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8/25/05 - To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to bring this important matter to your attention. It is rare that one person makes such an impact for good as Christina Shusterich of NY Clever K9. We are For Our Friends, a small no kill rescue group. Christina is both a behavior specialist and trainer and her insight into the dogs is exceeded only by her dedication to them. Christina has been working tirelessly with our dogs for well over a year, training and evaluating them to help us place them in the there new homes and trouble shooting any problems that may arise after adoption. Before Christina joined our group one third to one half of our dogs were returned due to behavioral problems. This year only one dog was returned. This dog has since been re-evaluated by Christina and has been successfully placed in a more appropriate home. She has also worked tirelessly to train our volunteers to handle the dogs. Because of Christina our dogs are better trained and therefore more adoptable. A trained dog is a happy dog. In addition she has herself adopted one of our dogs, a dog that was clearly unadoptable before Christina began working with her. The service she provides is priceless. Actually we don't know how we ran the group before she joined us. We consider her to be an outstanding New Yorker. Christina is totally dedicated to her canine clients and she has a website that offers many wonderful training tips www.nycleverk9.com. I hope you consider featuring her in your publication. Sincerely yours, Frederica Szilagyi, President (Note: Queens Chronicle did feature Christina as a top story) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 2007 - To: Queens Tribune I would like to nominate Christina Shusterich of NY Clever K9 as the Best Trainer and Animal Specialist in Queens. I am president of a small Queens based canine rescue group, For Our Friends, and it has been our privilege to work with Christina for the past 3 years. She has made an enormous difference in our adoption policy. Because of Christina all our dogs are evaluated and trained prior to adoption. She has provided us with insight into our dogs that enables us to place them in the most appropriate homes. Her dedication and commitment is phenomenal. Because we are such a small group, we do not have a shelter. We board our dogs at a veterinary clinic where they do not have room to provide us with space to train our dogs. She evaluates and trains our dogs in the parking lot in all sorts of weather. Once this winter she was working with one of our dogs, her nose red and running, her fingers frozen, she turned to me after the session and said what good progress she made today. She was beaming because one of our dogs, that had a problem, was making a breakthrough. It is rare to witness such selflessness. (Christina was named "Trainer Extraordinaire" in Best in Queens 2006 and 2007) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Freddie, Monica and all the folks at FOF - I am glad to hear that you received the donation. For those of you who don't remember, my husband and I adopted Daisy about 2 1/2 years ago in 2004. We saw her picture on the Internet and met her at a PetCo Adoption Day. Unfortunately, she had already been promised to another family - and in fact, I think she went to two different families - before coming finally coming to us around Xmas time. We initially had some issues - but thanks to a couple of visits from Christina, we were given the guidance to work through them. Daisy still is a bit protective of me and not so comfortable around men, but she has brought such happiness to our life. She is very energetic and loves to play (her favorite toy is a squeaky ball). We find she has two speeds - full steam and fast asleep. Attached are a couple of pictures of her. You'll see she's gone from a skinny 35 pound pup to a 55 pound adolescent (healthy and fit per her last vet visit)! Good luck with your efforts! Adrienne Mackay 4/4/07
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 Daisy - Adopted 2004
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Sherlock - Adopted 6/2007
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Artemis Project is a non-profit, grass-roots animal rescue
organization operating on New York's Upper West Side. Here are
stories of some of the animals we've helped right here on the
Upper West Side: SOPHIE THE BEAGLE - "Sophie was found on a
garbage dump in Virginia. She was rescued and fostered for a few
weeks and then brought into Animal General in Manhattan.
That is where we met. She is the sweetest girl ever! All she
wanted from the very beginning was to be loved and cuddled. I
worked with a trainer and Sophie graduated in May from NY Clever
K9. She was a puller on the leash and has improved
tremendously. She responds to basic commands and she likes to
sleep a lot!" - FOR OUR FRIENDS PO Box 203 Oakland Gardens, N.Y. 11364 Our Success Stories--Winter Newsletter 2005 TANYA our wild child is a beautiful greyhound mix that was left to fend for herself when her owner was taken to the hospital. Tanya was never socialized or given any training and had no idea of how to behave in any situation. She was difficult to walk and aggressive toward dogs. But she possessed such a sweet and loving disposition that we all fell in love with her. What to do with her soon became a big problem. Along came Christina Shusterich of NY Clever K9. Christina has helped us with many of our dogs. She started working with Tanya and fell in love, and adopted her. Today Tanya is a happy dog living a wonderful life with her mom and getting the training she needs. |
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