PARC Members

	Joe Kovacs President Member Since 2007 Originally from East Brunswick, NJ Joe and his wife Chrissie relocated the Pocono’s in 1993. Together they have 45 years experience in the Fire/EMS service, both professional and volunteer. Joe remains active in the fire services. Joe and Chrissie have been in Rottweilers for 7 years and have vowed that their Breeding Program will follow all the Code of Ethics as outlined by the clubs they belong to. Presently, Joe is assisting in working two young dogs, Zeus and Neca, towards titles in Obedience and Schutzhund. Zeus and Neca also compete in both the AKC and German Conformation ring.
	C.J. Timper Vice President Member Since 2007 CJ has had a Rottweiler in her family since 1999. She has in the past, rescued mixed breeds and cats alike. She is interested in learning the working dog sport as well as obedience training. She attends AKC shows regularly and has been seen helping out at various Conformation Shows at the BSL table.
	Chrissie Kovacs Secretary/Treasurer Member since 2007. Chrissie began forming the Pocono Area Rottweiler Club in the summer of 2007. Originally from East Brunswick, NJ Chrissie and her husband Joe relocated the Pocono’s in 1993. Together they have 45 years experience in the Fire/EMS service, both professional and volunteer. Chrissie has raised German Shepherds since 1975, having trained them through advanced obedience. Chrissie and Joe have been in Rottweilers for 7 years and have vowed that their Breeding Program will follow all the Code of Ethics as outlined by the clubs they belong to. Presently, she is working two young dogs, Zeus and Neca, towards titles in Obedience and Schutzhund. Zeus and Neca also compete in both the AKC and German Conformation ring. Chrissie has been a USRC member since 2005.
	Kevin Rexrode Member since 2007 Kevin has been very involved in his wife's show and working activities and is very interested in Schutzhund and the working aspect of the breed. He recently won Best Male Puppy with his young male, Phoenix's Chronicles of Riddick. Kevin also has a wealth of experience and understanding for what goes into planning and running an event. He was in charge of the show grounds for the memorable 2007 USRC Nationals as well as helping to set up for sanctioning shows and other club and regional events in both the USRC and the UKC. Kevin has been a USRC member since 2005.
	Dawn Rexrode Member since 2007 Dawn Rexrode has owned Rottweilers since 1993 and has been a USRC member since 2005. She has also been a member of the UKC's United Rottweiler Association since 2004 for which she serves as Secretary, Southeastern Pennsylvania Rottweiler Klub since 2005, for which she serves as Member at Large, and Old Line State Dog Club since 2000 for which she serves as the President and Membership Secretary. She has been active with her dogs in conformation, obedience, tracking, and carting. Dawn recently achieved her first BH with her adult male, Multi V1, U-CD, GRCH, Sunburst's Hard Habit To Break, CD, BH, CGC, TDI. She is the editor of two club newsletters and webmaster of several club websites. She has ring stewarded in UKC conformation and obedience and acted as event secretary and chairperson for several UKC events. She recently had the opportunity to judge conformation for the White German Shepherd Dog Club International, Inc. at their National Specialty weekend. Dawn also earned UKC's Total Dog award in October 2005, qualifying in obedience and winning Best of Breed on the same day. She is very involved in rescue and teaches basic obedience to rescue dogs and runs public classes. Dawn is also an AKC certified CGC evaluator and is an AKC Canine Ambassador, participating in the AKC educational program and visiting schools and community events in the area to teach the public about the breed and dogs in general.
	Ron Angst Member since 2007 Ron has been involved with Rottweilers and training since 1995, He is presently our Club's Training Director. He has worked with various Police Departments, assisting with K-9 training. He has been a helper and decoy as well. His calm demeanor and ability to read dogs and their handlers make very training very successful and rewarding.
	John Lattanzi Member since 2007. John was born and raised on Long Island NY, after graduating High School he spent 4 years in the USMC ever since he can remember his family always had a dog, the dog that he grew up with was a GSD that his family adopted from an animal shelter. Two years after receiving an honorable discharge from the USMC. John joined the NYPD where he has been a patrolman for the past 16 years. His first Rottweiler was a rescue who was abandoned in an apartment for two weeks and almost starved to death. After two weeks at the ASPCA John adopted Nena. She was 38 lbs at 7 months old, and in a short time with John she gained back most of her weight and was doing well. She had a relapse and died within 24 hours of becoming sick. John, sick with grief, bought his first Rottweiler within a few days to ease the pain of missing Nena. Rowdy was Johns new dog and traveled and trained with him constantly, and when John had to move into an apartment in 1995 he asked a friend (Roberta) if she would walk the dog while he worked late, Roberta soon became his girlfriend/fiancé and they were married in January 1997. That same year John and Roberta bought their new house, Roberta's first birthday in the new house John asked Roberta if she wanted a curio cabinet for the new house or a dog she could call her own. Within a few days dog #2, Athena was now part of the family. John and Roberta attempted to add more Rottweilers to their family but one by one they did not pan out. Shortly after that they decided to buy their first higher end Rottweiler, and traveled 7 hours to Virginia to look at her when she was 4 weeks old, and not only fell in love with the 4 week old but we left with a 10 week old puppy also and returned 4 weeks later to pick up the now 8 week old. So that made four. But to make a long story short, John and Roberta traveled for a couple of years doing Seiger shows but have since decided that it is more fun to trial their dogs verses showing them. They now have 5 (only Athena is left from the original crew) beautiful Rottweilers, two of which are house dogs and three which are working dogs. They train locally with a small group of people and friends on Long Island and have recently titled two of their dogs to a BH and are looking forward to training the dogs to the Schutzhund level. Roberta and John train together and travel to whereever they can to train with quality people and clubs. They have been members of the USRC since 2003, These members lives revolve around training and their dogs. Their heart and sould are into the Rottweiler and the sport of schutzhund. If you visit John and Roberta dont fear their dogs, but fear their cat, KC which doesnt stand for Kitty Cat but Killer Cat. John's favorite motto: Those that fear the Rottweiler, Never owned a Rottweiler. John's Goal: To be one of those handler/dog teams that people see and say "Wow, Nice team work. I want my dog to be trained like that."
	Tom Swope Member since 2007 Tom resides in Stroud Township, PA and is an active member of the Stroud Township Fire Department and a former Marine. He is new to the Rottweiler Breed but is learning every day. He presently co-owns a rescue named Sasha with Boo Keyes.
	Steven "Boo" Keyes Member since 2007 Boo has owned a Rottweiler pretty much all of his life. His Dad presently owns a Rottie named Harley and Boo has his own little girl named Sasha who he shares "custody" of with Tom Swope. He is an active member of the Stroud Township Fire Department and is a certified EMT.