Here is another vom Schutzberg pup doing what they were born to do! Work! Icha vom Schutzberg with owner/handler Karen Pardini. This fall Karen and Icha became New York State certified in Wilderness Area Search and Human Remains. Congrats to this hard working team! Karen thank you bringing a Safe Mountain dog to it’s fullest potential! Best of luck and much health for a long working service life.
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Icha vom Schutzberg
Posted in Kyle's Family, Safe Mountain Pup Updates on December 3, 2011 by kwdogsTriton vom Schutzberg
Posted in Kyle's Family, Safe Mountain Pup Updates on December 3, 2011 by kwdogs
Triton vom Schutzberg as of November 2011 is fully certified in New York State as a narcotics and patrol K9 serving the Ulster County Sheriff’s Department with Jim Mullen as Triton’s owner/handler. This is one special dog!!! Out of Quax’s 31 progeny Triton is my number one bred working male hands down!!! He is exactly what I set out to breed and bring into the service world. Jimmy thank you for taking such great care and interest in this dog. You represent vom Schutzberg in every way we want to be known.
Proton vom Schutzberg
Posted in Kyle's Family on July 3, 2011 by kwdogs
Proton is maturing into an amazing dog. As a professional trainer, I spend long days tweaking ideas, structures, behaviors, etc, while working with people and their canine companions. As an individual, I do not breed for money or recognition, but solely for my own personal, next generation of dogs — dogs that can do anything — search and rescue, military & law enforcement and, when at home, play gently with a young child. And Proton’s that kind of dog.
Sociability & Versatility
Genetics done right. Safe Mountain Dogs
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE WARRENS
Posted in Kyle's Family on December 19, 2010 by kwdogsHAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US
Kyle, Jana, Lee, Quax, Maya, Xavier, Slam, Xila, Proton,
Rogue, Hazel, the 11 chickens and 140 pigeons.
Momma TLC
Posted in Kyle's Family, Proton's Journal on December 1, 2010 by kwdogsOn Wednesday before Thanksgiving Proton lacerated her right hind leg requiring 10 stitches. This is the following morning, where Maya is comforting her daughter letting her know that she is there for her. She is truly a wonderful mom….. 9 months later.
Pack leader’s Birthday Reflections
Posted in Kyle's Family on August 22, 2010 by kwdogsWell today higher powers wanted me to not work on my birthday….. strong thunderstorms and rain on and off all day today, which is normally a 6 – 9 dog training day for me. The pause from hyper drive comes at a good time.
Today, I’m 30 years old. Hard to believe! I’m young on the average scale of life and I certainly live an active youthful busy happy life. But my time involved in the dog world feels in dog years. This all started nearly 20 years ago, with my first bird dog Jessie…..wow! I look at things from interesting perspectives very often— I say to myself, 20 years— police officers can retire and start collecting pensions after 20 years. I’m proud of where I’m at today with all of my canine accomplishments, community and patrons. And not only do I have another 20 years of training in me but likely another 40 years.
My obsession has been kicked into full throttle ever since the age of 10, when Jessie came into my life. At 16 years old, is when I professionally started to work with dogs and I haven’t blinked an eye about my decision since. I have owned and do own some amazing dogs: King, Rambo, Freckles, Jessie, Jake, Reba, Hazel, Phoenix, Rogue, Maya, Lee, Quax, Slam, Xavier, Xila and Proton to date. Many more to come I hope throughout my life. I owe so much of my life’s accomplishments to my dogs— they have inspired me to learn what I have and be who I am. Without a doubt, without them in my life’s path, I would not be the man that I am today in the most positive of terms. The world through a variety of dogs’ eyes is a blessing that all people can learn from. They teach you to who you are as a person, your strengths and weaknesses.
On this rainy day as I write this post I look from my back office space in the house through the bedroom door into the kitchen and I see Proton on my feet, Quax stretched out along the bedside, Maya and Hazel on top of our Swedish Tempra-pedic bed and Rogue’s head popped out from underneath the bed, Lee lying in her crate with her head angled towards the kitchen table where Jana sits and writes her next best selling book. Xila is perched in the kitchen door way surveying her pack mates and I have no doubt that “the boys,” Slam and Xavier are under the kitchen table on top of Jana’s feet. What more could a pack leader ask for…. truly. Tranquility with a home that consists a wife, 9 dogs and 130 racing pigeons and me—nestled in the foothills of the Catskills. Life is good. Thanks to all.
Family Tree
Posted in Kyle's Family, Proton's Journal on August 21, 2010 by kwdogs
Safe Mountain’s most recent branch off the family tree— from left to right: Sisters- Ice and Proton with mother Maya.
Charlie being rehabbed with my kids
Posted in Kyle's Family on August 20, 2010 by kwdogs
Charlie is the black and tan GSD, center right in the above photo. He’s in a training program to get him more socialized appropriately with other dogs because he has had several serious attacks over the past few years. Still anxious but getting to much higher ground than where we started.
A dog named Kylie
Posted in Kyle's Family on August 19, 2010 by kwdogs
A friend and student of mine hired me 9 years ago to work with his rescue black lab. We got her into fine form all around. Today, he has the dog in the center of this photo, Kylie, ….. bet you can’t guess why? I had found him Kylie at a local lab rescue, Sara Muir (click here) , and told him that this was the perfect dog for him and that if he didn’t adopt her then I was going to.
Kyle and Jana’s Wedding
Posted in Kyle's Family on June 12, 2010 by kwdogsOur wedding was absolutely terrific!!! Jana and I could not have been more happy. Thank you to all friends and family who were present. I don’t know how one would think a wedding of a fiction writer and dog trainer would go but this would be my guess?!
Great day! Super company! Wonderful life!
