeting minutes, etc.) and distribute electronically.

Produce one printed and two digital issues each year. Reduce layout costs of digital issues and make them more like a newsletter

Produce three digital issues each year and no printed issues

We received 135 to 144 responses to each option. Mem-ber responses varied quite a bit, but the option with the highest percentage of “unacceptable” responses was three digital FOCUS issues each year and no printed issues. Conversely, the option with the highest percentage of “a good option” responses was to produce two printed FOCUS issues each year along with digital supplements containing board meeting minutes, events, and other im-portant information.

PART V: UDC WEBSITEThe United Doberman Club website was redesigned in 2013. The redesign was a significant undertaking and was accomplished thanks to the help of several UDC members. The website is still in its infancy and needs to grow and improve. This survey question asked UDC members about the content of the website, what should be on the general website (accessed by anyone) and what should only be available through the members only section.

Q. The UDC Website has recently been rede-signed. Much work remains to be done. Please share what you think should be on the UDC Website (besides the basics.... constitution and bylaws, administration manuals, directors and officers, how to become a UDC member, about the UDC, etc.)We received 147 to 150 responses to each option. In general the majority of the members thought that all of the options listed should be available on the general website.

Q. What other content should be on the UDC website (available to non-members)?Of the 45 responses to this question, 18 suggested educa-tional articles of some sort (Dobermans, health, training, temperament, etc.). Three responders suggested having ads on the website, and 4 mentioned more information about events and event results.

Q. What other content should be in the Mem-bers-Only section of the website?We received 33 responses to this question. The most common responses were a membership directory (9), UDC meeting minutes (6) and rules and regulations (3).

PART VI: UDC OFFICIAL EMAIL LIST. Along with the FOCUS and the UDC website, members receive much of their information about UDC from the UDC Official email list (yahoogroups).

Q. Are you a member of the UDC-Official ya-hoogroups list? We received 155 responses to this question on the survey, 100 of them replied “yes” they were a member (64.5%) and 55 responding “no (35.5%).

Q. If no, why not?Of the 53 responses to this question, 16 said they didn’t know about the group, and four said they had tried to sign on but were unsuccessful. Six responders said they disliked the negativity on the list and another 13 said they don’t join email lists or were too busy.

Q. Do you think the UDC Official yahoogroups list should be available to (members only, members and former members, anyone who wants to join)?The overwhelming majority (78%) of the 151 responses thought that the UDC official yahoogroups should be avail-able to members only. A small percentage (8%) felt that it should be open to members and former members, while 14% felt it should be open to anyone who wants to join.

Q. Do you have any comments or suggestions about the UDC Official yahoogroups list?There were 49 responses to this question. Twenty-two of the responses mentioned the negativity and personal attacks on the list. Six responses were supportive and complementary of the list. Several people mentioned that

the yahoogroup format is not easy to use since it has been changed. Several more responses suggested more educa-tional discussions about Dobermans and training.

SUMMARYThe UDC members that took the time to take this survey and to provide their opinions and feedback have given us all insight into the thoughts and desires or our diverse club. How the membership feels about some issues is quite clear. For other issues, it is more mixed. Fortunately, the thought-ful comments and suggestions provide a wealth of good ideas and some direction.

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Julianne & Ricardo Ferado

It’s All About You & Your Dog is a new section in the UDC FOCUS that will give you the opportunity to publicize the recent accomplishments of you and your dog. This is one of the advantages of your UDC membership. We will recognize any title you have earned at any recognized canine organization. This is all about you and your dog!

Accomplishments earned October 31, 2013 to February 27, 2014

IPOSuzan Shipp & “Helio”: Int. CH Omnia Paratus Navy Sea Cor-bra, ATT, WAC, BH, BSA VG2-A New – BH

Catherine LaBarre & “Beckham”: Rebholzer Bad Company CD, BN, RAE, CGC, ATT, VC, BH, WAC New - BH

Virginia Rogers & “Enoch”: Enoch-Eitan vom Zenhof BH, CGC, ATT New – BH

Brandi Williams & “Razor”: Maysaya’s Black Sabbath IPO3 New – IPO3 97-93-92 High Tracking, High Obedience, High Pro-tection, High in Trial New – VC

