Club Members
We are now accepting new members for training. The club is kept small for high quality training and instruction. Club members are expected to train towards trialing in PSA, IPO, French ring sport, Mondio ring sport, and so on. For more information on Great Rivers Working Dog Club, please contact Maren at [email protected].
Maren Bell Jones: Club President
Maren is club president and founding member. She's been training in protection sports since 2006. She has an eight year old male Belgian Malinois named Fawkes and an up and coming pup named Jackal. Maren has competed at the regional level with Fawkes in PSA and national level in Mondio, as well as French Ring. She also does some of the foundation decoy work for the pups and young dogs.
Scott Schroeder
Scott has been a member since 2010. He is currently working Tuco, a one year old Belgian Malinois. Scott has competed in PSA at the regional level with Zarno, his previous German shepherd. Scott started in Schutzhund over a decade ago before switching to PSA.
Taylor Updike: Treasurer
Taylor has been a member since 2012. Taylor first started in search and rescue and has a background in dogs for law enforcement. She is a coordinator for Malinois rescue. She is now working towards protection sport titles. She is currently training Sonic, a 3 year old Malinois/German shepherd.