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Some Friends Are Forever - American Rottweiler Club Ad In December’s Dog World
Author: adminDec 10 2007
The Rottweiler graces the cover of Dog World’s December 2007 issue, an event which only happens every 6-8 years. Fans take note - the American Rottweiler Club is featured prominently in the issue!
A Special Edition For Rottweilers! On Stands Now!
Do you have your copy yet? Don’t miss out on this special edition of Dog World!
Featured in the December “Meet The Breed” article are Joan Klem, ARC member and AKC judge, and Diane Garnett, President of the American Rottweiler Club, two Rottweiler experts and owners who share their extraordinary knowledge and love for the breed with Dog World. (See Pg. 21-25)
Resources For Rottweiler Owners
In this special edition, the American Rottweiler Club wanted to invite the public to learn more about the AKC Parent Club and our noble, timeless breed.
We wanted to share the history and mission of our organization by placing an ad in the magazine. (Look for our ad on Pages 80 and 81!)
Our ad provides readers with information and resources about owning a Rottweiler, and highlights Rottweilers in the special roles of working dogs, too - in activities such as Carting or Herding, or Agility, or in Search & Rescue , Law Enforcement, or as Therapy or Service dogs.
Some Friends Are Forever
Most of all, we want the world to know the Rottweiler as the loyal, bravehearted dogs we all know and love.
The Rottweiler is your trustworthy friend, your loyal companion. Together, the bonds of a special and enduring friendship are formed.
We know that with a Rottweiler by our side on the Road Of Life, that Some Friends Are Forever.
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PS - Pick up the December 2007 issue of Dog World at book stores or major pet supply retailers, or CLICK HERE to order it directly from the publisher, Bowtie, Inc.
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On Location! A Photo Shoot With The American American Rottweiler Club
Author: adminDec 9 2007
You could say it’s magic. That’s just how things worked out this past September, when the American Rottweiler Club needed to do a photo shoot for an ad that would appear in the December issue of Dog World Magazine.
After all, the Rottweiler was going to be the cover dog in the December issue. And the America Rottweiler Club was in search of models for the ad. But where would America’s Next Top Model Rottweilers be found?
Why in North Jersey, of course!
The ARC photo shoot happened with a little help from our friends, Linda Berberich, an AKC Judge & Doreen Tietjen, owner of Pet A Groom salon in Ramsey, NJ.
Linda and Doreen graciously responded to our call, and gave of their time and of course, provided the gorgeous Rottweilers for our photo shoot, for which we are soooo grateful!
Here are Linda, Doreen and two BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES! Thank you to both of these dedicated ARC members for helping to support this effort!
More puppies!
Varka - one of New Jersey’s highest rated restautants helps out! They graciously provided their gardens for some of the shots!
Our “other” model with with owner of Varka!
SURPRISE! Our model get an unexpected kiss!
Rottweilers - Some Friends Are Forever!
Look for the American Rottweiler Club ad featured in the December 2007 issue of Dog World Magazine, and learn why the American Rottweiler Club is taking a proactive postion in today’s Dog World!
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Victory! World Wrestling Entertainment Pulls “Vicious” John Cena Rottweiler Shirt
Author: adminDec 9 2007
The American Rottweiler Club is pleased to announce that late Friday afternoon, WWE’s SVP of Marketing, Gary Davis, confirmed that the John Cena shirt which portrayed the Rottweiler as “vicious” will be pulled from the marketplace.
“The Shirt Has Been Pulled From The Licensee” - Gary Davis, WWE SVP of Communications
The decision came following a barrage of letters from club members and dog lovers, including a formal letter American Rottweiler Club.
In that letter, ARC President, Diane Garnett, wrote, “That the WWE is profiting by deliberately protraying a negative stereotype of the Rottweiler, damaging the reputation of this noble breed, and further fueling the wave of legislation banning Rottweilers from communities across the country is an affront to every loving and responsible Rottweiler owner in the country”.
The shirts were sold in national retail chain stores, including JC Penny and Kohl’s. (See image - Front of WWE shirt) under the WWE brand.
World Wrestling Entertainment licences it’s brand and images to thousands of retail vendors and partners, including the image from the John Cena shirt.
Mr. Davis said the images has been pulled from their licensee and will not be renewed.
You Did It! Thank You!
The American Rottweiler Club says Thank You! to all dog lovers that wrote to WWE in protest - you made it happen!
We’d like to thank Gary Davis and World Wrestling Entertainment for responding to our plea, and taking action to remove the offensive shirt from the marketplace.
Most importantly, the WWE heard that our goal is the protection and preservation of our beloved and noble breed, the Rottweiler, thanks to you.
If you’d like to commend the WWE for their positive actions, please send your letters to:
World Wrestling Entertainment
Vince McMahon, CEO
Gary Davis, SVP Communications
1241 E. Main St.
Stamford, CT 06902
Ph) 203 - 353-2890
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Christmas & Holiday Card Challenge For Rottweiler & Doberman Pinscher Owners
Author: adminNov 19 2007
‘Tis the season to spread good cheer - especially amongst your local legislators!