Brandi Williams & “Xena”: Masaya’s Darkness Falls, BH, AD New – BH, AD

Brandi Williams & “Rex”: Maysaya’s Baron Wrecks to Riches, BH New - BH

Julie Elvidge & “Diva”: Unbreakable’s Diva De Vil, BH New - BH

Renee Michel & “Briosa”: Gladiators of America Briosa, TR2, AD, RN, ATTS-TT, CGC New – TR2

Andrew Booth & “Storm”: Texas Midnight Storm, BH New - BH

Andrew Booth & “Csabre”: Csabre von Danzig, BH, APr2 New – APr2

Ellen Gilmour & “Renna”: Cara’s Hard Decision, BH, CGC, IPO3 New – IPO3

Danette Hoenie & “Pearl”: Family Dobes Black Tide Pearl, BH, CGC New - BH

Pam Burns & “Brick”: Blue Chip Brick Road V Enchant UDX, OM1, IPO1 New – UDX, OM1

Pam Burns & “Orca”: Chalmars Major Orca CGC, IPO1 New – IPO1

Stacia Gunderson & “Remy”: Remigius Immertreu Vom Fe-verhaus CGC, CGCA, WAC, RN, RATI, BH New - BH

NoseworkBeth Bishop & “Mia”: ARCHX, RO2, CAX, UAgI Cara’s Put me in Coach! WAC RL1X2, RL2X, RL3, RLV, RA, NF, CW-OB2, CWZR1A2, CWZR1.5, CWAR, CL2, CL3-H, CL3-F, NW1 New- NW1

UDC Breed SurveySuzan Ship & “Helio”: Int. CH Omnia Paratus Navy Sea Corbra, ATT, WAC, BH, BSA VG2-A New – BSA VGS-A

SARIrene Korotev & “Lexie”: First Stryk Royal Purple, WAC Passed her annual NAPWDA (North American Police Work Dog Association) recertification tests for human remains in 2014. 

Obedience and AgilitySummer Melillo & “Jett”: Jett von Pontiffhaus, CGC, BH, RS-N, JS-N, JS-O, GS-N,  RN, & CD New - RS-N, JS-N, JS-O, GS-N,  RN, & CD

Show NewsJill and Art Graves & Lynn Eggers & “Laura”: AKC/UDC CH Foxhall’s The First Lady IPO3, CD, ROM, VCX New – UDC Championship!

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Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio

Saundra Urbacke & “Raven”: Intl. Ch. Masaya’s Elegant Em-press New - Nat CH. Title, Honor CH. Title

TrackingMonica Anthony & “Riva”: Riva von Luka BH, IPO-VO, Am./Cdn. RN, BN, P-CD, WAC, CGC, CGN, VC, FPr1 New – FPr1

RallySandra Urbacke & “Raven”: Intl. CH. Masaya’s Elegant Em-press, WAC, RO1 New – RO1

Beth Bishop & “Mia”: ARCHX, RO2, CAX, UAgI Cara’s Put me in Coach! WAC RL1X2, RL2X, RL3, RLV, RA, NF, CW-OB2, CWZR1A2, CWZR1.5, CWAR, CL2, CL3-H, CL3-F, NW1 New – RLV (AOE) World Cynosport Rally Veterans, (Award of Excellence)

WAESandra Urbacke & “Raven”: Intl. CH. Masaya’s Elegant Em-press, WAC, RO1 New – WAC

Renee Michel & “Trevor”: Blackheart Atrevido, TR1, BH, CA, ATTS-TT, WAC New –WAC

Renee Michael & “Tsar”: Gladiator of America Baltazar, AD, BH, ATTS-TT, WAC New – WAC

Renee Michael & “Briosa”: Gladiators of America Briosa, TR2, AD, BH, RN, CGC, ATTS-TT,WAC New - WAC

Catherine LaBarre & “Beckham”: Rebholzer Bad Company CD, BN, RAE, CGC, ATT, VC, BH, WAC New - WAC

Stacia Gunderson & “Remy”: Remigius Immertreu Vom Fe-verhaus CGC, CGCA, WAC, RN, RATI, BH New – WAC

Marylyn DeGregrio & “Isabel”: Int’l Ch, UKC Ch Isabel vh Wantij, WAC, YTT, PTT New – WAC

