Southwestern Region Schutzhund Clubs



United Schutzhund Clubs of America

2012 SW Regionals
 



 

 
 

Southwestern Region Board of Directors
Elected 3/19/11

Meet your Board Members
 

 
 
         

Regional Director - Thom Payne

Regional Director
Thomas Payne
Ramona, CA
619-417-7158

 

On leave of absence until 6/30/11

please contact Assistant Regional Director Gail Kendall

Thom has been a member of USCA for 22 years.  He is a retired San Diego Police Sergeant.  Thom became involved in Schutzhund through working with Police Service dogs. He is a 3 time member of the Schutzhund 3 club.  Two of the dogs are from his own kennel breeding under the kennel name vom Haus Gayler.  He has also received the Gold Sports medal. 

Thom is a founding member of the Aztec Schutzhund Club in Ramona, Ca.  He is the President and training director of the Club.  He also founded the Diensthund club in San Diego, Ca

 

 Assistant Regional Director - Gail Kendall

Assistant Regional Director
Gail Kendall

Sun City West, AZ 

623-872-1507


 

 

Gail Kendall has been a “Schutzhunder” for 30 years and a member of the Phoenix Schutzhund Club since 1983. She was also one of the founding members of the AZ Valley Schutzhund Club.  Gail is a past high school teacher, administrator and university professor. She is now retired and finds that she has plenty of time to offer the organization.

Gail served as the club secretary for many years and has been a trial secretary for several local, regional and national level trials. She has trained three different breeds in Schutzhund at every level and has competed several times at the national level.

Gail created the Secretarial Tutorial for the USCA web site. Recently, they added to the web site her club checklists for how to put on a local and regional trial. She has  also been an alternate for the BOI committee.

Southwestern Region Breed Warden - Roanna Banducci

Southwestern Region Breed Warden

Roanna Banducci
Bakersfield, CA
(661) 833-8809

 

 

Roanna has been a member of the United Schutzhund Clubs of America for 27 years and the Southwestern Region Breed Warden for the past 10 years. During her 27 year membership she's held several club officer positions including Southwestern Region Secretary and has been a USCA tattooer for the past 14 years. Roanna has also been a 10 year member of BAC and a member of the Sieger Show Team. As a noted photographer, she has been the official photographer for 10 USCA Sieger Shows as well as Regional Schutzhund Championships and Conformation Shows.

Roanna is a proud member of the Schutzhund 3 Club achieving this award with a dog that was handler, owner trained of which she was also the breeder.  She is also the recipient of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Sports medals. She is a member of Southwest Working Dog Association as well as their club tattooer and breed warden.

 

Southwestern Region Secretary & Webmaster - Terry Fisk

Southwestern Region
Secretary

Terry Fisk

Phelan, CA
760-868-0676


 

 

 

Terry has been involved in the sport and a USA member since 2001. She has two adult daughters and the support of her significant other, Bob Gager, who is responsible for her introduction to the sport.

Terry has been active in the sport from the start with involvement in two Regional Schutzhund Championships, assisting at regional conformation shows, local club trials and by co-organizing and attending helper & training seminars and founding member of Western Horizons Working Dog Club. She operates a small, animal related business, is employed by a software developer and competes in agility as well as instructs classes. Terry's German Shepherds are all Handler Owner Trained becoming a first time Schutzhund 3 club member with Nirro in 2008 and a second time with Brittney in 2009. She also has a young female Isis in the wings.

Southwestern Region Treasurer - Victoria Hall

Southwestern Region Treasurer
Victoria Hall
Coolidge, AZ
520-723-4135



 

 

 

 

Southwestern Region Training Director  - Kris Taylor

Southwestern Region Training Director
Kris Taylor
Lakeside, CA
619-726-4813