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Sharon Hari,
Membership Secretary – Huntington Beach, CA
At 2 years old my family moved from
Ohio to Long Beach, California. Since then I have
lived in Garden Grove, Westminster and Huntington
Beach. That’s all of about a distance of 20 miles.
So I'm a stay put kinda person I guess.
I married young Ed in 1966. He is a
true helpmate. Whatever interest I have had over the
years, he has always shared and been tremendous
help. We have 2 sons, David and Alan. David is
married and lives with his wife Pilar in Washington
State with their 3 children, Patrick, Kate and
Grace. My other son, Alan lives with us and works in
the construction trade.
I previously worked for 20 years for
a major insurance carrier as a Commercial Lines
Underwriting Specialist. I than made a big change,
went back to school and worked for 13 years in
desktop publishing and graphic design. I have been
active in a local chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild
of America, and Prospectors Club of Southern
California. We spent many years taking geology
classes at night and going on field trips and
vacations with a “loose” club called ISAG
(Intermittent Society of Amateur Geologists). We
traveled all over the west looking for gold, rocks
and the best places to eat at each stop. My husband
and I are currently retired and are kept very busy
caring for our home and pets as well as activities
in the AKK community.
I got my first AKK, Faro, in 2004. I
had been researching breeds for several years while
I was still working. I thoroughly enjoyed The
Westminster Dog Show every year. Took notes as with
each breed they would go over exercise and grooming
requirements, temperament, pros and cons. So in
April of 2004 I went to our local Pet Expo with a
short list of breeds to find what was to be my
“Buddy”. Well one by one they just didn't fit. Then
I discovered the AKK booth. They looked like little
wolves. I of course had never seen or heard of this
breed. I picked up literature and brought my husband
back the next day to see them.
After that I began putting in my
questionnaires to breeders from shore to shore. I
expected that I would be waiting months and probably
traveling a great distance to get my puppy. Well, a
very short time later I received an email from Cindy
Hernandez at Wild West Kennels in Winchester, CA.
She had a show quality puppy, and was I interested.
Well I was only looking for a pet, but….. So I went
down to see him the next day. Of course he was
perfect so home we came. And he’s been my buddy
ever since. In a few weeks we went to a local show
to meet some of the AKK people. Next thing you know
I'm showing him. After that things snowballed.
I was soon going to shows and
participating in the Pet Expo myself, helping to set
up our Specialty and Multi-Breed shows with the
Golden West Group of AKKAOA, working on committees,
developing our AKK On-Line Pedigree Database and now
serving as your Membership Secretary. Oh, and of
course I now have 2 more girls, Belle from Macmali’s
Den and Pearl from Starbright Alaskan Klee Kai.
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