Meet the Our Pack Crew
Marthina McClay
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Marthina first learned to ride horses when she was 11 years old. At 14 she trained her 2 horses for Pole Bending and Barrel Racing. In the early 1970s she learned dog training the traditional way when her family owned Dobermans. She went on to pursue other careers but always lived with dogs and continued to train on the side. She became interested specifically in the pit bull breed in 2003. She had already begun training, studying and working with dog to dog aggression issues. Later she began rescuing/fostering pit bulls on her own in her home along with her resident pit bulls and thus Our Pack was born, a rescue, training and education organization. Her work has included large scale animal abuse cases that have occurred around the country, including the Michael Vick case. Many of these dogs are now certified therapy dogs. Her specialty is dogs that are reactive to other dogs or have leash reactivity. Contact Marthina at Marthina@OurPack.org.
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Mary Campbell
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Mary began working with pit bulls at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. She took every available class and before she knew what hit her she was one of the few who focused her time and attention on the pit bulls! She began leading play groups and taking adoptable pit bulls off-site for adoption events. She met Marthina at one of those events shortly after Marthina had adopted one of the first pit bulls Mary had worked with at the shelter. A chance encounter led to many long conversations and soon the two of them were ready to start the process of becoming a rescue! Contact Mary at Mary@OurPack.org. |
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Anna is a Bay Area native. After 8 years as a Food & Beverage Manager for upscale hotels, she decided to pursue her passion for working with animals. She began her education in dog training in 2004 and has never looked back. She now lives in the Los Gatos Mountains with her husband and their four-legged hairy baby TinkerBell. TinkerBell was a rescue from HSSV and is a Canine Good Citizen. Anna strives to build and strengthen the bonds between dogs and their owners with mutual respect. Contact Anna at Anna@OurPack.org. |
Stephanie Lam
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Stephanie joined Our Pack in 2007 shortly before adopting her very own pit bull, Miso Luvlee. At that time Our Pack was looking for a new webmaster and logo. Stephanie quickly got to work revamping the website but soon found herself helping out in various creative capacities and loving every minute of it. Many of the photos she's taken of Leo have ended up on TVs and in newspapers & magazines across the country including People magazine. Stephanie has a passion for educating the public and teaches the "Pit Bull Basics" class for new and prospective Pit Bull owners and the "Understanding Pit Bulls" presentation for shelters, rescues, and ACOs. She travels throughout the Bay Area in a effort to help those who work with and love pit bulls to better understand this phenomenal breed. She also occasionally fosters and acts as a Foster Representative. Stephanie is a pet portrait artist and enjoys creating vibrant paintings in oil and acrylic through her business, StudioPet. In 2011, she graduated with her MBA from Santa Clara University. She spends much of her free time catering to her pack of dogs: Miso the pit bull, Harley the Pug, and Chubby the French Bulldog. Contact Stephanie at Stephanie@OurPack.org. |
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Rebecca MacDonald
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Rebecca joined Our Pack in 2009 when she moved to the California Bay Area from Austin, Texas, where she rescued and trained her three dogs, Milo, Tucker and Bear. She discovered Our Pack while searching for a class to help Bear with his leash-reactive behavior. Participating in Our Pack's classes and watching Bear's transformation into a well-mannered gentleman on Contact Rebecca at Rebecca@OurPack.org. |