Jack Currie & “Donia”: Adonia D’Amour, WAC New - WAC

UDC Ch. Beja’s Redneck Brother Rudy

SchH 1, ZTP, OB-1, TR-1, CD, WAC, BH, VCX, CGC, Certified Advanced HRD,CHIC

Bell’Lavoro’s Augustus x Cara’s Katarina

HD-1A, OFA Good, vWD Clear, Echo + Holter Clear, CERF, PDK 4 Negative

Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio ~ AKC Breeders of Merit ~ Hartsdale, NY and Roscoe NY

Beja Beja

marylyn@smokeyjoe.net www.smokeyjoe.net 914-420-7969

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Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio

Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio

Int’l Ch, UKC Ch Isabel vh Wantij, WAC, YTT, PTT

Multi CH Mitto del Nasi, IPO 3, Korung, ZTP X Sw Ch. Eria Pro Fioreture, IPO 1, ZTP

OFA Good - CERF - vWD Carrier - Thyroid Normal

Owner: Marylyn DeGregorio

marylyn@smokeyjoe.net

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Breeder: J.P. Van Gelder

Dordrecht, NL

Isabel Isabel

marylyn@smokeyjoe.net www.smokeyjoe.net 914-420-7969

V-1 CAC Multi BIS U-Ch, Multi BISS UDC

Ch Beja’s Sorella Suzy Q

Destiny’s Sunshine Santino X Giuseppina v Wilhamhoff

ZTP, TR-1, RN, NW-1, BH, WAC, TT, VCX, ATT, CHIC (AKC ptd)

HD-1A, OFA Good, Echo + Holter Clear, CERF, vWD Carrier, Thy-roid Normal, PDK 4 het pos

Eight Glorious Fun Years Old!

Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio ~ AKC Breeders of Merit ~ Hartsdale, NY and Roscoe NY

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Barbara Nagy

Each dog in this listing is at least 8 years old. Join us in celebrating the longevity of some very special dogs.

2x UDC National IPO Champion Swift Run’s Volcan Masaya (8x) IPO3, PDC- SD, CD, RN, VC, WAC, CGC Call name: Cinders. Owner(s): Brandi Williams. Breeder(s): Tammy Weldon & Carol McIvor. Dog’s Age: 8. Date of Birth: July 2, 2006. Sire: Agir Miss Jakosos IPO3. Dam’: Kitty Black Gong

V-1 CAC MBISS UDC CH, MBIS UKC CH Beja’s Sorella Suzy Q, ZTP, TR-1, NW-1, BH, RN, WAC, TT, ATT, VCX, CHIC (AKC ptd.)Call name: Suzy. Owner(s): Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio. Breeder(s): Anthony & Marylyn DeGregorio. Age: 8. DOB: June 26, 2006. Sire: UDC CH Destiny’s Sunshine Santino, SchH3, IPO3, AFFB, WAC. Dam: Giuseppina von Wilhamhoff, OB-1, BH, ATT, CHIC

Watchem 4 Me Bossy BrownCall Name: Bossy. Owner(s): Roberta & Stephen Brown. Breeder(s): Roberta Brown. Age: 8. Date of Birth: August 10, 2006. Sire: Findem 4 Me Von Vicaral. Dam: Cara’s Panzer

Intl Ch Echorun’s Electrical Storm Brewen, WAC Call name: Ayla. Owner(s): Suzan Shipp. Breeder(s): Suzan Shipp. Age: 8. Date of Birth: May 31, 2006. Sire: Intl CH Southern Pride’s High Voltage. Dam: Intl Ch JBars Skylark Summer Shasta, CGC

SchroederCall name: Schroeder. Owner(s): Norman Zeller. Breeder(s): Roberta A. Brown. Age: 8. Date of Birth: August 10, 2006. Sire: Findem 4 Me von Vicaral. Dam: Cara’s Panzer

BF The BeastCall name: Beasty Boy. Owner(s): Jamie Wallace. Breeder(s): Roberta Brown. Age: 8. Date of Birth: August 10, 2006. Sire: Findem 4 Me von Vicaral. Dam: Cara’s Panzer

