mrp
t, *J t ,
Shelley Heecher. acting as agitator, and a Sate Hurt volunteer train dogs to attack aggressors only when the runner commands
them to do so
SAFE RUN
Continued from Page 1
Kent her M'!'. .1 letter (rum (dcrmanv m
the out-ofdhe country pile,' limn asks
which pi lr I lie Kansas letter shop Id go in
Settling on (In' Midwest pile she cm use
herself in answer the phone lh.it has been
ringing off tiic hook
An outpouring o! letters from people
.c ross the nutimi who support tier scrvii e
i-.is flo.nieil Keei her s mailbox following
,i rei tint .irtii le on her program in f./urri
our maga/inc While being interviewed,
sh. Iranlioallv tries to organize and file
ail ul the letters .iti.i .inswi'r the inr essant
phone tails
Keei her started I’rojnt t Sale Run in
1'iHl and has been running the non-prolit
service out of Lame (anility ever since AI
if:..ugh she started w ith only a few dogs
Sale Run's popularity has skyrocketed,
with chapter houses all over the West
i ,st. (l.uiada and Alaska
Sate Run is a service that nulls trained
piotecti in dugs to women who Want to
mu or walk'- willii.ut fear of being at
: a ked ; ..'the nr j\ service o[ its kind in
t t. ■ e ■ iiu! .1 k dogs, Ken lie;
said. S\ i don ’t e\ i n know the word at
!.si k' tiiu.- it s : . ,i . n \ I'.ilenl It s only
■a he' ; ; !e a: being violent that the
Km i leu owns Aft canines that she per
and volant- - rs it (in pm .hondA,:'.- K
dogs at Civic Stadium Tim lees she re
It's, v el V unitpie how we work with
the dogs. Keel he: s ,id We tram them
; . lie: K on I V ■ O '■ ! ' ! e ' ,1 lid ' ’ '
During training sessions, the dogs learn
to listen only to the runner b\ prac tiring
ill realist it situations Two trainers i ailed
agitators wearing protective pads all
' in . mm. . !'he owners ol the
dogs tell them to go lor It. and only
then does the dog charge lor the agitator
Its I'^hli'nitlg, said agitator ami
i nivcf. v -isivlm'il Don Druhnor Learn
■ : . > i mil UK .It!• «iill dogs Is fust mat
if,.; l: .my th<■ \ stand, their liodv lab
guagi ;h*v communit ah* with you d
so., y: . ivs to liston.
!; ig his .ius't you look into
i \ .via n tlii'V .in about to att.u s
old v •. on they ir<■ s.i\ ant N . .. :•
to.is', (ji.ii,•; ”
I s v ; t Run dogs arc botirdi-d in van
o I V
• s > .: d up to two dogs at tlli'ir rest
■ 11■t tor y.: > a month, women vail
jin k tlii-ni up .it thoir i onvrmem r at the
i sly i'.. otcr houst'
S I.; d - XtldriM AniiiTSOtl is a I haptri
lions, >h,nicer and houses a Doberman
nan i Sam SI
used primarily by three or tour runners
ini hiding herself, and one of the women
i l ines bright and early every .day at <•
a m
i'll ■:, t up and get Sam ready lor his
run ai : hen go hat k to sleep (or an hour
brion runner comes hack with Sam
again Anderson said "It's a great ser
in i a: : ! works "
Tin nvenirnrr and se, urit\ of haw
ir 1 so.,; < omp.ininn ss ho ss ill run ai
:s pace and d.islam ■ and who
W . . : 'e; t them d tli : essays makes
this , . desirable to many
U i" H log-.. ! always (ell the need to
■fa das e. l w rlh a male law
. ; .;!i,a HI. dim saa i ' V\ : 11.1 the
s .;- H, logs, i can run anytime 1 want,
aiis w h svant. and I ( an go by IIIs sell
it wcn lerluI organization," she
■ i n ! sale W ith the dogs he, ailse
' . \ . 'idly, hut I also know that tin
dog w go for someone ssho is about to
Her, r said the number ol Safe Kuti
viiiiiiiii s ( ontriiiute greatly to the pro
