Raymond Silvertrust studied helper
work and show training in Austria and Germany. He has served as chief helper at
three schutzhund clubs and is widely recognized as a top training helper. He is a member of the SV (the German Shepherd Dog
Club of Germany) and served on the executive board of the
German Shepherd Dog Club of America-WDA.
Our
second founder was Dr. Herbert Preiser, longtime member of the SV and one of the most
renowned and influential breeders of German Shepherd Dogs in the United States
for more than five decades. He was instrumental in bringing the sport of Schutzhund
back to the U.S. in the 1960s. He was a founding member of NASA, the first
national schutzhund organization in the U.S. precursor of United Schutzhund
Clubs of America. He also founded the first schutzhund club in the Midwest, His
von der Neuen Welt kennel bred many conformation show champions and was known
world-wide
Third
was Charles
Carroll, Chuck became involved in Schutzhund in the 1980s and before helping to
found the Chicago Schutzhund Verein, he was a member of
the Midwest American Schutzhund Club, the Illinis Badger Schutzhund Club and the
Greater Chicago Schutzhund Club. Chuck often worked as a helper when needed and also
trained in Search and
Rescue.
Fourth
was Skyler Silvertrust, Raymond Silvertrust's son, who in 2003
became the youngest person in the United States to become
certified as a Schutzhund Club Helper. Subsequently, he qualified as
a certified Regional Trial Helper which allows him to work at
regional championship trials. Skyler has also been recognized as a top conformation show handler, taking many dogs to winning
positions. At international championship (sieger) conformation shows, At these
shows, regularly
attended by German breeders and competitors, he is often mistaken for a top
German show handler.
Ed
Calderon has been involved in schutzhund sport for more than 25 years. He is a
national level schutzhund helper, the very highest rating one can have. In
addtion, he is also a top training helper and a sought after show handler. He is
the owner of EC Dog Sports and also operates a boarding kennel for German
Shepherd Dogs. 
Karina
Calderon has been involved with German Shepherd Dogs for virtually
all of her life. She has been a conformation show handler more than
10 years and now is recognized as one of the best show handlers in
the United States. She is one of the very few American show handlers
to have shown dogs at the German Sieger Show in Nurnberg. Her Aus
dem Meer kennel is producing beautiful conformation dogs with great
temperaments.