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Hall of Fame ASSISTANCE DOGS
ANKC Registered German Shepherd Dog Whitemile Tequila Jessie owned by Rebecca
Glasheen Photo by Brooke Taylor, Phodography Jessie is 5yrs old
(2006). She was deemed a qualified Assistance Dog (Service) since she was 18
months old. Assistance Dogs have the same standards as Guide Dogs but instead
of guiding the blind they are trained to assist the disabled. Jessie helps me
pick things up from the floor, turn lights on, alert on command (speak), open
and close doors, help me undress and lots of other great things too help me
be independent. I do charity work for ASDOG which
inspired me to have my own dog trained. I didn’t want a SHOW-BIZ DOGS
Schatzi owned by Rachel Devenish-Meares Schatzi is an easily trained dog who truly enjoys
working. She is best known to the general public as "The Mathematical
Dog" from The Pet Show on ABC TV in which she performed her signature
trick where she barks the answer to maths problems.
Schatzi also won 1st place in the TV
Competition! Schatzi trains in agility, herding and
obedience and is the first dog in the history of our local training club to
pass every obedience level first time and win first place each time. Schatzi can perform tricks such as going to a mark,
spins, speak on command, back up and can target objects with her feet, nose
and even her ears. Schatzi works well with people
and adores children. She will happily work with other animals. Schatzi is currently working towards getting her titles
in herding, obedience and agility. Congratulations Schatzi
and Rachel, keep up the great work!
Above: Schatzi showing off her AAD
passes! OBEDIENCE & PERFORMANCE
TITLED DOGS
Alpenwolf Arctic Warlock C.D.X. T.D.X. Blitz owned by M. Gandert
ANKC Registered German Shepherd Dog (Blitz only lives on through Neigepearl
kennel lines)
Bayein Frosty Snowman C.D. T.D.X. Frosty
owned by C. Marschner ANKC Registered German Shepherd Dog
Ceora White Flash Australian
Obedience Champion (A.O.C) ANKC Registered German Shepherd Dog
ANKC Registered German Shepherd Dog Strathclyde White Fang O.C.
(obedience champion)
Thank-you to Mrs Goldstein for the photos and information on this
great boy! WHITEHEART DE MONA HOPE Whiteheart De Mona (Hope) was purchased by Mr Cameron Brown of NSW for training to be a Search and
Rescue dog. An article was written
about Hope and in the local papers.
Hope
for the future This playful puppy with her white coat and
chocolate brown eyes is only eight weeks old, but her destiny has already
been decided. As the stand-out
character in her litter, Hope, a white german
shepherd, was hand picked by the Australian K9 Search and Rescue Dogs. Hope was bred by Pamela Voss of Whiteheart kennels (no longer running and lines not
breeding). Dog handler Cameron Brown
said Hope would soon start her training and could be put to work as a search
and rescue dog by the time she is 12 months old. “When I went and saw the litter she
just showed the most attentiveness and the most curiosity, he said. I hope she will become a fully trained
search and rescue dog and save somebody’s life one day. Also from the Whiteheart
litter, Whiteheart Jack went to a gentleman in a
wheelchair to be an Assistance Dog.
A recent photo of Hope’s
mother, Shadow owned by P. Voss Mr G Gadsby
& his service dogs “Rip” and “June”
Official Presentation of Rip to
Glen by C.O. W/Cmdr Jim Dunne 1978
Glen with Rip, Toowoomba 1977
Rip Police Dog Training Centre,
Toowoomba
June on Saber wing Darwin,
Darwin 1963 Dear Brooke, Thank you for
your letter. I was very interested to
hear of your association. I had two
White German Shepherds during my RAAF career, firstly a white bitch called June (Police Dog 41) and a white dog called Rip (Police Dog 251). I
knew of one or two other White Shepherds during my 20 years of service, but
to the best of my knowledge, there weren’t many. As to whether being a white dog was detrimental or
very visible, I never found it a problem with my two Shepherds. They obviously are a little more visible
but with their wonderful ability to scent an intruder around corners as I
used to say, and their fearless and swift response when required, I would
back my whites against any black and tan!
I most certainly would not consider them to be inferior in any way. Both
my dogs were highly intelligent, devoted to me, protective and responsive to
whatever was required of them. Very
sound in temperament. I saw and supervised
a lot of training of service dogs, Army, RAAF, Navy
and when they first introduced, the customs dogs were trained under me at the
then RAAF Training School at Toowoomba and the colour of a dogs’ coat meant little, it was their abilities that were important.
Glen & June, 1963 Over a lot of
years I did PR work for the RAAF with both of my
dogs, along with other security guards in my mustering. One of my RAAF mates, had a beautiful pure black Shepherd, and we
caused quite a stir during demonstrations for the public (showing the skills,
and the tricks of the RAAF Police Dogs). When he
worked his black dog along with his white bitch, they worked wonderfully
together. I taught firstly the bitch,
and later the dog to carry a raw egg in their mouth around an obstacle
course, finishing with a jump through a fire hoop. People didn’t believe it was a raw
one until, at the end of the demo, I would throw the egg up in to the air and
it would break as it hit the ground. I
was, to my knowledge, the first man to teach an RAAF
dog to do that. Both my dogs did lots
of little tricks which I would incorporate into the demo along with the more
serious skills they possessed. Rip went
through Cyclone Tracey, in Rip was
officially presented to me, age 10 years, by the Commanding Officer of 7SD Toowoomba, Sqn Ldr Jim Dunne, during a very moving official
presentation. Rip was wearing a red coat
with Sergeant stripes on it. It was a first for a RAAF
dog, and received a lot of publicity.
Unfortunately, Rip had bad hip dysplasia and arthritis and only lasted
another 12 months before he had to be put to rest.
Rip-Congratulated by Flt. Lt. Tom Wicking at PDTC
Toowoomba 1978 June, the
bitch, also had hip dysplasia and was put to rest aged 11 years, which was
pretty good considering not a lot was known about hip dysplasia or at least
testing dogs for it before they were accepted into the Service. Police dogs
in the Service to do a lot of physical work during their service life, as you
would know I’m sure. Here is a
little bit of background to each of my white dogs: JUNE: She was
allocated to me at Police Dog Training Centre In monthly
assessments of her training tasks she was always in the 85-95% efficiency
ratings. As mentioned earlier, she was the first RAAF
dog to carry a raw egg though an obstacle course. She was used very regularly
in PR displays, and was well known for her abilities. She was my 4-legged,
right-hand girl for nearly 10 years, serving with me at 8 RAAF
bases. Her colour was pure white with black points,
and she was regarded by many experienced dog trainers as one of the best
they’d seen. RIP: Rip was
allocated to me at the RAAF base Fairbairn, in the ACT
a few months after June died. He had been partly trained by a very junior dog
handler, who didn’t have a good rapport with him or with RAAF life in general. Rip was nearly 5 years old when he
became my dog, a practice not usually followed in those days. It was my
experience with dogs, I feel, and the fact that I had known him as a dog in
the kennels, often fed him and we had a good rapport. During the next
5 years, we became a strong man/dog team. When time allowed, often in the
lonely, early morning hours of a shift I taught him all the tricks I had
taught to June, including carrying the raw egg trick. He was stubborn, not
was easy to train as June, but very receptive with perseverance and patience.
He was extremely strong with aggression work, but only on command. Those who
wore the padded sleeve against him in aggression work,
certainly knew how strong he was and how hard he could bite! He was similar
to June in many ways, and away from “work” was gentle and
affectionate. I don’t know what either of their breed lines were, as it wasn’t a requirement of the RAAF to know this. June came from |
