PSA Officals
East Coast
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West Coast
Executive Director and Director of JudgesJerry BradshawExecutive_Director@PSAK9.org Girard William “Jerry” Bradshaw is the CEO and Training Director for Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. of Sanford, North Carolina. Tarheel Canine Training is a nationally-renowned training facility for police service dogs, and has placed trained police dogs at various federal, state, and local agencies nationally and internationally, since 1994. Jerry is a professional consultant to various Police agencies and private corporations for K9 training & deployment. Jerry is often featured speaker at Police K9 conferences and has been invited to instruct at workshops and seminars around the country. He has written articles for Dog Sport Magazine and Police K9 Magazine, and is the author of the book Controlled Aggression in Theory & Practice. Jerry is also a Co-Founding director of the National Tactical Police Dog Association (NTPDA) which applies many of the same successful scenario-based principles found in PSA to the certification of police dogs. Jerry has achieved a SchH 3 numerous times, with “V” scores. Jerry has competed in National Championship trials in both Schutzhund and PSA, winning the PSA National Championships, in 2003, with his dog, Ricardo V.D. Naaturzicht. Jerry is the only competitor to have trained 2 dogs to the PSA 3 Level, Ricardo V.D. Naaturzicht and Rocky. Jerry is a Co-Founder, a Judge, and the current Director of Judges and Executive Director of PSA. |
PSA SecretaryTheresa FurrowSecretary@PSAK9.org Theresa “Tree” Furrow is the current PSA Secretary/den mother ☺ and is married to Rick Furrow, the East Coast Director. Tree has been with PSA since its inception; however, she only became secretary, in 2006, after the previous secretary stepped down. Tree has never competed in PSA, but is constantly amazed as to what a K9 can be trained to do. Dogs have always been pets to Tree. Her first “best friend,” as a child, was a Saint Bernard/Lab mix named Gentle Ben. As an adult, she fell in love with Rottweilers. Her first was a 125-lb male named Zeus. Everyone always laughed at her when she showed up to training, in a Geo Storm, with Zeus hanging out in the backseat. Shortly after Zeus, Venus joined their family. They were Tree’s faithful companions for many years and saw her through a lot of bad times. Currently, and going in a completely opposite direction, size-wise, Tree is owned by a Dachshund, named Diesel (at least he has the same coloring, right? ☺). Rick brought Diesel home with him, in his sweatshirt pocket, on Christmas Eve 2009. While not working on PSA stuff, Tree is “Mom” to Dillon, who is 4.5 years old, and Sydnee, who is 3. She has been married to Rick for 8.5 years. Her full-time job is as a Senior Cardiovascular Radiologic Technologist at the University of Maryland Pediatric Heart Program, where she assists physicians, in a cardiac-cath lab, with the diagnosis and treatment of children who have born with heart disease. The Department is currently designing a state of the art Cardiac Hybrid Cath lab/OR that will greatly improve the quality of care they are able to provide for Maryland’s children. Although nothing fancy, that is the short and sweet bio on Tree, without whom PSA would not be the same. |
Regional DirectorRick FurrowEC_Regional_Director@PSAK9.org Rick Furrow is the current East Coast Director for PSA. He initially started training Labrador Retrievers, for duck hunting, at the age of 16. In 1998, he purchased his first Belgian Malinois, Tagius, and began decoying at Capital Cities K-9. However, personality conflicts led him to branch out on his own. He has been with PSA from its inception, in 2001, and is one of the original 3 decoys that set the standard for decoying in the sport. His decoying accomplishments speak for themselves: he was the National Decoy Select 2001– 2007. He has travelled across the country both decoying and competing for the sport since its inception. He has titled several tough dogs over the years and is not known to handle the easy ones. He prefers the “headaches” and loves the challenges they bring. Two of the toughest dogs he has titled and the two that taught him the most were a 65-pound Belgian Malinois, named Racky; and a 90-pound Belgian Malinois, named Ares van Boekhout Akker. Racky was a crazy, handler-aggressive dog that was thought to be “untitleable,” but Rick managed to get a PSA 1 with him. Ares van Boekhout Akker is an extreme dog in all areas and titling him was an accomlishment. Rick and Ares earned the High in Trial and High Owner Trained Awards in Plant City, Florida, in 2003, and did well at the 2002 Nationals before attempting the PSA Level 2. Rick still owns Ares, now 10, but he is currently just a breeding dog who enjoys his retirement. Rick has trained many dogs and breeds, over time, including Dutch Shepherds