3 Sets of 4 German Shepherds‘Carpe Diem”
-Julius Caesar
The strange coincidence of clients with four German
Shepherds is a pattern that began years ago when Mrs. T was
running the kennel. Mrs. T was training the young ambitious
Deb when she encounters the first set of four German
Shepherds that board at her facility. The four males that are
boarding in one of the runs and will be the introduction of the
breed to Deb where she will learn extensively about their
behavior, instinct, and her own intuition, all three life lessons
learned with this incredibly intelligent breed. German
Shepherds are in the herding group and ranked amongst the
top five of all dog breeds, when it comes to intelligence. The
breed come in black and tan, black and the admired, but
recessive white. Americans have bred German Shepherds
down to a medical disaster with the commonly known hip
line sinking lower and lower combined with less and less
strength, as well as the size of the dog itself. Germany still has
beautiful specimens of the breed though, complete with
strong well-placed hip lines, good health and size. This
country have breeders that have kept up excellent standards
and carry beautiful dogs, but they are hard to find, and very
expensive. The expense of buying one here or transporting
one overseas is a tad bit on the high side, making it so that
owning a nice specimen of this breed is far and few in
between. The intelligence in this breed is not lost no matter
where they are located, and Deb easily picks up that and sees
the ease in training this breed.
Beth Toddie meets Deb on the very first Pare Day that
occurred in Leavenworth back in 1998-1999. Beth happens to
own four German Shepherds, and chooses Deb to board them.
Beth’s Shepherds will stay at the kennel for over two months,
with no efforts towards payment for their care. Beth, almost
like second nature, never bats an eyelash as she will take
advantage of Deb’s good nature and get away with keeping
her dogs at the kennel free of charge. Beth will stroll around
town having a big time, looking for other unsuspecting
victims. Meanwhile, two months will pass ad Beth will notj
visit nor put time into her own four dogs. Deb on the other
hand, monopolizes on the owner’s absence and with the
mindset of “Carpe Diem,” works with the trainable breed to
be four dogs to act on cue. All four shepherds can be in a yard
and Deb commands them all to sit at the same time. They
master command words such as; Freeze, Place, Back, Down,
Aut and Stay. This is fun as Deb has the group solidly trained.
She enjoys their everyday sessions, cherishes, cares for and
loves all four dogs. The beautiful relationship reciprocated
with respect and loyalty to one another, strengthens their
bond with each day that passes. Those days will come to an
abrupt end because in all reality, Beth is continuously taking
advantage of a good natured and pure hearted woman. In
Deb’s defense, anyone who loves their work would know and
understand all too well what it is like to be caught up in your
passion and forgetting about the money portion of things,
more than likely, they cannot tell you how many Fridays will
come to pass and they are completely unaware that it’s
payday. So, to Deb, she never thought twice about the money,
turning the sin into a selfless act of sincerity. That all changes
when Deb and her husband Jim are walking through K—Mart
one evening doing some everyday shopping when they run
smack into Beth Toddie. Beth tries to make a quick exit, but
Jim does not allow the slippery serpent to slither away but
rather, steps on the serpent’s head holding her still as possible.
Jim speaks in a snarky tone, “Hey Beth, where you running to? And, by the way,” he continues, “when are you planning
on paying your fucking bill?” Beth stands in front of the
couple, and proceeds to glare at Deb, mortified and exposed
as an individual enduring its worst nightmare, nude on stage
in front of a huge audience. Deb cannot argue or stand
against the true words her husband just blurted out. Instead,
she stands beside her husband and his brutal honesty. Beth’s
eyes narrow and hatred wells up in them, darkening in each
moment that is ticking by. Beth snaps her open mouth shut,
spins on her heel, and marches out of the doorway of the
store. Jim gives Deb’s hand a small squeeze to steady her for
the next part of the journey they were about to endure.
However, had Jim known what the blackness in Beth’s eyes
had meant he would have called an army to come and help
Deb stand against this devious foe.
Beth comes clicking into the kennel the next morning, dressed
for success by trailer park standards, and loads her four
beautifully behaved German Shepherds and takes them
without ever paying a dime to the kennel.
Antonio Michaela Cherbino, and his dog Ike. Levi has gone to
lunch, Donna is upstairs, and Susan and Christina are in the
bathing room. I am standing alone down at the counter in the
main kennel, listening to the dogs while preparing the yard
assignment and boarding sheet for that day, when the
business phone rings. I push the talk button and greet the
individual that is on the other end. The voice at the other end
snaps back at me, demanding, “Where is Deb?” I answer
getting my pen and paper ready for a message, “she isn’t here
right now, may I take a message.” She hisses back at me,
“she’s probably standing right there.” I look around for a
second wondering if the woman is watching with binoculars
in the bushes and I have somehow missed Deb walk up to me,
but there is not a soul in sight, only dogs. The nasty sounding
voice continues, “This is Maribeth Toddie and I will not have
my reputation tarnished for any reason! I will sue whoever I
have to, to shut them up!” Now being the author of the blog
that has sparked this threat, I already know these
people…..Well. I spent the last several years researching,
studying and reading the horrific lies being plastered all over
the internet. I am more than familiar with what fact is and
what fiction is. I answer the feeble-minded threat with a cool
sharp tone, “she is not standing right here, and to address you
other concern, if the story coming out isn’t true, then why
worry? And, for my own curiosity, are you telling me you
never wrote anything on social media about the kennel?”
Defensively, she snaps, “I don’t care, I know what I saw and I
saw that woman kill dogs with my own eyes!” I interject
immediately, “whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. So, what you’re
telling me is this, you, with your own eyes, watched Deb
march downstairs and into the kennel and murder dogs?”
She answers with just a single word, and I quote this
verbatim, she simply answers…”No.”
In 2009, the third set of four German Shepherds come to board
at the kennel and this set needs some major work. Marisa
stands by and watches Deb graceful handle the dogs, who are
supposedly extremely aggressive. Marisa stays in contact
with the dog's owner and tells them what a wonderful job Deb
does with the dogs and how it is amazing the way she goes in
and handles the dogs, the dog’s love life, and personally how
she is learning so much. She writes a letter explaining her
wonderful experiences during their stay.
However, Marisa realizes in her mid-employment that fall
that Deb would survive her health, and begins to show the
true color of her heart. Marisa would steadily utilize Deb’s
kennel, teachings, Blogger and Twitter to deceive
unsuspecting people that is her personal company “For the
Dogs Training,” that is the one producing these pictures,
videos, and success stories. As the time passes and seasons
change, Marisa does not get better at her job, instead she
becomes lazier, sneakier and more conniving.
© 2017 Josie Campbell
