Marthina McClay
- President/Founder of Our Pack Inc.
- Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT)
- AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator
- Certified Tester/Observer for Therapy Dogs, Inc.
- Animal Behavior College Mentor Trainer
www.dogtrainingforpeople.com
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Marthina first learned to ride horses when she was 11 years old. At 14 she trained her 2 horses for Pole Bending and Barrel Racing. In the early 1970s she learned dog training the traditional way when her family owned Dobermans. She went on to pursue other careers but always lived with dogs and continued to train on the side. She became interested specifically in the Pit Bull breed in 2003. She had already begun training, studying and working with dog to dog aggression issues. Later she began rescuing/fostering Pit Bulls on her own in her home along with her resident Pit Bulls and thus Our Pack was born, a rescue, training and education organization. Her work has included large scale animal abuse cases that have occurred around the country, including the Michael Vick case. Many of these dogs are now certified therapy dogs. Her specialty is dogs that are reactive to other dogs or have leash reactivity.
Contact Marthina at Marthina@OurPack.org. |
Mary Campbell
- AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator
- Assistant Trainer
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Mary began working with Pit Bulls at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. She took every available class and before she knew what hit her she was one of the few who focused her time and attention on the Pit Bulls! She began leading play groups and taking adoptable Pit Bulls off-site for adoption events. She met Marthina at one of those events shortly after Marthina had adopted one of the first Pit Bulls Mary had worked with at the shelter. A chance encounter led to many long conversations and soon the two of them were ready to start the process of becoming a rescue!
Mary is an AKC Certified CGC Evaluator and helps work with the new dogs that come to the Sunday class. She shares her home with a Miniature Schnauzer named Jax, a cat named Tiggers, and her sweet Pit Bull, Hanna, who will occasionally allow a short term foster into their domain. Her main job with Our Pack is to help put up the blogs, write the newsletter, and help get the word out about the organization through events.
Contact Mary at Mary@OurPack.org. |
Anna Morey Seekamp
- Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer (ABCDT)
- Assistant Trainer
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Anna is a Bay Area native. After 8 years as a Food & Beverage Manager for upscale hotels, she decided to pursue her passion for working with animals. She began her education in dog training in 2004 and has never looked back. She now lives in the Los Gatos Mountains with her husband and their four-legged hairy baby TinkerBell. TinkerBell was a rescue from HSSV and is a Canine Good Citizen. Anna strives to build and strengthen the bonds between dogs and their owners with mutual respect.
Contact Anna at Anna@OurPack.org.
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In addition to working with Our Pack, Tracey recently graduated from Animal Behavior College (Honor Student), thus becoming a certified dog trainer. Tracey is a volunteer at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. She is a certified dog walker through dogTEC in addition to having her Pet First Aid certification through Pet Tech.
Tracey has served as a foster parent to dogs from both HSSV and Our Pack. She also had the extraordinary privilege to work with Leo, a former Michael Vick dog upon his arrival to his home in Los Gatos on December 16th, 2007. Tracey spent several weeks and many hours helping Marthina with the socialization process and introductions of Leo to members of his new pack, which involved three other Pit bulls and a Chihuahua mix. This experience proved to be invaluable to her understanding of Pit Bulls, in general. She also helps teach Sunday Pit Bull classes.
Tracey loves to hike & spend time in nature. With that in mind she founded the Saratoga/Southbay APBT & Bully Breed Hiking Group which has expanded to over 100 members since its inception in February of 2008. This group provides hiking opportunities to other like-minded individuals & their canine companions.
Contact Tracey at Tracey@OurPack.org. |
Stephanie Lam
- Our Pack Webmaster, Graphic Designer, Photographer & Editor
- Instructor, "Pit Bull Basics" & "Understanding Pit Bulls"
- Student, Animal Behavior College
- AKC CGC Evaluator
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Stephanie joined Our Pack in 2007 shortly before adopting her very own Pit Bull, Miso Luvlee. At that time Our Pack was looking for a new webmaster and logo. Stephanie quickly got to work revamping the website but soon found herself helping out in various creative capacities and loving every minute of it. Many of the photos she's taken of Leo have ended up on TVs and in newspapers & magazines across the country including People magazine.
Stephanie has a passion for educating the public and teaches the "Pit Bull Basics" class for new and prospective Pit Bull owners and the "Understanding Pit Bulls" presentation for shelters, rescues, and ACOs. She travels throughout the Bay Area in a effort to help those who work with and love Pit Bulls better understand this phenomenal breed. In late 2009 she will be launching these classes as webinars, so stay tuned! She also occasionally fosters and acts as a Foster Representative.
Stephanie is a pet portrait artist and enjoys creating vibrant paintings in oil and acrylic through her business, StudioPet. She spends much of her free time catering to her pack of dogs: Miso the Pit Bull, Harley the Pug, and Chubby the French Bulldog and frightening folks with her reticulated python, Monty.
Contact Stephanie at Stephanie@OurPack.org. |
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