and a Donovan Pinscher, named BamBam. He also trialed in the Level 2’s with K9 Reno. He is currently training a black Malinois, Yaro, that is co-owned by Dave Pappalardo of K9 Unlimited. Yaro is turning out to be Rick’s typical “headache” dog. Prior to PSA’s inception, Rick decoyed in K-9 ProSports (K9PS) and competed in PPDA , K9PS, and various other surprise-scenario trials. Rick is also a PSA certified judge, although his love will always be decoying. When asked about decoying, Rick says the following, “I take great pride in my decoying abilities and reputation. I love catching dogs and helping to train the new generation of PSA decoys at decoy camps and hope to continue to do so. I find the most challenge and greatest rush in catching the “hard dogs” of dog sports - the Ricardo’s, Reno’s, Rocky’s, Porter’s and Diablo’s , just to name a few.” Rick’s most recent accomplishment has been being named as the East Coast Director. As the East Coast director he hopes to help PSA grow on the East Coast. Although PSA has had many “bumps in the road” he hopes to put that in the past and move forward. He hopes to bring in new members and restore faith to the old members. He believes in listening to the members and trying to accommodate their thoughts and visions for the sport. He hopes he can give the members in the East a “voice” by keeping an open mind and doing all he can to see the ideas that will benefit the sport become reality. Rick believes many people possess different ideas of what they think the PSA should be. However, he believes personal differences should be put aside and everyone should come together with a common goal in mind: The success of PSA. He believes that if people train their dogs, come out and compete in the sport, then PSA will grow and flourish. |
Assistant DirectorsDominic RozziEC_Assistant_Director@PSAK9.org Dominic Rozzi is a veteran police officer who has been involved in all aspects of police dog training and selection. He has been breeding the Belgian Malinois for 15 years, and recently added the Dutch Shepherd to his facility. He has supplied dogs for all levels of law enforcement, including state and municipal police departments, the game warden service, department of corrections, and search and rescue. He also has supplied dogs for both arson and explosives detection. His breeding program offers sound, social, drivey puppies that can become the partner you need at home and on the job. He has references available on some of the best working dogs in the area. He also has the resources to import some of the best sport, police, or foundation stock available. He has been involved with PSA for several years and is the East Coast Co-Assistant Director. He is currently an apprentice judge for PSA, and is working hard to finish his apprenticing so that he, too, can judge trials. While not apprentice judging, Dominic is showing his dog, Kane, in the PSA Level 1’s, and Duke in the Level 2’s. Greg WilliamsEC_Assistant_Director1@PSAK9.org A graduate of Capital Cities K9 Academy, Greg has been involved in dog training for about 12 years. During this time, Greg has competed in various protection dog sports with multiple first place wins, as well as titles in both obedience and protection. Greg was the Training Director for Capital Cities K9 Protection Dog Club, as well as their Head Trainer and Head Decoy. This experience has given Greg the hands on experience needed to fully understand dog behavior and training. Currently, Greg Williams is the CEO/ Training Director of Metropolitan K9, LLC, Consultant for Dog Behavior problems and Police dog programs, and Training Director for Metropolitan K-9 Working Dog Club. Involved with PSA since its inception, Greg is one of the original certified PSA Decoys, and is now also a PSA Judge. He is also an active competitor in the sport, and has titled more dogs in PSA than any other person. He was recently named the East Coast Co-Assistant Director. Morris "Moe" LindeseyEC_Assistant_Director2@PSAK9.org Morris "Moe" Lindesey has been training dogs for many years; however, he started competing in PSA during the 2009-2010 season. During that year, Moe achieved many things with his female Dutch Shepherd, Phoenix. In fact, they earned their PDC, PSA1, and PSA2 titles and were the East Coast Regional Level 2 Champions. They started their journey in the Level 3's at the 2010 PSA National event. Moe has been training obedience with Canine Obedience Unlimited at the Greenbriar Pet Resort in Frederick, MD and still trains protection with Fenrir K9. After being instrumental in bringing PSA back to the southeast and Canada, Rick Furrow asked Moe to be an Assistant Director for the East Coast so that he could continue getting people excited about PSA. His goals are to grow PSA even more on the east coast in the coming years. |
