Domarpresentationer

My interest in pedigree dogs started in 1975 when I owned a Spinone Italiano. In 1980 I started to breed and exhibit Smooth fox Terriers with the kennel name "Solcamp". Later moving on to Cairn Terriers which I bred under the kennel name "Dark Lane", producing specimens shown all over Europe.

I was approved as an FCI judge in 2004 judging breeds in the Terrier group and all breeds in FCI group 10 as well as breeds in most FCI groups in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the United States and Scandinavia.

Other activities in the dog world are a special interest in Specialised Dog Publications where I have published both as an author and illustrator; teaching aspiring dog trainers and handlers on the ENCI (Italian Kennel Club) courses. I have served on many committees including the Italian Terrier Society and at the present time as ENCI representative for the Society of Bergamasco Shepherd Dogs as well as President of the Bergamo Kennel Club.

I was born into the dog world, with a father who was a Terrier Specialist and a mother who introduced the Boxer Breed to Ireland, both were All Breeds Judges. I began to show dogs almost as soon as I could walk and under the Tirkane Prefix, I have bred or owned, over 100 Irish and 31 UK champions in Boxers, Boston Terriers, Poodles, and Lhasa Apsos, also 2 World Winners.

Past President of The Poodle Club of Ireland and Irish Boxer Dog Club and currently chair of Munster Agricultural Club, Canine Section.

I was 16 when I started to judge, awarded CCs (UK) in Boxers aged 25, the youngest person ever to do so, and became an F.C.I. All Breeds judge in 1984. I have judged in more than 50 countries, including Australian Royals, Several World Shows, AKC Shows, Orlando & Westminster, and I am approved to judge all the groups and Best In Show in the UK.

I retired from breeding and showing a few years ago after an involvement of over 50 years but still retain a keen interest in the breeding and development of the breeds. Currently I judge regularly around the world and this year I judged the Working Group at Crufts, (2024 I will judge Best in Show) and will travel to Canada, Peru and other European Countries over the next few months.

Min mor drettet opp Airedales og veldig tidlig ble hunder og hundeutstilling for meg en lidenskap. Allerede som ung tenåring ble jeg autorisert ringsekretær av NKK. I 1984 ble jeg autorisert for gruppe 3 og har senere også blitt autorisert for gruppe 8 og 9. Jeg har dømt i de fleste land i Europa, i England på championshipshows og i Amerika.

Da jeg fikk anledning til å få min egen hund, ble det en Border Terrier: Den første var eng..norsk og svensk Ch. Dandyhow Scotsman, den første Border til å bli plassert i gruppen på Crufts. Han ble en meget bra avlshund i både Norge og Sverige, og var også far til min første Border som jeg drettet opp selv: Ch. Ramatuelle av Sage Hall. Hun var den første Border som vant NM på hi i Norge. Jeg har for det meste hatt hanhunder, men det har også blitt noen få kull. Den siste Border jeg har drettet opp selv, var Ch. Enestående Herremann av Saga Hall.

Idag er jeg den lykkelige eier av 2 Jack’er. Litt beroende på tilfeldigheter, men har blitt veldig fascinert av denne rasen.

Gleder meg veldig til å komme!

I nästan hela mitt liv har jag varit involverad med hund. Min mor Elsa Edgren och jag hade mellan åren 1958 – 1973 kennel Bifrost . Vi födde upp långhårig collie, shetland sheepdog och bearded collie. I hemmet fanns även en certvinnande shih tzu  och en mopstik. Vi födde upp ett 100 tal champions och 1972 erhöll vi Hamiltonplaketten för vår uppfödning av collie, bearded collie och shetland sheepdog. På senare år hade vi även en  liten uppfödning av mellanpudel samt lhasa apso där ett par blev champion.

