Ken and Laurie Buchele are a husband and wife team with combined
K-9 experience of over 30 years.
Ken's background with civilian canine training is in pet obedience, behavior consultation, Rally and Obedience competition, tracking and search and rescue. Ken is an Evaluator for the AKC (American Kennel Club) Canine Good Citizen Test. Ken was a Police K-9 Handler from 1997 to 2005 for Tracking, Obedience, Patrol and Narcotics Detection and was a professional K-9 Handler from 2005 to 2007 for Narcotics Detection. Ken is approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy as a Trainer of K-9 teams in those areas. Ken and his Golden Retriever, Husker, are a registered Therapy Dog team and volunteer weekly to read with children in local schools and libraries.
Laurie is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and a Certified Behavior Consultant -- Canine (CBCC-KA) through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers (see their website at www.ccpdt.org). Laurie's background includes therapy dogs, rally obedience, obedience, competition, and behavior consultation. Laurie designed, implemented, and coordinated a students reading to pets program at a local elementary school. Laurie and her Beagle, Daisy, are a registered Therapy Dog Team and enjoy reading with children at schools and libraries and visiting residents at Elmwood Assisted Living. Laurie is a licensed Rally judge for APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), and a licensed Rally and Obedience judge for C-WAGS (Canine Work And Games).
Ken and his Golden Retriever, Husker, and Laurie and Daisy have earned titles in Rally Obedience and Obedience AKC (American Kennel Club), APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), CDSP (Companion Dog Sports Program), and C-WAGS (Canine Work And Games) including several championship titles. Laurie and Daisy have earned High in Trial three times -- once in Rally and twice in Obedience and have ranked nationally in APDT Rally. Ken and Husker have earned several perfect scores in AKC and APDT Rally Obedience and have also ranked nationally in APDT Rally.
Ken and Laurie have two daughters and two guinea pigs at home. In October 2010 the Buchele family began a journey with a rescued pregnant beagle and her litter of 10 puppies! From that litter Ken is keeping one, Dolly, and their oldest daughter, Meagan, is keeping another, Elphie. They are beagle mix puppies (we have no idea who dad is!). The Bucheles are all looking forward to the many adventures having puppies will bring to the family!!!
Their other dogs over the years have included Brunswick, a Beagle/Terrier mix, Samantha, a Golden Retriever, Aik, Ken's first police K-9 German Shepherd Dog, and Lordy, Ken's second police K-9 German Shepherd Dog. (Lordy passed away in June 2010 at the very old age of almost 14 years old. Our hearts are broken, but we are grateful for the time and love we shared with Lordy. Thank you all for your kind words and support during this difficult time.)
Ken and Laurie are both members of the Extra Mile Ministries Canine Crisis Response Team as K9 Chaplains with their K9 Comfort Dogs, Daisy and Husker. They have volunteered on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois for the anniversary of the campus shootings and at the annual National Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) Conferences in Cincinnati, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They served in Lake Township Ohio to support those affected by the June 2010 tornadoes. Ken and Husker attended the TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) Suicide Survivor Conference in October, 2011. Laurie and Ken are always on call for the team.
To see Laurie's Resume, click here (Adobe Document).