Regional Director and Director of DecoysDarryl RicheyMW_Regional_Director@PSAK9.org A Veteran of Desert Storm and Desert Shield, Darryl Richey served in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army prior to becoming involved with dog training. Darryl is a graduate of Tarheel Canine/ North State K-9 Academy Dog Trainers School and has been involved with training dogs for approximately 14 years. With his American Pit Bull Terrier 'Gabe' and Belgian Malinios 'Jager', Darryl competed to the top levels of various protection dog sports taking home titles in both Obedience and Protection phases of competition. Darryl has been with PSA since it’s inception, in 2001, and is one of the original 3 decoys that set the standard of decoying for the sport. Darryl is currently training Hares for French Ring and is training Clyde for PSA. Darryl’s devotion still remains with PSA, and he is currently a PSA Judge, Decoy, Director of Decoys, and the Midwest Director. On and off the trial field Darryl's accomplishments, alone, speak for themselves:
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Assistant DirectorsCory DewberryMW_Assistant_Director@PSAK9.org Cory has been involved in PSA, since its inception, in 2001, and is both a competitor and certified decoy. His training club was introduced to the sport by a club located in Michigan and he has been hooked ever since. He was fortunate to be able to bring PSA to Ohio and co-found Southern Ohio Protection Sports. S.O.P.S, which has proudly hosted two Midwest decoy camps and a Midwest regional event. In addition to PSA, he trains for Schutzhund, in central Ohio, with Hondensport Ohio, where he is a club helper. He also owns a small training business, Dewberry Family K9. He has served as Vice President of the Central Ohio Rottweiler Club. Cory currently serves as the training director for Ohio's newest PSA club, Central Ohio Dog Sports, and as the Midwest Co-Assistant Director of PSA. He continues to try to help PSA grow, not only in Ohio, but throughout the Midwest.
Mic FosterMW_Assistant_Director1@PSAK9.org Mic Foster has been competing in PSA for 2 years. He is the owner of The Pet Athletic Club and co-owner of Midwest Police Canine. Sylar is a 2 year old Malinois and the 2009 Midwest Regional Champion. Mic is the President of Southern Ohio Protection Sports, the PSA club in Cincinnati Ohio. Mic has been training dogs for over a decade and has owned his own training business for the last 5 years. He has done consulting work for private security firms overseas and looks forward to continuing that work in the future. Mic is a certified PSA decoy, and has recently been named as the Midwest Co-Assistant Director.
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Interim Regional DirectorDwayne BakerWC_Regional_Director@PSAK9.org After serving our country in the 82nd Airborne Division, Dwayne retired from the U.S. Army, in 1998, and is a current member of the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars). After moving to Utah in 2003, he began training for PSA in 2004 when he joined Utah Protection Sports, where he served as both their President and PSA Training Director. Shortly after starting in PSA, Dwayne certified as a trial decoy in Oxnard, CA and has participated regularly, decoying numerous Club and Regional trials. He has also been selected as a National Select decoy for the last 5 years. He is also honored to be a member of the PSA Decoy Certification team. Dwayne has trialed and titled several dogs of his own, including the 2008 Level 1 - National Vice-Champion, Rukus. Dwayne is the current President and Training Director of Anthem K9 Protection Sports in Utah (http://www.facebook.com/anthemk9). He helps the Hill Air Force Base K-9 Units and several local K9 departments with their training. He conducts Police K9 seminars and has been a decoy for the Utah Peace Officers Association (UPOA) annual trial for the last 7 years. As well as decoying for Police K9 Trials in both Utah and California he was recognized, in 2008, for his support and dedication of Police K9 units by the UPOA by receiving their Presidential Award. Dwayne is also a certified decoy for both French-Ring in the Northern American Ring Association and for U.S. Mondioring but his dedication and loyalty to PSA remains his top priority. He and his wife, Kari, live in Layton, Utah with their son and 5 dogs; 3 Belgian Malinois, a German Shepherd, and their GSD/DS pup, who have been or eventually will be regulars on the PSA field. Over the last year, Dwayne has worked very hard trying to bring PSA back on the West Coast, getting 3 new PSA clubs started and working towards getting several others started. He welcomes and looks forward to seeing PSA grow and flourish on the West Coast and, as the West Coast Interim Director, is committed to doing his part to see that happen. Dwayne is grateful to have the support of his wife, as well as his extended PSA family, in his endeavors to bring PSA back to the West Coast. |
Assistant DirectorBill EllingerWC_Assistant_Director@PSAK9.org |
