Hey Everyone,
2011-2012 has been an incredibly busy year with lots of dog training and competitions happening.

January 2011 started off great with Xander vom Eschenhagen obtaining his SchH/IPO1 Title at the Danubius Schutzhund Club trial, winning High SchH1.


In April 2011, I took my own dog Ciro to the AWDF Championships in Bowling Green Kentucky. Unfortunately he suffered a soft tissue injury a few months prior that and it ended up re-injuring itself in the days leading up to our competition so we had to pull from the competition last minute.


We didn't do a lot of trials mid-2011 because of other busy happenings.... mainly that I got married on October 8, 2011. There was a lot of planning involved but we had an amazing wedding followed by my first non-dog related vacation when we went on our honeymoon to Cancun, Mexico.





November 2, 2011 was a little hard with the loss of my first Rottweiler who was one month shy of his 11th birthday. Zak was my first Rottweiler and taught me so much about dog and people aggression. Many of the experiences I share with clients go back to my boy Zak. Its hard to describe how special of a dog he was to me but I will forever remember him for all he taught me.




In November 2011 we got back to trialing and had Xander entered and competed for his IPO2 under USA Judge Johannes Grewe. He passed and won High Tracking, High Protection, High IPO2.



In January 2012, Xander finished up in style ... earning his IPO3 at Danubius SchH Club in cold and rainy conditions we don't typically see in Southern California.



February 2012 was another busy month of trials for us .... competing with two of my own dogs.

Malachai finished his IPO3 title at the 2012 WDA Region 7 Championships under 2x World Champion SV Judge Haruo Masuda.


One week after Malachai's title, we switched sports and dogs and competed my boy Ciro for his French Ring Brevet title. Unfortunately I made some costly handler errors and we ended up with a score of 79.6 (80 points minimum needed to pass). It was still a great trial and a great learning experience and I'm very proud of how well he did considering our limited training.





There we dozens of fun and memorable client dogs over the past year but that will have to wait for another blog. If you want to see updated photos from our facility, please check out Sun Run Kennels facebook page for updated photos and occasionally training videos too! I will be adding more video demonstrations to our main website and more testimonials as I get time. Thank you so much to all the clients who have worked with me this past year. Its been great to see all the dogs progress and reach their individual goals and I hope we have a successful 2012 as well!

Well its been a long time since I've had time to update the blog. I figured I would go ahead and just add a bunch of photos of the happenings of this past year. All of my dogs are happy and healthy ... I joined up with SunRun Kennels located in Newport Beach and have integrated my training business with their kennel facility. This is great because the dogs now have for large grassy play yards, indoor outdoor temperature controlled runs (boarding and training in home is still available!) and the ability to take on more pooches for daycare and boarding services.

I have hundreds of client photos still to sift through and upload but here were some of my client dogs in training and in play over the past year and a half. More will be added soon!




Roscoe the Bull Terrier - now an active, certified Therapy Dog!



Angeli (Certified Therapy Dog/Autism Assistance Dog) and Contessa (Certified Therapy Dog)



Angel and Toby ready to play at Los Alamitos Dog Park




Toby playing at SunRun Kennels



Toby and Gracie at Play at Sun Run Kennels



Rowdy came in with On Leash dog Aggression. Now he understands dogs are fun to play with! Pictured here with "Fix" the Border Terrier.



Theodore practicing his down stay outside of 7-eleven



Keelah on a down-stay at El Dorado Park



Auggie, 6 month old Newfoundland and Fix demonstrate how to play nicely!



Nimbus the Chihuahua has a congenital knee problem so he came in for training on how to use the pet stairs to get on and off of furniture.



Coco the Boxer came in too reactive to other dogs. She is learning how to play with Malachai.



Toby the Cairn Terrier, Smudge the Chihuahua and Coco the Boxer all relaxing.

So the last few weeks have been crazy busy and I appoligize for being unreachable by cell phone/computer. A number of reasons contributed. One was helping host the SW Regional Sieger show for 115 Rottweilers two weeks ago! It was a lot of late nights being up until 1am typing up the catalog and getting things ready. Another reason is one of my client dogs whom has ALWAYS been trustworthy was hanging out with me and all of the sudden I loose power to my laptop. In a few minutes he made one quick bite through my battery charger for my laptop for my cell phone charger and for my digital camera USB cable!! Quite handy, right? So I was without a laptop for about  a week. I also tend to be hard to reach because during the day I usually have several client sessions so I recommend reaching me by e-mail or text mesage!