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Meryl & Paul Winnie

Elischa v.d. Burgstätte IPO 3Call name: Elischa. Owner’s Name: Kay Lewis. Breeder’s Name: Marco Cameli. Dog’s Age: 9. Date of Birth: April 12, 2005. Sire: Chico v.d. Doberwache. Dam: Carla v.d. Burgstätte

Raksha’s MMMMMystere, CD, WAC, CGN, SAR-dog (HRD)Call name: Parquetta. Owner(s): Michelle L Limoges. Breeder(s): Cathleen Graves. Age: 9. Date of Birth: June 13, 2005. Sire: Int/Can/UDC Ch Wittrock’s ZZZZZaaron, CD, AD, B, T2, CGC, ATT, VCX, WAC, SchH3. Dam: Raksha’s Witchey Woman v Deerun

DRU’s Portia d’Aurelia, SchH3, IPO3, FH2, AKC CD, WACCall name: Portia. Owner(s): Alissa Weaver. Breeder(s): Rescue. Dog’s Age: 9. Date of Birth: 9/2/2004. Sire: N/A. Dam: N/A

AKC/UDC CH Foxhall’s The First Lady IPO3, CD, ROM, VCXCall Name: Laura. Owner(s): Lynn Eggers and Jill & Art Graves. Age: 8. Date of Birth: Dec 1, 2005. Breeder: Lynn Eggers. Sire: AKC/UDC CH BJF Crescendo V Aquarius IPO3, SchH3, WDS3, UD, RA, ROM, U-CD, AD, T1, ZTP-V1A, VCX. Dam: AKC CH Foxhall’s American Spirit OA, ROM

Sterling Sky Blue CGC, SAR Certified Air Scent, Delta Certified, PAWS Certified complex. (Pet Assited Volunter visitation, Autistic children & hospice patients Call name: Billy Blue. Owner(s): Wendy Ewing. Breeder(s): Susan Taylor. Age: 9. Date of Birth: January 24, 2005. Sire: Roeckl’s Black Jake. WAC,CGC,GHS,BH,LC-11. Dam: Sterling Kiss Me Kate, CD, CGC

Cara’s The Black Satin Doll

(Cara’s Top Shelf Sch 3, IPO 3, FH x Cara’s Katarina SchHA, BSA1A, BH, STT) Breeder: Ray Carlisle and Anthony DeGregorio

CD, RN, BFL-1, ASCA-CD, CGC

Loved By Meryl & Paul Winnie

meryl@arcon.bz

We wish a Happy 10th Birthday to Sister Dulcinea! Cara’s Sweet Dream Dulcinea Bahir

Loved by Bruno Klang

ARCHX, RO2, CAX, UAgI Cara’s Put me in Coach! WAC RL1X2, RL2X, RL3, RLV, RA, NF, CW-OB2, CWZR1A2, CWZR1.5, CWAR, CL2, CL3-H, CL3-F, NW1Call name: Mia. Owner(s): Beth Bishop. Breeder(s): Ray Carlisle . Dog’s Age: 8. Date of Birth: Feb. 4, 2006. Sire: Cara’s Marshal Law von Beck IPO2. Dam: Cara’s Miss Eclipse CD

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Deb Hartzell

Questwood’s Katachie Man, CD, ATT, Certified in Trailing. Call name: Jäger. Owner(s): Irene Korotev. Breeder(s): Carol Drimalas & Peter Betchley. Age: 11. Date of Birth: March 25, 2003. Sire: Quinto von Falkenfeld. Dam: Biemuller’s Naughty Lola

Intl. CH JBARS Portia in the Sky CD, UCD, BH, SAR Cadaver Level A, VC ATT, TDI, CGCCall Name: Portia. Owner(s): Linda Kye. Breeder(s): Suzan Shipp. Age: 10. Date of Birth: July 8, 2003. Sire: JBARs Stonewall Jackson. Dam: Briarwood Riches Storm Echo

Cara’s Black Satin Doll CD, RN, BFL-1, ASCA-CD, CGCCall name: Zarra. Owner(s): Meryl & Paul Winnie. Breeder(s): Ray Carlisle & Anthony DeGregorio. Age: 10. Date of Birth: May 4, 2004. Sire: Cara’s Top Shelf, SchH3, IPO3, FH. Dam: Cara’s Katarina SchHA, BSA-1A, BH, STT

