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K9 CURICULUM VITAE: Jolene Perry (JP= Jodie=Jyoti) Yousha
Telephone: (432) 684-8940 email: jpy@chromadane.com
A 5th generation Texan, JP Yousha grew up with horses, dogs and all sorts of other critters, & then spent half
her life living with them in various European locations. She has shown & trained horses for a wide variety
of sports from reining to dressage, and has had experience with a variety of breeds & training techniques with
both dogs and horses. Having casually had dogs for years, she first took an interest in formal dog training while
residing in Germany in the 1980s & trained with various local Schaferhundevereinen (German Shepherd Dog=GSD
training clubs) and has trained several breeds to a variety of degrees under the Schutzhund system (including a
Dane). She and her GSD "Dallas" also became an active pair for the Darmstadt Search and Rescue team (Rettungshundzug)
with Dallas serving a both a live find and cadaver dog, while JP offered language skills, radio skills & acted
as the Team's K9 Veterinary Emergency Medical Technician (VEMT). She also was the NATO K9 VEMT for several years.
She apprenticed herself to the Great Dane breed in the 80s, helping train, show, whelp & rear Great Danes in
first Germany then the USA.
Always torn between deep and abiding interests in biology and art, she has pursued her interests in both--both
academically & vocationally--holding a variety of degrees & certification from CVT (veterinary technician)
& BA (Fine Arts: wildlife illustrator) to a MAIS in Philosophy of Science. She worked for more than a decade
as an animal nurse & veterinary technician and then veterinary laboratory supervisor. She has volunteered since
the 1970s with Animal Assisted Therapy work and was the Director of THERA-PAWS, the El Paso chapter of Therapy
Dogs International, for a decade, and Therapy Dog Program Director now in Midland TX. . She has also volunteered
with all breed & mixed breed rescues since the 1970s & is the former Director of the Heidelberg NATO Veterinary
Clinic's Adoption Program, as well as former Liaison with the Heidelberg Tierheim (Animal Shelter). She has taught
a variety of K9 training courses in the NATO community overseas & acted also as translator for English-speaking
NATO members who wished to train through the German K9 club system. She continues to teach various dog training
classes to this day & offers 50% of her wages to any non-profits that sponsors community classes to improve
owner-dog understanding. She also serves as a certified CGC & TDI (therapy dog) evaluator.
Having combined her interest in dogs and horses in the late 1980s, she became a dedicated enthusiastic
of the Great Dane. She returned to the U.S.A in late 1991 where she now exhibits, trains, and breeds dual-ring
& therapy-work Great Danes under the kennel name CHROMA. She has volunteered her services over the past decade
to various area dog clubs, acting as a local dog training instructor & specializing in "Good Manners"
and Canine Good Citizenship" training. She is the technical, training, & medical advisor for regional
Great Dane rescue. She also acts as a canine midwife for some local & regional breeders and does puppy temperament
testing and helps with cropped ears. She's a member of the various local dog clubs and breed national club and
serves regularly in a variety of officer and committee positions, including Chairman of the Health and Welfare
committee for the GDCA and a member of the Color Research & Obedience/DogSport committees as well. Outside
of her own dogs & horses, she has owned her own art business, worked as a translator and as an animal nurse,
and was once a cold warrior as well as the stable manager to a Countess. Recently she has been a sometimes college
teacher and is now a sometimes science writer & is a committed student of yoga & staff member of Phoenix
Rising Internal Arts. She has written extensively on various health and welfare topics, particularly those
involving the genetics of coat color. (See list of publications below.)
JP Yousha, CHROMADANE
A LIST
OF K9 PUBLICATIONS BY JP YOUSHA
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