A few things have happened since the last update.

We had a litter of puppies in January and they all went to their new homes in the beginning of March. 3 boys, 1 girl. I kept one of the boys as my next competition dog so you will be hearing more about him soon!

Dasher (Windevilles Dasher VDM) got TWO legs towards his Ralley Novice title at the Orange Empire KC Dog Show.

Dasher and Cindy both got V-Rated and Placed at the 2009 SW Regional Sieger Show! This was Cindy's first V-Rating and qualifies her to get a SILVER AWARD OF MERIT with the USRC! Yay Cindy!!! Not bad for having puppies 10 weeks prior! Here is the photo with the FCI Judge Prof. Ernst Kugler



Cindy is back in training and has two new videos up -- we are aiming to do her French Ring Brevet soon!

Malachai is almost fully recovered from the surgery to remove the tennis ball that had caused a blockage in his intestines. He's now gaining weight, eating normal, and back in training. He will do his SchH1 at the end of this month!

More updates coming soon! Two new testimonials are up on the Testimonial Page and Three New Videos are up on the Video Gallery!

Ah, the last two months have been very busy! Not only did my A -Litter hit the ground on January 8, 2009.... my Malinois 'Malachai" decided he needed some attention. He was having problems eating and was vomiting a lot and acting lethargic.

One ER Visit, a dozen visits to the regular vet, multiple xrays, ultrasound, Subcutaneous Fluids and Special Diet....we finally realized that his initial diagnosis of "pancreatitis" was not correct. Unfortunately he'd gone about 3 weeks with barely being able to keep hydrated and food down before we did an exploratory surgury which discovered HALF A TENNIS BALL lodged in his intestines. He had surgery on 1/15 and these were just a few days after the surgery when he got home from the hospital....



He obviously lost a huge percentage of his body weight, which is normally pretty low because he was a parvo survivor as a puppy. Yes...this dog really can't catch a break!

He's been  on a liquid/mush diet for several weeks now, restricted exercise, etc. He's going so stir crazy but at least he's feeling better!
He made an appearance at the Garden Grove Dog Park opening last weekend where we were selling dog toys to raise funds to help pay his veterinary bills which totalled just shy of $2200.00



Here is a photo of him playing with his tug toy at the dog park opening! Well that is ..... until he started trying to shred it up and eat the chunks! He's hopeless!!!!

Puppies are doing really well and I'll post some website updates! All my dogs have their information up at my new website .... www.vombosenblick.com


And OCDOGLADY.COM got a new facelift this past  valentines day weekend!!! Hope you guys enjoy the new design.

The holidays have passed and we have puppies on the ground! Cindy Lou whelped 3 boys, 1 girl on 1/8/09.

A LIVE video feed has been set  up so you can be a part of their whelping/raising.....

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/a-litter-vom-bosen-blick---cute-rottweiler-puppies


And a seperate blog has been started to monitor their progress! We are very excited about these puppies!

http://vombosenblick.blogspot.com/

I hope all the clients enjoyed their Christmas cards and enclosed gifts. We hope to see everyone back for more training in 2009.

I have a ton of videos I need to film of dogs and many dog park pictures to put up. The journey to get this litter into this world has been a long one but its been well worth it. I'll try and update everything on the OCdoglady.com Website.

Also be sure to check over to our sister website that is now live...

http://www.overdrivedogs.com

Products for the competition/sport dog are available in our online catalog!!!! Enjoy!!!

Dana Williams
1-888-80-OCDOG

Sorry the website has been so out of date.

I added two new pages of photos that I've taken over the last month or so. Mainly of the various kids playing at the dog park or dog beach and just having fun


September 20 and 21st we spent setting up a vendor at the Working Pit Bull Terrier Club of America's National Championship in Riverside, CA. What an awesome event!!  Event photos can be seen at the Working Dog Photography website. Below are some images of "Ruby" who hung out at the booth all weekend to work on her dog and people social skills.



Windevilles Dasher VDM, BH, BST, TT  added a few more titles to his name at the WPTCA Nationals..... he successfully passed his Therapy Dog International Certification and his Canine Good Citizen test! Way to go Dasher!