Efter giftermål med Per  1973 tog vi gemensamt kennel Moorwood och har i dag fött upp 100  champions av rasen shetland sheepdog. Av dessa är 36 CIB (Internationella ) Champions med många titlar. Vi var också de första att föda upp en icke engelsk född sheltie som blev GB Ch. Vi har även fött upp 3 världsvinnare samt 2 juniorvärldsvinnare. Hundar från vår kennel finns i stora delar av världen. Har importerat ett 30 tal shetland sheepdogs under åren och de flesta av dem har också blivit champions och många har starkt bidragit till rasens utveckling såväl exteriört som mentalt.

Redan 1964 började jag döma på valputställningar och drive in utställningar Då var denna typ av utställningar i sin linda. Det var mycket lärorikt. 1967 bildade jag Sheltieringen, som sedermera blev Svenska Shetland Sheepdog klubben. 1975 gick jag domarkursen och blev auktoriserad domare året därpå. Mina första raser blev naturligtvis collie, bearded collie och sheltie.

Allrounddomare.

Bland annat har jag dömt BIS i Norge, Finland och Holland. BIS int Högbo 3 dagars,

BIS Int Göteborg, BIS Lilla Stockholm.

Har dömt specialutställningar i många länder.

2016 var jag en av domarpanelen  på prestigefyllda Sydney Royal, Australien.

Har dömt i 20 olika länder.

Har ett mycket stort intresse för alla raser jag dömer, och försöker hela tiden att skaffa mig ytterligare kunskaper.

/Birgitta Svarstad

I have shown and bred pyrenean mountain dogs successfully in my Aspenella kennel.

 I have also owned and succesfully shown rottweilers and japanese shiba inu.

My judging career started when I was in my early 20’s. I currently judge all breeds in FCI groups 1,2,5,6 and 10 as well as most breeds in groups 7 and 8. I have judged in all Scandinavian and most European countries, in Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Trinidad.

I judge frequently in Great Britain where I am passed for 52 breeds with Challenge Certificates across the Gundog, Hound, Pastoral, Utility and Working Groups. I have judged the Hound, Pastoral, Utility and Working groups a number of times in Great Britain. My first judging appointment was at Cruft’s in 2009 when I judged rhodesian ridgebacks with an entry of 250. I have since had a number of appointments at Cruft’s – the latest in 2019 when I had the honour of judging the Working Group. I have been a member of The Kennel Club since 2003.

Born in year 1963 in Rome, Italy, in a “dog family”.  His father was a judge and bred together with his mother Poodles with the prefix “Della Perla Grigia”.

His affix “Di San Gimignano” was recognized by the Italian Kennel Club (E.N.C.I.) in the year 1984. San Gimignano is a beautiful medieval town in Toscany. At that time he bred Poodles, the lines came from England, from famous Tiopepi Kennel.

He began to breed and show Chihuahuas year 1996 after marrying a Chihuahua breeder Tuula Lehtinen-Cochetti (Misty Meadow’s Chihuahuas). He breeds in small scale, together with his wife, also Jack Russell Terrier, Toy Poodles and English Pointers. They have bred more than 600 Champions, exported worldwide.

They have won many Championship titles with their Chihuahuas and Poodles, including World and European Winners, English Champion and many BIS around the world. He has also bred in the past Dobermann, Boston Terrier and with his wife Papillons.

He became a judge in year 1992 and in March 2013 he became an all rounder.

He is listed in Italian Kennel Club (ENCI) as a specialist in the all toy breeds and most of the terriers. He is also a teacher of these breeds to new judges.

At the moment he is the President of the Rome Kennel Club, President of the International Chihuahua Club and board member of the Italian Maltese and Bolognese Club. He also represents Italy to the FCI show judges commission. In the past, he has been board member of Club Cani Compagnia (Italian Toydogs Club) and the President of the Chihuahua Club (under Club Cani Compagnia).

He has judged all over the world, in more than 50 different countries, including Crufts, World and European Shows. He has judged BIS in the most prestigious shows around the world, including Melbourne Royal 2018 and many others and he had the honor to judge the group nine final at the European Show 2012 and at the World Shows 2018 and 2019. He has judged group three final at the European Show 2019. He has participated as a judge at the most important National specialties for Toy and Terrier breeds and Italian breeds.