UDC/UKC CH Gem’Givveeon Lumene SchH2, BSB, CD, RA, NA, NAJ, NFCall name: Ember. Owner(s): Debbie Hartzell. Breeder(s): Jelena Grigorjeva . Dog’s Age: 10. Date of Birth: December 26, 2003. Sire: Multi CH Tamerlan iz Slavnoi Stai IPO3. Dam: Multi CH Nuvai-Nikol Distant Rou VDK1, SAD1

Nero’s BambinoCall name: Bam Bam. Owner(s): Sandy Pope. Breeder(s): Kathy Gardner & Barbel Eichhorn. Age: 10. Date of Birth: September 16, 2003. Sire: Yas Nero v. Maruma’s Hoff. Dam: Legard’s Black Sun

Marienburg Jerilyn Draconis, BHCall name: Draco. Owner(s): Marilyn D’Errico. Breeder(s): Marilyn D’Errico. Age: 10. Date of Birth: May 30, 2004. Sire: Dexter Von Frankenhorst. Dam: Jerilyn Wildfire Marienburg

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Robin Nuttall

Sadie Sue Gangster Dog From The HoodCall name: ‘Ole Lumpy’ or Sadie Sue. Owner(s): Roberta Brown/ Ryanne & Jake Guinn. Breeder(s): Rescue - Riverside County, Ca Shelter. Age: 14. Date of Birth: January 13, 2003. Sire: N/A. Dam: N/A

Destiny’s Power of Faith, CDX, RA, BH, WAC, TD, UCD, CGCCall name: Jetta. Owne(s): Barbara Nagy. Breeder(s): Carol Bohanan-Uhler & Jane B. Terry. Dog’s Age: 13. Date of Birth: July 26, 2001. Sire: Am/Can/UDC CH. Destiny’s Man on a Mission, SchH3, IPO3, CDX, ROM, VCX, ZTP-VIA. Dam: Destiny’s Full Moon Rising, CDX

USJ, URO2, ARCH, BFJ O’er The Hills N’ Far Away, RE, OA, NAJ, RATO, TNE, TT, WACCall name: Cala. Owner(s): Robin Nutall & Julie Stade. Breeder(s): Robin Nutall & Julie Stade. Age: 12. DOB: March 26, 2002. Sire: CH Destiny’s Man on a Mission, SchH3, IPO3, CDX, ROM, VCX, ZTP-VIA. Dam: UAg2 URO1 UCD BJF Renejade Debt of Honor, CD, RA, MX, MXJ, BH, TNE, NJE, TT, FFB, WAC

Jammer vom Aurachgrund SchH3, AKC/CKC CD, GFFB V1A, WACCall name: Jammer. Owner(s): Sue Kelly-Walsh. Breeder(s): Sibylle & Werner Strobel. Age: 13. Date of Birth: March 14, 2001. Sire: Jonas vom Haus Weissenberger SchH3, IPO 3, AD. Dam: Angie vom Aurachgrund SchH 3, IPO 3, AD

Bell’Lavoros Vivace Un, BH, CD, WAC, CGC Call name: Frankie. Owner(s): Ellen & Peter Higgins & Vicky Brachfeld. Breeder(s): Vicky Brachfeld. Age: 11. Date of Birth: September, 2002. Sire: Gino Gomez Del Citone, SchH3, ZTP V1A. Dam: Cara’s Matik Gift For Gab, CGC, CD-AKC, BH, VC, SchH1, T1

MACH, UCD, UAG1 Taras Blue Stone by Thor CD, CGC, NCC, OAC, WV-N, OJC, TT, MXF, OAP, AJP, RECall name: Taras. Owner(s): Bettina Kimball Choewinski. Breeder(s): Linda Moore/Tracy L. Nygren. Dog’s Age: 12. Date of Birth: June 10, 2002. Sire: Beckers Thor. Dam: Von Stone Blue Mountain Sage

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Sandy Pope

Beth Bishop

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Irene & Dave Korotev

I began dressing my dobermann, talking to him in a low voice as I put his new harness and leash on him for the

first time. I was almost breathless with apprehension…what if this wasn’t what he was meant to do? What if he was horrible at it, or didn’t enjoy the exercises as much as I did? What if we had to find something else to do together? My previous Dobermann, Jaeger was a natural narcotics dog. He loved the work as much as I did and had leapt from training level to training level as easily as breathing. I had lost him at the age of five and with him, a large part of my heart. Was I expecting too much of this dog to follow in Jaeger’s memory?

