2007 Southwest Region Helper Seminar and Evaluation - July 9, 2007
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The 2007 SW Regional Helper Seminar and Evaluation was held on July 8, 2007 at Southwest Working Dog Association. The Teaching Helpers for this event were Nathaniel Roque, Bill Szentmiklosi and Wayne Walcott. Our Regional Training director and Teaching Helper Uwe Doose was ill and unable to attend the event.

Helper Entry was excellent for a summer time event with 13 USA Helpers signing up for the seminar and 10 of them participating in the Evaluation. Spectator turnout for the event was excellent with almost 30 additional members in attendance to watch and lend support by bringing dogs for the Helpers to work. The weather cooperated by cooling from the previous weeks to the low 90s at the start of the event and dropping to the low 80 by the end of the evening.

The members of SWDA led by Molly Hessler and Susan Roque did another outstanding job of hosting the event with plenty of fruit, drinks and an excellent Tri Tip Dinner.

 
The Helpers that participated were:
 
Brian Craft "Basic Level"
Michael Kempkes "Club Level"
Michael Stachhouse "Club Level" from South West Working Dod Assoc
Brian Anglin "Basic Level"
Jim Laubmeier "National Level" Scottsdale Sch Club
Rich Rosen "Regional Level" Phoenix Sch Club
Lionel Madden "National Level" Golden State Sch Club
Raul Moreno "Basic Level" (Seminar only) Southwest Working Dog Assoc
Chris Kutelis "Basic Level" (Seminar only) Southwest Working Dog Assoc
Dana Williams "Entry Level"
Robert Bell (Seminar only)
David Felicano "Basic Level"
Eli Anguiano "Basic Level"
 
The event was a success earning $ 640.00 profit for the Region. My thanks to the Teaching Helpers for donating their time to teach this event and to the members of the region for their support.
 
Nathaniel Roque
USA Helper Program Director

The next helper seminar and evaluation will be at West Coast Schutzhund Club in August. See the events page for details and other upcoming helper seminars.

Teaching Helper Bill reviews rulesAdvanced HelpersNovice HelpersWayne demos form in the blindCraig and novice helpers

 

Helper Evaluations

Rich Jim Lionel
Dana Mike K
Mike S David
Eli  

4/15/07 New helper classifications - congratulations
From Uwe Doose - Regional Training Director:

ANACAPA Schutzhund Club hosted a Helper Seminar & Certification with USA Teaching Helper Uwe Doose. All proceeds from this event were donated to the Southwest Region. The following are the Helpers that attended the event and their classifications:

 

Joe Weinmuller – Basic

Eric Shearer – Basic

Jon Dennis Kasper - Basic

David Faliciano – Basic

Eli Aguiano – Basic

 

Raul Moreno - Club

Shannon O’briant – Club

 

Carl Bell – Regional

Manuel Dean - Regional