He is the writer of a Chihuahua’s book, which has been translated in different languages.

He has been often the lecturer for seminars organized also abroad, for Bolognese, Maltese, Chihuahua, Poodle, Jack Russell Terrier and Golden Retriever.

/Francesco Cochetti

FRANK KANE showed his first dog, a cocker spaniel as a schoolboy, and he has been involved in the dog world ever since. Whilst at University he co-owned and handled two Sealyham Terriers to their titles. In 1970 he obtained two American cocker spaniel bitches as a foundation for his HIRONTOWER kennel. One of these bitches became a champion and both produced champions. 13 UK Champions were produced with others overseas. The Cockers have also remained a permanent favourite and CCs were won with these also. Frank has also been heavily involved in Dachshunds, Afghans and Great Danes and has handled champions in all of those breeds.

First awarding challenge certificates in the UK IN 1974, Frank is now approved to award CCs in 120 breeds and judges all groups and Best in Show in the UK and has judged all groups and Best in Show under FCI rules in many countries. He judged Best in Show at Crufts in 2012 and has judged five of the seven groups at Crufts .He was invited to judge the Sporting Group at Westminster Dog Show in New York in February 2021- which he was prevented from fulfilling through Covid travel restrictions.

Frank is a member of the Kennel Club Board of Directors and Chairman of the Breed Standards Committee. He is also chairman of one of the Dog Health groups. For many years Frank has delivered seminars on Conformation and Movement.

Frank is author of several books on dogs and his book ‘Judging the Gundog Breeds’ is much acclaimed worldwide. Outside his canine interests Frank is a keen horseman with a particular interest in hacks, hunters and children’s riding ponies.

George Kostopoulos, was born in Athens, Greece. From an early age his main interest was dogs. Although he graduated from the University of Athens with a degree in Political Science, this interest led him to England and then to U.S.A. in order to widen his knowledge of dogs.

While in England, he worked for boarding and breeding/show kennels (with Great Danes, Cockers, Am. Cockers & Pekingeses), regularly attending dog shows as exhibitor, ring steward and later judge (Open Shows). Simultaneously, taking a course run by the Canine Studies Institute, he studied the subjects of breeding, showing and judging, gaining the General Certificate of Canine Studies in 1988.

In U.S.A he specialized in professional dog training at the National K-9 School of Dog Trainers in Colombus, Ohio and in 1989 he graduated with the Master Trainer Certificate.

He then became involved in the American dog world, working together with a Professional Show Handler and helping showing many different breeds at shows all over the East Coast of the United States.

Back to Greece he started working as a professional dog obedience trainer and problem behavior counselor, which he did for 30 years.

-         Member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Kennel Club (1986-1990) and Vice-President (1990-1992), Vice-President of the Hellenic Animal Welfare Society (1993 till today), President of Athens Canine Society (1993-1998, 2000-2004).

-         Show Manager of the Greek Kennel Club’s dog shows (1991-1993) and the Athens Canine Society’s shows (1993-1998).

-         Editor of the Greek Kennel Club’s magazine (1991-1993) and contributor to many others.

-         Editor of  TOP DOGS newspaper (2006 – 2008).

-         President ofGreek Kennel Club’s Judges Committee (2005 – 2009)

-         Breeder in the past of Afghan Hounds and Whippets with the kennel name ALLSATIN and exports to Canada, Italy, Serbia, Spain, Finland, Sweden and Israel.

Today he is into Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

He is the proud breeder of:

ALLSATIN SABRINA, Top Cavalier-Greece 2016, 2 X BIS Cavalier Club of Greece
ALLSATIN KELLY, Top Cavalier-Greece 2017,’18,’19,’20, 2^nd Champion WDS 2018
ALLSATIN DORY, Top Cavalier-Greece 2021,’22, WW 2022, #2 All Breeds ’22

-         Judge at Open Shows (England) since 1992.