Angel, a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier who has been in training as an Autism Service Dog for the last two months also successfully passed her Therapy Dog International Certification and Canine Good Citizen Test! Way to go Angel! Below is an image of Angel with evaluator Linda Bates.




And our final brag for that weekend.....we decided to support the event by entering Malachai in the Open Obedience Competition and despite not being familiar with the exercises, we walked away with 2nd Place in the Open Obedience Division! Yay Malachai!!




Thanks to Leri Hansen and everyone who helped make the 2008 WPTCA Nationals such a great event!!!


After that crazy weekend....we flew out the next morning to head to the AWMA 2008 National Championships in Washington state! After some hassel at the airport, we made it into town and headed to the competition field! We spent Monday through Thursday practicing and things were looking great until we practiced Protection that night. Unfortunately Malachai is still recouping from a shoulder injury and despite physical therapy, he was stepped on by a decoy that night and he began limping again. I think it was just too much strain on his still-recovering leg to be jumping and running so we had to pull him from the competition the next morning before he got to actually compete.

Despite Malachai's injury, it was a great week spent with many great friends, continued progress for the American Working Malinois Association and a tremendous caliber of dogs in attendence. For those unfamiliar with the event, you can click over to the AWMA Websiteor see videos from the competition by Clicking here!

Special thanks to Les Flores for hosting such a first class event and to all the competitors who competed!

Malachai and I flew back in on Monday morning and resumed school and dog training duties. He's back in physical therapy with our favorite Doctor, Dr. Bodenbender of Back in Motion Chiropractor.

So whats on the horizon?

Malachai is on hiatus until we recover his shoulder but we hope to do a local trial before the end of the year. We are also aiming to do the 2009 USA SW Regionals.

Later this month Dasher will be at the USRC NW Regionals .... wish us luck!

And undoubtably there will be many more events in our future!

Stay tuned for new YouTube videos of Angel's TDI evaluation and video of puppy imprinting with my new arrival Braxton...a hansom black/tan German Shepherd who is my new dectection/Personal Protection prospect!

Things have been pretty crazy!

Malachai whom I mentioned previously has a severe shoulder injury. I ended up sending his xrays to a specialist in Tucson who didn't see signs of a bone chip. Its been 2 weeks of bed rest and there is still evidence that he's having problems extending his front leg fully - definitely causing pain!!!

He's been on a boatload of supplements and a routine of stretching him 3-4x a day. On Friday we went to see a canine chiropractor/physical therapist and began some work on his entire body. GOOD NEWS .... we found the source of the pain! It seems to be soft tissue on his inner front right leg.

We did a good session with him and will be going back in Wednesday and then probably 1-2x a week until Nationals which are at the end of September.

I thought about doing some pool work with him as well if I can find one to use. He loves to swim in the pool I have but its an above ground pool so he'd have to jump in. Definitely not good on his joints!!!

Right now I'm letting him recoup and will do another set of xrays in a week. We might also start some kind of muscle relaxant or anti-inflammatory.....whatever I can talk the vet into! And hopefully I can start tracking him again next week.

Nationals are about 6 weeks out and the plane tickets and car is secured. So yeah....I'm going for sure since I have to make a report at both the Executive Board meeting and General Board meeting. Not sure Malachai's fate but have my fingers crossed that he can go with me and compete for his SchH1. If he doesn't train between now and then, he has the entire routines down....they just aren't as pretty as I'd like them to be. But .... I'll take what I can get!

In other news.....
I have so many pictures to upload and don't even know where to begin! We've been taking trips to Dog Park and Dog Beach fairly regularly. I'm going to work on my article series and expect a new video or two up soon. I've been working this past month with a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier who's being trained as a Service Dog for a 4 year old Autistic boy. "Angel" has been doing excellent in her training and I'd like to shoot some demo videos since its such an important service that is not very well known about. I've also been meaning to shoot video of Malachai's newest trick...."Go Get a Beer" ....but alas he is injured. So those are two demo videos we will be shooting hopefully in the near future.


Thats all for now!
Thanks again for all your guys support!

Dana Williams
OCdoglady.com

My baby boy Malachai is in need of prayers and support! He's pictured throughout this website and is my current competition dog. I've spent the last 2 years (since he was 10 weeks old!) training him for Schutzhund.

