Category: Remembrance

AKC or UKC (etc) Registered Name: Rambo
Call Name of Pet: Rambo

08/16/2008 – 08/16/2023

Please list titles earned:
CAX2 FCAT2 JE SE CL1R CL1F CL1H UAG1 RATS
Please write a short note about what they enjoyed doing most:

Rambo was a little dog with a BIG attitude. He literally came to our door and said, “I’m home!” he loved to ride on the motorcycle with me. He loved hunting rats and chasing plastic bags. He totally changed my attitude about little dogs. I am proud to say that I belonged to the best little dog in the world.

Members: Stacie Parks

AKC or UKC (etc) Registered Name: Ms EmmyLou Who
Call Name of Pet: Emmy

12/15/2009 – 08/18/2023
Please list titles earned: Fun Police

Emmy was the princess. She was the first dog when I came back to Gem City. She enjoyed long trips in the car and getting under as many blankets as possible.

Member: Angela Profitt

AKC or UKC (etc) Registered Name: Storm’s Summer Jade
Call Name of Pet: Jade
04/13/2010 – 02/10/2023
Titles earned: Novice Obedience in both AKC and UKC Rally Obedience AKC RN, RA; UKC URO1, 2, 3 Trick TKN, TKI

Jade always wanted to be with us and enjoyed retrieving her toys and sticks. She ALWAYS loved to play in the snow. Jade liked being in the ring with me and made Rally look easy. Looking back on her photos, we have several where we caught her laughing with her eyes squinted close and a big grin on her face. Jade was my demo dog in Advanced Beginners for six or seven years during which time she met a lot of dogs and always subtlety reminded them who I belonged to.

Members: John & Patti Clifford

CH SchillerHaus IJ’s Bruno CD, RE, CAX

Call Name of Pet: Bruno

10/17/2006 – 01/15/2023

Please list titles earned:
Champion, CD, RE, CAX

Things they enjoyed:
Just being with us and the other dogs

Member Name: Leah Schiller

AKC or UKC (etc) Registered Name: Miss Kovey’s Kapers
Call Name of Pet: Kovey

09/22/06 – 12/30/2022

Please list titles earned:

CPE CS-ATCH3 WCRL LEVEL 1

KOVEY WAS A VERY SWEET AND SOFT LITTLE GIRL, SHE LOVED OTHER DOGS AND NEVER MET A STRANGER. SHE LIVED TO BE 16 YRS, PLUS 3 MONTHS OLD. SHE LOVED GOING PLACES AND LOVED GOING FOR WALKS.

Member Name: Carole Lenehan

Discovery’s She’s To Blame Jasmine
Call Name of Pet: Jasmine
12/09/2007 – 04/29/2022

Titles earned:
CGC, RN, RA, RE, BN, CD, NA, NAJ, OA, OAJ, TKN, TDN, TD, Achiever Dog

Jasmine was my first performance dog and the reason I came to Gem City in 2008. Together we earned many titles in Rally, Obedience, Agility, and Tricks. After she was forced to retire from agility in 2017 due to injury, Jasmine became a certified therapy dog and earned her TDN and TD titles with over 60 visits to Greenewood Nursing Home, The Beavercreek Library, and Clark State. She was the best companion anyone could wish for and will forever be missed.

Member Name: Julie Jackson

Call Name of Pet: Merlin
05/05/2010 – 08/01/2022
Titles earned:
A.k.c.puppy star Levels 1,2,3 CPE agility

Merlin was my heart dog. He loved to swim, play agility, make everyone laugh, go to work with me, and go anywhere he could just be with me. He loved to go for car rides. He was best known for his antics in class and competitions and also for his ears.

Member Name: Cathryn Creager

Sandra J. Combs died at home on Feb. 21, 2022. She was 77.

Sandy was born on July 28, 1944,in Norfolk, Virginia, to Laura (Brewer) and Robert Duncan. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 1966 with a bachelor of arts degree. After college, she worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base programming some of the earliest computers with punch cards.

She met her husband Al Combs through a bowling league and they married in 1968. Sandy and Al had two daughters, Veronica Mae and Rebecca Lynn. Sandy spent the next decade raising the girls, sewing, and reading.

When the girls got older, she went back to school to get a teaching certificate. She then taught fifth grade in the Twin Valley School District for 18 years. She also was a 4-H advisor in Preble County for more than 20 years.

She bred miniature dachshunds for 30 years and put AKC titles on miniature dachshunds in conformation, obedience, agility, and scent work. She was a member of the Dayton Kennel Club, Ft. St. Clair Kennel Club, National Miniature Dachshund Club, Dachshund Club of America, Dayton Dog Training Club, and Gem City Dog Obedience Club. Sandy was an officer in many of these clubs as well as an AKC Breeder of Merit.

Despite her 2018 diagnosis of ALS, she continued until very recently to do what she loved, including quilting, spending time with her grandsons, and training, showing, and breeding dachshunds. Few people will know the strength, courage, and determination she displayed in her final weeks. Sandy died at home surrounded by her dogs and family which is exactly what she wanted.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Al. She is survived by her daughters, sons-in-law Michael Borchers and Jody Powlette, grandsons Carson and Liam Borchers, sister Sue Duncan, and brother Bob Duncan.

The family will hold a celebration of her life at 1 p.m. on April 24, at Cox Arboretum, 6733 N. Springboro Pike, Dayton. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Nature Conservancy, or the AKC Canine Health Foundation.

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