-         F.C.I International Judge since 1996. Approved for All Breeds since 2007.

-         Has judged in 49 countries in 5 continents: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Finland, N. Macedonia, Greece, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Moldavia, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Thailand, USA and Ukraine.

-         Has judged BIS All Breeds in 25 countries

-         Has judged at:

-         FCI Centenary World Dog Show 2011 (Paris)

-         Irish Showdog of the Year 2014 / EWC Rep.  

-         South Africa Showdog of the Year 2015

-         Champion of Champions (Estonia & Slovakia)

-         Nordic Winners (Finland & Sweden) 

-         Eurasia  

-         SICALAM 2017 (Chile)

/George Kostopoulos

Takker for invitationen til sveriges store hundeutstilling St. Stockholm. Jeg er uddanet eksteriør i 1998. Vi er en jagtivrig familie og vores hunde bruges til praktisk jagt og utstillinger.

Jeg har været opdrætter i 35 år med succes. Mange CH, verdensvinder og gruppevindere og BIS er det blevet til. Nogle af de største oplevelser har været at vinde Crufts 2 gang med egen odpdrættede hunde.

Mit hjerte brænder for at hundene skal anvendes til deres formål, og mener fint man kan kombinere brain og beauty til fælles glæde for hund og ejer. Som dommer vægter jeg funktionalitet, race type, sundhed og hund uden overdrifter. Jeg glæder mig meget till updraget på STOKK 23.

Föder upp Amerikansk Cocker Spaniel samt Pointer tillsammans med min sambo Vibeke Paulsen under prefixet Statesman.

Dömt sedan januari 2009, dömer alla raser i grupp 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 samt många i grupp 9.

I have been involved in cavaliers since 1971. Like many it started with a pet  then another – cavaliers are quite addictive. In 1973 we acquired our foundation bitch from the late Susan Burgess Crisdig. From that one bitch all the Ricksburys can be traced.

I’m very proud that for none commercial people the Ricksbury prifix is the most successful in the history of the breed, making up many champions in the UK and around the world.

I started judging in the mid eighties and now award challenge certificates to all toy breeds and also dalmatians in the utility group. I have had the good fortune to judge in many countries around the world and have made many friends in doing so. I’m greatly looking forward to judging at this wonderful show. My late friend Dan Ericsson always held Stockholm international as one of the best run shows one could attend so thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to judge for you. 

Memberships
The Finnish Kennel Club: Member of the Board 2013-2021, 2023- Vice Chairman 2015-2017, 2023-, Chairman of Show and Judges Commission 2017-2021, 2023-

The Finnish Border Terrier Club: Chairman 2013-2015, Member of the Board 2007-2015

Finnish Dog Show Judge’s Society: Vice Chairman of the Board 2014-16, Member of the Board 2012-16, Secretary of the Society 2011-2012

Shows
World Dog Show 2014, Helsinki, Vice Chairman of the Committee
Winner Shows 2013-, Helsinki, Vice Chairman of the Committee, Chairman 2023-

Dog Show Judge since 2010
BIS-judge
WDS 2018 Amsterdam, NL
EDS 2023 Herning, DK

Has judged in Dog Shows in Scandinavia, UK, Europe and Australia in 28 countries.

Qualified for the Breeds
FCI Group 1: about half of the group
FCI Group 2: all breeds
FCI Group 3: all breeds
FCI Group 4: all breeds
FCI Group 5: almost all breeds
FCI Group 6: all breeds
FCI Group7: almost all breeds
FCI Group 8: about half of the group
FCI Group 9: all breeds
FCI Group 10: all breeds

Min passion för hundar och hundutställning nedärvdes av mina föräldrar som var aktiva uppfödare och utställare sedan länge, då främst med rasen boxer. Jag var fyra år gammal när jag tillsammans med en boxervalp för första gången fick gå in i ringen. Jag minns att det var lite pinsamt för valpen kissade framför domaren och gjorde inte riktigt som jag ville men vi fick HP till slut. Där och då väcktes det som kom att bli min största hobby och jag drömde stort.