Unfortunately our last two sessions have shown there is something majorly wrong with his front right leg so we headed off to a specialist on Saturday. This guy, despite 30 years of experience...was a total crook quoting me $800-1000 for xrays, pain medication etc AND he wouldn't do xrays unless the dog was sedated.

For those who don't know, Malachai is a parvo-survivior who was hospitalized for several days when he was just 6 months old. The Parvo took its toll on his stomach and his ability to absorb nutrients so he has a very low body weight, despite eating like a pig! Therefore, sedating for xrays is all the more risky for him.

So I left that vet and went to my regular guy - Dr. Butchkos in Riverside. We took 6 shots of his leg, shoulder, and foot and came up inconclusive. The two vets there were leaning towards the possibility that he has piece of cartilage or bone floating around that is causing the pain. It was inconclusive because it showed on two of the xrays but not on another.


So he's basically on restriction...no exercise...potty on leash...no training whatsoever. I've got him on glucosamine, MSM, and calcium until then and I might take him in for an anti-inflammatory shot as well.

We will re-xray in two weeks and see if there is pain.

The problem is that IF it is a piece of bone or cartilage, the only specialist in the area are VCA and the main guy who does this procedure (arthoscopy) is the idiot specialist I went to the first time.


So I have friends putting feelers out for other specialists and might send the radiographs off for another opinion.

The arthoscopy is the camera procedure to locate the floating fragment and then reduce any calcium deposits that may have formed. Average costs.....$2500-5000.

And no guarantees of success that he will be pain free or be able to work again.

And if I didn't mention it before...this is a dog I've spent the last two years specifically gearing to go compete on the world team with! So it could be two years of work down the drain and a dog that can't compete ever again.

So please, keep my boy in your thoughts and prayers and I will keep the blog updated with his progress. The other thing it could possibly be is a hyper-extension of the joint. So we will wait and see.

Thank you everyone for your support so far.

Dana Williams
OCdoglady.com

This marks my last week of Summer Semester at Orange Coast College. Just one more semester at OCC and I will have my Associates Degree in Psychology and have finished all my transfer requirements to move on to an Undergraduate Program at Cal State Fullerton. Very exciting!!!

I included a new article called "What Every Good Dog Should Know: Go to your Bed". This is a behavior that has a million great uses and its something few owners consider part of the basic obedience regime. Check out this free article on its importance and how to train it! The article can be found by clicking here!


I also have been working on my new OC Dog Lady Myspace Account. It won't have as much information as the website but check it out anyways and if you have myspace, please feel free to add me! I do believe there are more pictures under my profile that aren't necessarily on the website.

And finally...if I haven't dominated enough parts of the internet..... you can find me on YouTube as well by clicking here!  I have my own videos uploaded and some older training videos bookmarked in my favorites section. So peruse over there as well.

So thats the scoop so far. I'll have more training updates at the end of this week and will try and write a few more articles before the weekend is through.


Dana Williams
OC Dog Lady

Three new client testimonials are up with some pictures of some new dogs that I've been working with.

Things are going great. We had a great field trip with three daycare dogs to Arbor Dog Park. All the kids had a lot of fun and we got to work on socialization with "Jayda", a boxer puppy who isn't so sure about other dogs. I'd say she did very well!! She's getting lots of socialization with other dogs and people on top of basic obedience. I need to put pictures up of her soon..she's a real cutie!

We will probably go to Huntington Dog Beach on Friday.

I'm also making plans for the next couple months and planning some competitions. "Dasher" is working on exercises for his Companion Dog title so hopefully he'll be ready in October. I'm dedicating July/August/September to getting Malachai ready for his return to the AWMA National Championships. We have everything booked to fly up to do his SchH1 title. I wanted him to have his SchH3 but I don't want to pressure him through tracking. For those who might not know, Schutzhund is a sport I compete in which replicates police work...the dog performs advanced obedience, bite work, and man trailing. So I am really excited and hoping he does well!

We're getting 7 month old "Mika" the Jack Russell Terrier ready for her Rally Novice title. She's such a versatile little dog that she's going to be a lot of fun to do a lot of different titles with. I'm excited!!!

Anyways, thats all for now!

Thanks again for everyone's support!

Dana Williams
OCdoglady.com