As we approached the training facility door on our first day I looked down into Ciaran’s beautiful face and whispered the words, “Partner, time to find some drugs.” Partner… a won-derful word, and I smiled as I said it. Ciaran smiled when I did, and his tail made a slow curious figure-eight. I opened the door, took a calming breath, and our journey began.

1) Introduction to Drug Search. Training Aid: An open .45-caliber ammunition box filled with marijuana that had a milk crate inverted over it. The dog candidate and handler approach the training aid and circle it in a counter-clockwise direction. The entire purpose of this exercise is only to have the dog approach the training aid. I will point to the milk crate, and if I need to, even tap on it or put his toy reward on it to get my dog’s attention. Any show of interest in the training aid is rewarded with verbal encouragement and toy play. After a minute of play, the dog is brought right back to the training aid and reintroduced to it with the goal being a consistent reaction to it. Once the dog reacts well to the presentation of the training aid, a physical alert is added. Depending on the dog, this can be done in the first training session or the second or third. The addition of either a “passive” sit alert or “active” pawing alert again depends on the personality of the dog. My partners have both been passive alert dogs and sit to tell me that drugs are present.

2) Single-Blind Speed Trials. Training aid: 1-2 gram cellulose baggies placed with gloved hands in a drawer, on a shelf, or even in a micro-wave. “Single Blind” means that the handler is told where the training aids are placed at the beginning of the exer-cise. The dog is taken from place to place by the handler who uses a hand gesture to present an object for the dog to sniff. Hand presentations and a verbal cue (I use “Is it here?”) keep the dog focused and working in partnership with the handler. Everything is quicker. The training aids are quickly approached, and if identified correctly and alerted on, the reward is given with a shorter play time. The handler restarts the search just past that last narcot-ics “find“ and continues clockwise around the room until all the aids are found and the room cleared. This trial can

The New Recruitby Pam Stevens

JagerQuestwood’s Kisatchie Man C.D. ATT

dob - March 25, 2003Sire - Quinto von Falkenfeld Dam - Biemuller’s Naughty Lola, C.D.

As a Lifelong member of Missouri SAR, Jager hasparticipated in over 150 searches.

Certified in Trailing by theNorth American PoliceWork Dog Association.

Awards –– 2008 DPCA Search dog of the Year– 2011 UDC Service Dog of the Year

Irene & Dave Korotev

korotev@earthlink.net

816.228.9097

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Photo - Tiffany Brizendine

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be done a couple of times without moving the aids, but not more than twice. Dobermanns are too smart and have great memories. After two speed trials, they will run from one aid to the next to get the toy reward. Our narcotics trainer, Len says “It’s so much easier to train a stupid dog. You never have stupid dogs.”

3) Double-Blind Speed Trials. Training aid: Scent soaked cellulose baggies placed with gloved hands planted “higher and deeper” in the room. A training problem designed to expose the dog/handler team to working in increasingly more difficult search areas and conditions. “Double Blind” refers to the handler and dog. Neither knows where the narcotics are hidden in different types of building interiors so there can be no ” handler assistance.” Exterior sites (including cars, tractor trailers and farm equipment) are also introduced. The team learns to follow the wind backward to the scent source or discern new scent from old. In addition, training aids are hidden in ceiling tiles so the dog gets used to having the drug scent fall from that height to his nose level. The handler is also learning the reactions of the dog to new situations such as the diminishing size of the drug in and on the training aid.

This first training level is the hardest and longest because this is where the dog is taught what is expected of him.

Background: this award began in 1999, by the UDC SAR dog group initially for SAR dogs but eventually for all service dogs.

Process: the award process will be advertised in the 3rd and 4th quarter editions of FOCUS including the criteria and nominating procedure, and on UDC Zooza email list. The UDC Board will appoint a committee to accept and verify nominations. Nominations that are not successful in one year may be considered in subsequent years, with the approval of the nominee. A list of nominations, along with corresponding backup materials for each candidate, will be provided to the Board for a decision at a meeting prior to the National. A certificate signed by the UDC president will be presented at the National, or mailed to recipient if the recipient cannot attend.