This holiday season, the American Rottweiler Club and the Doberman Pinscher Club Of America are asking dog owners everywhere to take the ARC/DPCA Holiday Card Challenge!
Send your local legislator a personalized holiday greeting from you and your dog to let them know, as a pet-owning constituent, you care about them (and their voting records of course!)
Positive messages from constituents can help make us more visible to our elected officials and help stop anti-dog legislation.
And just to whom should you send cards??? Try this list:
- Your Governor
- Your State Legislators
- Your County Officials
- Your Local Sheriff
- Your City Council Members
OK - got the list? Now it’s time to create your personalized greeting…………………….
If you own a :
- Confirmation Dog - Include a WIN photo of you and your dog, ribbons or trophies and sign the card, “Proud Owner of an AKC Champion (breed)
- Performance Titled Dog - Include a photo of your dog(s) duck hunting or herding sheep and sign the card, “Proud Owner Of A Field Trial Champion” or “Proud Working Partner Of A (Title/Event)”
- Certified CGC - Include a photo of you and your dog and a copy of your certificate. Sign the card, “Proud Owner Of A Canine Good Citizen”
- Therapy Dog - Include a photo of your dog with a senior citizen, hospitalized child or shut in. Sign the card, “Proud Owner Of A Certified Therapy Dog - Bringing Joy To (Children, Senior Citizens or The Disabled or Shut Ins)”
- Tracking/Search and Rescue Dog - Include a photo of you and your dog (preferably in uniform or working). Sign the card “Proudly Serving (City/County or State) with Search and Rescue Efforts”
- Service Dog - Include a photo of you and your dog. Sign the card, “Blessed with the service of (Fluffy), My Service Dog and Constant Companion “
- Reading Program or School Dog - Include a photo of your dog with children. Sign the card, “Proudly Helping Children To Read Better”
- Agility Dog - Include a photo of your dog (in action too!). Sign the card, “Proud Owner Of An Active Agility Dog”
- Shelter Dog - Include a photo of your dog. Sign the card, “Proud Owner Of An Adopted Dog”
- Puppy Buyers – Include a photo of your dog. Sign the card, “Proud Owners Of A (breed) purchased through a responsible breeder”
Your holiday greetings are important to the future of dog ownership. Remember -ALWAYS use the term “Owner” - NEVER use the terms “guardian or caretaker”.
SPECIAL NOTE! You can also write in at the bottom of the card “My Dog Votes!”
Help keep this holiday season merry and bright for good dogs everywhere and take part in the ARC/DPCA Holiday Card Challenge!
Wishing You and Yours a Dog Friendly Holiday Season!
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Rottweiler Saves Woman During Attack
Author: adminOct 27 2007
The Washington Post is reporting that a Rottweiler saved a woman’s life during an attack last March in Virginia.
Authorities in Culpeper charged Kevin C. Kline with malicious wounding, abduction and burglary for an episode on a farm in March in which he attacked a woman in her mid-50s with a Taser, Culpeper Sheriff Lee Hart said.
Hart said the woman was tending her horses on the morning of March 31 when a man wearing latex gloves assaulted her inside a barn and shot her with a Taser. The woman’s Rottweiler broke loose, however, and attacked and bit the man, causing him to run away, Hart said.
“We feel that dog probably helped avoid a more serious assault,” Hart said.
The homeowner was able to identify her assailant — his mother had lived on the property, Hart said — and police obtained warrants for Kline.
Kline, who turned 18 in March, was released on $15,000 bond, and went to trial Oct. 1. A jury convicted him of malicious wounding and abduction and recommended a five-year prison sentence.
Culpeper Circuit Court Judge John R. Cullen allowed him to remain free until his sentencing Dec. 19th, although prosecutors asked that Kline’s bond be revoked, the Culpeper Star Exponent reported.
While free pending his sentencing, Fairfax police have charged Kevin C. Kline with murder in the shooting of the woman in Huntley Meadows Park. Minutes after her body was discovered, police said, Kline jumped on a nearby commuter bus and, as police closed in, threatened to kill himself. He surrendered peacefully four hours later.
Had it not been for her Rottwieler, the woman Mr. Klein was convicted of assaulting in her barn back in March may have suffered a similiar fate.
This hero Rottweiler not only saved the day, he saved a life!
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Firefighters Remember Beloved Rottwieler
Author: adminOct 27 2007
By Emily Goodson
Dino was a dog who made it impossible not to love her.
Named for the famous cartoon dinosaur, Dino was a Rottweiler who belonged to my friends Rob and Nicholle, but she touched the lives of a much larger circle of people in Camden County - so much so that, when the difficult decision was made ……………..
on Sunday to put her down, many of those people dropped whatever they were doing in order to be there
Dino would have been 11 on Nov. 5. Over the last few weeks, she had been in and out of the vet’s office with health problems, from blindness to a bum leg. However, it was the vet’s discovery of a massive growth near her heart that prompted the decision to lay to her to rest.