Jag ville ha en egen hund och jag satt ofta och bläddrade i hundböcker där jag oftast hamnade på sidorna med alla de gulliga småhundarna i grupp 9. Särskilt de med rosetter. Jag fick tjata rätt länge för att övertyga mina föräldrar om en liten hund men till slut kom hon, min egen lilla korthåriga chihuahua. Hon och jag matchade nog varandra bättre än boxervalpen och jag.

Efter några år fanns det fler småhundar hemma än boxrar, det blir lätt så i grupp 9. Till och med en rosetthund, shih tzu, flyttade in. Men rasen som uppfyllde en av mina stora drömmar, Best in Show, kom att bli tibetansk spaniel. En ras som jag än i dag är hängiven.

Som vuxen fortsatte jag att förverkliga det jag som liten drömt och 2010 blev jag auktoriserad exteriördomare. I ringen mår jag som bäst och hobbyn har blivit en livsstil. Detta är så kul!

Jag ser fram emot att ses i december!

/Lisa

Born in Lisboa, Portugal in 1955, was involved in the breeding of English and American Cocker Spaniel, Basset Hound, Dobermann and Whippet.

Leader of the Clube Português de
Canicultura (CPC) Shows
Commission 1996-2021.
• Member of the Federation
Cynologique Internationale (FCI)
Shows Commission 1997-2021.
• Vice-President of the CPC Board of
Directors 1998-2021.
• Vice-President of the FCI Shows
Commission 2016-2020.
• Member of the CPC Show Judges
Commission .
• President of the Clube Português
de Spaniels (CPS).

Vice-President of the Associação para a
Proteção do Cão de Água Português
(APCAP).
• He has also held management positions
in several breed clubs (Associação
Dobermann de Portugal, Basset Hound
Clube de Portugal and Whippet Clube de
Portugal).
• International FCI All Breeds Judge, he
has officiated at Championship Dog
Shows in the majority of the European
countries, Africa, Australia, Asia,
Canada, Central and South America,
USA and FCI World and Section
Championships (Europe, America and
Caribbean and Asia, Africa and Oceania).

As a Speciality Judge (including national Specialities) he has been invited to judge and give formation in judge’s seminars on the following breeds: Basset Hound, Dobermann, Gundogs, Sight Hounds and all Portuguese Breeds, in several countries in Europe, Asia and America. International Judge of Portuguese Water Dog Trials.

/Luis Catalan

Coming from a farming family we always had both pedigree & working dogs. And I decided quite young I would like to exhibit my Yorkshire Terrier. And I got the showing bug & even today all those years later I get the same buzz entering the ring with my dogs.

I am very lucky that both my husband Tim & son Ian share my passion. We have owned/bred many Champions in Irish Wolfhounds, Dachshunds & Yorkies. We enjoy also producing the occasional well planned litter & it’s such a joy to see them growing up & doing us proud in the show ring, or just running around on the farm.

I enjoy judging too. It’s a privilege getting your hands on other dogs & meeting other likeminded breeders & exhibitors, which I have had the opportunity to do across Europe & the US.

 I am qualified with the IKC/FCI to judge Groups 4,5,6,9 & 10 & shortly will be completing Group 3. And under the Kennel Club (London) I award CCs in Irish Wolfhounds, Yorkshire Terriers, Salukis & Whippets.

I am looking forward to a return Swedish visit in December and seeing beautiful Sighthounds at the Nordic Dog Shows in Stockholm.

/Marion Finney

Judge since 1999 and Yorkshire Terrier as my first breed. Now All rounder and BIS judge. My first breed has been German Shepherd Dog and obedience as a hobby in the early 1970s.

When Dog Shows came to my life, I started with Great Danes and a bit later also  with Yorkshire Terriers and British Bulldogs. I also started in the early 1990s with Australian Silky Terrier. Breeding work has been done mostly with Yorkies and Silkies. With those even some European and World Winners. Owned also some very successful Great Danes. 