Each year the award recipient’s name (dog and owner) will be engraved on the Always Faithful bronze statue donated by Linda Kurz and sculptress Susan Bahary in memory of D-CH Branwen vom Haus Kurz OA, OAC, OJC, OGC, NAJ, AD, BH, UD, TR1, WAC, VCX. The bronze will remain in the care of Irene Korotev. A War Dog Memo-rial poster will be sent by sculptress Susan Bahary to each year’s recipient. The award committee Chair will advise both Susan Bahary and Irene Korotev of the awardee each year. In addition, the Award Chair will provide the nomina-tion materials to the FOCUS editor so that an article about the recipient will appear in FOCUS.

Criteria:1. Dog’s owner (at least one owner if co-owned) must

have been a UDC member for a minimum of 2 years at the time of nomination.

2. The nominated dog must be registered with UDC (as of nomination date)

3. The dog must be certified by a recognized service dog group (Delta Society; bona fide SAR Dog organization; hearing; guide dog program, etc)

Further criteria that will be considered for the award -

4. Number of people impacted by the dog’s work

5. Caliber/level of impact

6. Uniqueness of service

7. Other outstanding contributions related to service work.

Suggested Timeline July 31 Award criteria and nominating process

advertised; use 3rd and 4th Quarter FOCUS, UDC Zooza email list

January 31 Submission deadline

February 15 Submission credentials verified

February 15 list of candidates forwarded to Board

March 31 Award decision from Board

April 1 Certificates produced and mailed to president

NOMINATION FORMOwner(s) Name(s): ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Dog’s Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

UDC registration #: ______________________________ AKC/CKC/ILP/ERN# _____________________________________

Breeder(s): _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dog’s Sire: ________________________________________________ Dog’s Dam: ______________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _____________________________E mail: ________________________________________________________________

Supporting documentation (write up should include support of criteria; also include letters of recommendation or commen-dation where available). ______________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Yes, it is the easiest smell to learn, anyone who has at-tended either high school or a rock concert knows the smell of marijuana. The repetition of the exercises on this first level is the difficult part because it teaches the dog to learn. It is also the hardest for the handler because we are impatient, eager to go onto the more difficult (and per-ceived as more glamorous) narcotics odors. The next scent the dog is exposed to is cocaine, followed by heroin and methamphetamine and the training of each new level is ex-actly the same as the first. I also put a prescription drug on my dogs, either oxycodone or hydrocodone which have a high addiction rate. If a school, workplace or home search is done, this is what is more than likely found.

I am often asked when I knew that Ciaran was “right” for narcotics training. The truth is that until that first day I didn’t know. I never dreamed that he would be a great DEA Certified 5 Drug Narcotics dog, I would have been happy with good. When we approached that huge marijua-na training-aid that first day, I was very unsure whether this would work. As we circled that aid and I gestured toward it, Ciaran’s reaction was shocking. He took one sure and steady step forward, turned, and looked me straight in the eyes. Stretching his nose forward, he pressed on the milk crate, moving it across the concrete floor. Then he smiled and sat. Beautiful, Partner, Beautiful!

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Northeast RegionNew England Working Dobermans

NAZARENE MONDELLO 256 Moss Hill Road Jamaica Plain MA 02130 (h) 617-522-0253 alisandro1@aol.com

Tri-State Doberman Club

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Vermont Total Doberman Club

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Northwest RegionPacific NW Doberman Pinscher Club

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Mideast RegionWorking Dobermans of Kentucky

BRANDI WILLIAMS P.O. Box 1042 Jeffersonville, IN 47131 (c) 832-860-5251 masayadobermans@yahoo.com workingdobermansofkentucky.com

Working Dobermans of the Carolinas

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South RegionMid-South Working Doberman Club

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Midcentral RegionMid-Central Working Dobermans Club

ERIC WEST 795 NE 101 Road Warrensburg MO 64093 816-769-4077 660-441-3822 mcwdclub@gmail.com mcwdc.com

Midsouth RegionCentral Texas Doberman Club

IRINA SASU 2800 Perry Lane Austin TX 78731 (h) 512-458-1818 rhapsodydobes@earthlink.net