Without a doubt, the hardest part about Dino’s death was that Rob, her devoted owner of more than 10 years, was unable to be there. You see, Rob is training in Mississippi with his Navy Seabee unit in preparation for a deployment to Iraq. All he could do was say goodbye to Dino through a cell phone, which Nicholle held to Dino’s ear at the vet’s office. Her eyes lit up when she heard the voice of her beloved “dad.”
Rob received Dino as a puppy from his ex-wife, Chris, and over the years Dino saw Rob through all of life’s ups and downs. Her favorite things to do were stick her head out the window on car rides and eat ice off the floor of the bay at the fire station, where Rob worked.
Dino quickly befriended the other firefighters, who always had a rolled up towel and a game of tug-of-war waiting when she came to the station. All the guys knew how much she meant to Rob.
Myself and the rest of Rob’s and Nicholle’s friends spent most of this week swapping stories about Dino; like the one about when she once accompanied Rob to the fire station.
One of Rob’s co-workers, Jason, had never met Dino until that day, and it just so happened that Rob and his partner got a call and had to leave Dino at the station just as Jason was arriving.
You really can’t blame Dino for “protecting” her fire station. She refused to let Jason into the building until he managed to crawl to the refrigerator and grab some bologna. She and Jason were good friends after that - as long as Jason kept feeding her bologna. Rob came back to the station to find Jason and Dino sitting on the couch, a steady stream of lunchmeat passing between them.
Other Dino stories were more poignant, like the one about how she got Nicholle over her childhood fear of big dogs. As a young girl, Nicholle attended Girl Scout meetings at a neighbor’s house. Each time she arrived, she was bowled over by the family’s four big dogs, and not surprisingly developed a fear of large canines.
Dino changed all that with her sweet personality. Nicholle said Dino always thought she was a lap dog, despite her 125-pound frame. Rottweilers often get a bad rap due to their fearsome look and natural protective instincts, but Dino was a walking PR campaign for the breed. She was smart, loyal and gentle, and got along well with Nicholle’s three cats, Moose, George and Misty.
They say all dogs go to Heaven. I am privileged to be able to say that I knew one of its newest angels.
(Emily Goodson is the assistant editor of the Tribune & Georgian and a regular Friday columnist.)
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ARC Congratulates Mid Rothrock On Lifetime Achievement Award
Author: adminOct 12 2007
The members of the American Rottweiler Club are so very pleased to congratulate Mid (Mildred) Rothrock as the recipient of the 2008 AKC Lifetime Achievement Awards for her outstanding contributions to the sport of purebred dogs on a national level.
Mildred (Mid) Rothrock, of Sebastopol, CA, acquired her first Rottweiler in 1953 and soon joined Marin County Dog Training Club (MCDTC).
Nine Rottweilers have followed to the present time, all titled, including a CH CDX bitch, a CH UDT dog, and a CDX, TDX dog. A Papillon also made his home with the Rottweilers for 16½ years, also earning a CDX and a TD.
A nine-year-old bitch took her into the world of Herding and she earned a title from the American Herding Breed Association (AHBA), which led to service on the American Rottweiler Club committee, which successfully petitioned the AKC to have Rottweilers admitted to Herding tests. Her current bitch has both an AHBA and AKC Herding title, as well as a TD.
Please visit the AKC for the fulls story.
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Rottie To The Rescue! Rottweiler Wins Heroism Award
Author: adminMay 16 2007
A 70-pound Rottweiler that alerted its sleeping owners to a fire in their house has been honored by the Mount Clemens Fire Department with a huge, 2-foot-long rawhide bone.
It was the first time the fire department ever presented a heroism award to a four-legged creature, according to fire Capt. Gregg Shipman.
“This modern-day Lassie truly is a hero,” Shipman said.
The 2-year-old dog, Kena-D, was honored at Monday’s Mount Clemens City Commission meeting.
Scott and Christina Vernier were sound asleep in their home on Market Street on Sept. 4, 2006, when faulty wiring caused a fire that sparked heavy smoke throughout the structure.
Kena-D went by the side of their bed, striking the bedside with his paws and eventually barking in an apparent effort to alert the Verniers of the danger …………………………..
It worked.
“She reacted out of her natural instinct,” said Scott Vernier, a member of the rock band, The Dream. “It was pretty scary that night.”
The Verniers rushed to the second floor of the house where Christina’s mother, Laverna Oak, resides and everyone was able to safely evacuate the home without any injuries.
“She knew something was wrong and she did her best to tell us,” Christina Vernier said of her dog.
Scott Vernier said he was also impressed with Mount Clemens firefighters.
“It’s pretty amazing to see firefighters walking into a burning building to help complete strangers,” he said.
While a jovial mood prevailed at Monday’s gathering, the Verniers still have yet to return to their burned-out home. They are renting a place until they can get back into their own home, which is undergoing repairs.
And Shipman said the situation underscores the critical need to have working smoke detectors on every level of the home.
“Without this dog’s quick actions, no one may have gotten out alive,” he said.
Click here for the full story:
http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/050907/loc_dog001.shtml
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