My latest breeds I have been breeding a bit has been Pekingese and Pugs and last dog was Miniature Schnautzer. In my family we have and have had Chinese Crested Dog, Jack Russell Terriers, Westies, Toy Poodles, Salukies and Irish Wolfhounds.

My favorite hobby is judging at he Dog Shows all over the world - mostly still in Europe. Outside Europe I have been judging few times in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Japan, Libanon, Philippines and South Africa. 

/Markku Kipinä

Hej,

Här kommer en kortfattad presentation av mig - Micael Johansson.

Mitt hundintresse har jag från barnsben. Då familjen hade både jämthund, gråhund, stövare och drever. Min första egna hund fick jag som 14-åring, vilket naturligtvis var en långhårig collie. Intresset för rasen växte snabbt och inom loppet av några år hade jag redan 3-4 hundar.

I mitten av 1990 talet hade jag min första valpkull och sedan dess har jag fött upp under prefixet Seabound's. Genom åren har även afghanhund och sheltie funnits i kenneln.

Min passion för hund och då i synnerhet collie har alltid varit stark och en naturlig del av mitt liv. Därför kändes det som ett självklart steg att 2010 utbilda mig till domare. Viktiga saker för mig när jag dömer är att sätta sig in i rasernas ändamål och bakgrund.

Till vardags jobbar jag med smycken och design.

Mvh / Micael Johansson

I have been involved in the Dog World since 1968 as a successful breeder, exhibitor and exporter of Australian Silky Terriers under the "DULCANNINA" prefix, and as an exhibitor of all three varieties of Poodles, Pharaoh hound and Lhasa apso’s.

From the age of ten I handled my family's dogs in the show ring and later became a partner in the kennel.

Highlights of my involvements with Silky Terriers include:

Making up approximately 100 Champions

*Dulcannina bred and owned the first Silky Terrier to win Best Exhibit in Show at a Royal Show within Australia (Melbourne Royal 1972).

In addition to my involvement with Silky Terriers I co-owned and handled the white Standard Poodle Australian Champion Leander White Blazer (Imp. South Africa) to Best Exhibit in Show at Sydney Royal Easter Show 1988.

Since 1997 I have been involved with Lhasa Apsos with great success as a partner in the “AMESEN” prefix including winning multiple Best in Group and Group placements at Royal shows within Australia, Multiple Best in Shows (All Breeds) and Multiple Speciality Best in Shows.

“Amesen “has bred approximately 100 Champions including the first Australian Bred Lhasa Apso to gain an English title - BISS Eng Ch & BISS Aust Ch. Amesen Come Fly With Me To Balito.

I was first approved to judge the Toy Breeds in 1978 and achieved ALL BREEDS status in 1989.

I have officiated at shows in all States of Australia, Sweden, Norway, Finland both Islands of New Zealand, India, Canada, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, China and Japan.

I have been invited twice to lecture on Silky Terriers to the Terrier Judges at the Terrier Derby Conferences in Sweden.

I judged the Pedigree Chum Junior Showmanship Final at Crufts in 1994.

I also judged at the World Dog show 2008 held in Sweden.

I served as an elected council member of the South Australian Canine Association for four years.

I was the Group Seven (Non Sporting Group) Co-ordinator for many years and am currently an Examiner, Assessor and Breed Lecturer with DogsSA Judges Training.

I bought my first show dog a Labrador Retriever in 1977 and bred my first litter in 1981. Over the years I have been fortunate to make up several champions and achieve top Labrador in 2010, 2011 and again in 2014. I achieved top sire in 2016 with UK Show Champion, American Grand Champion Farnfield Topo Gigio (Ai) JW ShCM. I have made up four Weimaraners one achieving top Weimaraner in 2012, and have numerous challenge certificates with others. I also show Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas making one into a show champion, a great, great granddaughter of my first bitch who achieved her Irish Champion title. I have also owned and shown Welsh, Sussex and Clumber Spaniels

I have sat on various dog committees, I am Vice Chairman of The Welsh Kennel Club and Secretary of The Gundog Society of Wales. 