gram's a i ess and survival brum agita
tots wi train the ilogs to i.hapler house
.. ,! s to props ssho Work on tin
husin end, thrs are all a pari ol svhat
. . * ■ de Kill! sle Slat Not.’, is. .' i
( Indite. iseet her re, rive-, a pnyi ln < k
from S i' Run
in ! imagine Sale Run bring a't
to a ■ I:,; HVOI Kee. her s.litl It takes .ill
of tin ■ dunteers. and their molisalion
tor don tins is tin s Ilk, to feel tie s are
needeit tie' personal s.ltishll lion
-M»* t
The owner ol a German shepherd points
out the agitator before releasing fus dog
Aimltlt1! .ispei ! til S.iftl 'Hull is c;t|ni ,1
uilliiiui brine .i'r.t: i. not thinking 1l1.1i
i 11 it ; 1 lj 11»1 i; : lH.it women t .mine
w.iik til Min .iiiiiii* .it night, he sniu it ■
.i ri :I ...it! sliilement .ihsHit 1 nit mu iet\
tin I to fiiijy th.it would be t ru/V
in ill. more tinin ‘I.<100 full"- line, t o
: h.is IV. . 1 1 I,.', il .Hi .it!.I: k nil ,IIU n!V
.-.b. use- the si'rVli e in its 1 1 -Ve.ir lltslo
f V
State zoning regulations
may push Safe Run out
Dy Cotleen Pohbg
'■H-.nd Report**
Project Safe Rum, l he mi
lionallv known dog training
operation. may bn tor* ml to
move its main headquarters
elsewhere unless county OKU
missionor* i atno through with
a plan to overturn state zoning
restrictions
After listening at a Tuesday
work session to testimonies ol
people who said the dogs pro
vide them with needed protee
turn, county commissioners
agreed to seek changes in the
state zoning rules that prevent
Sale Run from building a
hoarding training facility in
the county
i or the jiast two years. Safe
Run touodei director Shelley
Reel her has tried unsuccess
■fully to build a la; IfIty but has
!,u id a ill. k uall o! /lining
f Kerail, the meeting ivus
I1.1H1 pt isitty . R< .it tie: said
Whits going in make a dfl
e< iter < u r rent i V leases
-.pace at Civic Stadium in Mu
-n- to train private and Sale
Run dogs, but says the space
for a facility is desperately
needed to act mil p an y t he
g! >wmg demand
Reel her siiiil she reeejves
many c alls ,1 day (rum people
iv intmg tsi start chapter
houses in other states, blit shi
ll.is had to decline them tie
cause there aren't enough dogs
dot* to l.o k of boarding space
Kbim hot also said »Ih> re
tciu's tails far donations of
dugs either from private fame
lies or from humane societies,
hut she can't take them he
t auso thorn is no facility to
board thorn all
l.ast year, county comm is
sinners had approved her pro
posal for ti facility in Dexter
However. Hie Land Use Hoard
of Appeals and Oregon Court
of Appeals later ruled that
state /toning rules prohibit
dog training facilities on land
that is meant for agrieultural
Use
I acted with the possibility of
losing a nationally recognized
business in the county, com
mission* rs agreed to do their
best to keep Sale Hurt in the
County commissioner Jerrv
Rust said he will wage a lull
eourt pr -s to create an ex
t opium tot the vnii e dogs
He will propositi to Salem to
ui-ik■■ an ■ • p: »n tills
lie.: greyhound* that m- raised
Oregon s land use system,
(aunties ill,i
Ken her said she has hart
other oilers (or her headijuar
i, ■ . i.i be it: Uashmgton state
and sh can't wait around lor
to/i mm h longer
'll first goal is to keep
Safe Run lu re, hut I'm not
sure Inns long too long is,''
Keoc her said !l i see lip set
viccr going on here jus! a lot
ol talk and no at I ion then
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