Total Doberman Association

JIM CLARY 358 E. Pecan Tree Road Waxahachie TX 75165 (h) 972-904-3141 Tjac1216@gmail.com

Southwest RegionSport Doberman Club of Colorado

BONNIE GUZMAN 367 Chickadee Lane Bailey, CO 80421 (c) 303-733-4220 Bonefinder51@gmail.com

West RegionCentral Valley Doberman Club

ERYNN LUCAS 3604 Riverside Dr Riverbank, CA 95367 520-306-0195 Workingk9s@msn.com centralvalleydobermanclub.com

OFFICERS President

MARSHA SHEPPARD 1584 Red Tree Court Draper, UT 84020-7705 legacydobermans@msn.com (801) 553-6444

Vice President

VICTORIA HALL P.O. Box 12426 Casa Grande, AZ. 85130 vicaral@yahoo.com (520) 723-4135

Treasurer

MERYL WINNIE 220 Crow Hill Rd. Delanson, NY 12053 Meryl@arcon.bz (h) (518) 895-8506 (c) (518) 857-6543

Recording Secretary

ALISSA WEAVER 35 Dudley Road Sutton, MA. 01590 (774) 287-3173 alissaweaver@verizon.net

Corresponding Secretary

BETH BISHOP P.O. Box 159 Bath, MI 48808 bishop@msu.edu (517) 641-7345

Membership Secretary

BONNIE GUZMAN 238 South Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80209 bonefinder@comcast.net (303) 733-4220

Member Club Secretary

LINDSAY DAVIS 3157 Dry Bread Rd. White Plains, VA 23839 davislindsaye@aol.com 434-577-9489

DirectorsCanada

MICHELLE LIMOGES 9111-84 Ave. Edmonton AB T6C 1E5 udcdoberman@shaw.ca 780-468-6245

Northeast

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Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland

Mid-East

BRANDI WILLIAMS P.O. Box 1042 Jeffersonville, IN 47131 masayadobermans@yahoo.com 502-214-7864

West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky

South

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Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina

Mid-South

JULIE STADE 12416 South Haven Rd. Haven, KS 67543 620-465-3657 Bjfdobermans@embarqmail.com (316) 744-3214

Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana

Mid-Central

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Southwest

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Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico

Northwest

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Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming

West

ERYNN LUCAS 3604 Riverside Dr. Riverbank CA 95367 (520) 306-0195 workingk9s@msn.com

California, Nevada, Hawaii

UDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS — EFFECTIVE JULY, 2014

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In order to continue to provide our membership with a quality publication, we face two challenges – content and advertising revenue. It is only through the support and contributions of our membership that we are able to make the FOCUS a viable publication. We need our membership to assist us in providing content by acting as “reporters” and sharing their experiences with the membership when and attend our National and Member Club events and by pro-viding articles on health, training and general interest. We also need to offset the expense of the FOCUS by doing a better job of generating ad revenue. We need to have more members place more advertisements in both the digital and printed versions.

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Advertise in FocusInDesign files are acceptable. For InDesign and Illustrator files, all text must be converted to curves. Photoshop files should be flattened.

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Ads submitted with low-resolution photos or copy will pro-duce a final ad with an unsatisfactory blurry/pixelated effect. Focus accepts no responsibility for camera ready ads submit-ted in low resolution.

For your convenience, email Linda Lindic at pllindic@roadrunner.com or Robin Nuttall at robinjn@gmail.com for an easy to use template to ensure your advertisement meets size and design requirements.

Designer Created Advertisements:If you would like to have a designer create an advertisement for you, we have two resources for you (see below). Contact the designer directly for their charges for designing your advertisement. Charges may vary depending on the number of photos and the complexity of your request.

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Pay by check or money order payable to UDC, mailed to the UDC Treasurer: MERYL WINNIE, 220 Crow Hill Road Delanson, N.Y. 12053 meryl@arcon.bz (518) 895-8506 Please mark UDC FOCUS AD and INDICATE THE MAGA-ZINE QUARTER on the memo line of your check OR Pay by credit/debit card or bank draft using PAYPAL. PAYPAL address is treasurer@uniteddobermanclub.com To ensure credit for your payment, please make sure to indicate “UDC-FOCUS AD” and INDICATE THE MAGAZINE QUARTER in the “Comments” section of your electronic payment.