I am passed to award Challenge Certificates in twelve breeds in the Gundog group along with the Gundog group.

/Richard Stafford

Dr Ronald W James (UK)

Dr James has a lifelong interest in the breeding, showing, and judging of purebred dogs. He has bred, owned and exhibited UK Champions in Basenjis, Bullmastiffs and Pointers.

He awards Kennel Club Challenge Certificates to seventy breeds, and judges the Gundog, Hound, Utility, and Working Groups as well as Best in Show at Championship Shows held in the UK.

He has previously awarded CACIBs at FCI International Shows in many European countries. He has also judged at breed speciality shows in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain. He has judged at the SKK Hundmässa on two previous occasions and is very much looking forward to once again judging for the SKK in 2023.

Throughout my adult life, I have been involved with dogs, primarily as a breeder  and a dog exhibitor. I am passionate about this hobby and would love to share this with  other people. Previously, I was one of the leading breeders of Parson Russell Terrier. My kennel name was then Toutchstone.

I started my breeding in 1985 with the High-legged Jack Russell Terrier, later officially recognized by FCI 1991 under the name Parson Russell Terrier. I also took part of the The Swedish Kennel Club dog shows. My breeding also included other terrier breeds; Fox Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Welsh Terrier and Jack Russell Terrier, which I also breed. I am a proud holder of the Swedish Terrier Club's breeder’s medal.

Previously, I ran a trim and dog care salon in central Stockholm. Today I am working at the Swedish Kennel Club's Show Department.

I am an All-breed International judge, and as such I have been travelling a lot; mainly in Europe, including Great Britain, but also in Russia, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Africa. I have judged two World Dog Shows in Europe. Totally in official class I have judged 32.953 dogs. I am also a teacher for the anatomy courses and examinations of the Swedish Kennel Club for people who like to be licensed judges.

Together with my partner, Björn Magnusson, I am running the Kronblommas kennel, breeding Bernese Mountain Dogs. We have been quite successful in recent years, and we have exported dogs for breeding to the United States and several European countries. We have been the top breeder in the country for many years and one of the stars in the kennel. The past Kronblommas Rosalinda have been the best bitch in five years in Sweden and World Winner 2017.

I have been involved in the SKK Committee for Special Judgments, and I have also served as a chairman of the Swedish Judge Association, Local Kennel Club, the Swedish Parson Russell Club, the Jack Russell Club and the West Swedish Terrier Club. I have made the judge presentation compendium for the four Swiss Mountain Dogs.

My big interest in animals does not only include dogs, but also horses. I have a license for judging dressage, as well as for training horses and riders for this. When I was young, I also took part in dressage competitions.

Svante Frisk

I started with dog breeding/show in 1975 with English Cocker Spaniel. Bred/owned 30 champions, and the most winning dog was Tannac New Fachion, who was the most winning spaniel 5 years in a row, runner up top winning all breeds in 1984. My other breed was Lhasa Apso and I bred/owned 20 Champions. Saxonspring Fol De Rol became Bamsevinner - the top winning dog in Norway 1986. I also visited the Griffon and Tibetian Terrier.

I have held a number of positions of trust within the Dog World, including Chairman of the Nowegian Toy Club for 7 years, some years in the Norwigian Spaniel Club and the NKK show committee. I am an honourary member of the Toy Club.

I started my judging training in 1987, and became an All Rounder in 2007. I have judged in most of the European countries and also in Russia, Thailand, Australia many times, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, South Africa, China, Tasmania Royal Show and the Faroe Islands. 

Most of my professional career I worked in health as a nurse in Psychiatry, in special health service in drugs treatment. Now I am retired, so my time goes to judgeing, do my own traveling to explore the world, share life with my partner, family and our lovely dog, Chihuahua.

/Svein Bjarne Helgesen