Judges With Integrity

Club secretaries sometimes ask me to propose names of qualified breed judges with high integrity to judge at their shows, judges who ...

... judge by the breed standard and overall impression of a dog
... are not blinded by movements or other details
... are friendly to all dogs, exhibitors and spectators
... have style
... never take their eyes from a dog when it is asked to move around the ring
... do their utmost to point out the advantages rather than disadvantages with each dog, never insult the handler/owner with condescending comments
... help out and show patience when they see that a handler, or a dog, is a novice
... can cope professionally with a large number of entries in each class
... have the language to write a comprehensive critique for each dog
... maintain a low profile on the internet, do not slander fellow breeders/judges/exhibitors around the world and their doings on email lists,
    do NOT keep telling the world who is their current best mate/soulsister and the like
... in fact never utter a negative word about other judges/breeders/show competitors or their dogs
... are non-political, i e are completely unselfish as to the dog they favour for BOB, e g do not set up a dog for BOB expecting its owner
    to do the same for him/her at an other show; swapping of favours
... judge by the rule 'best dog wins', not 'you won with your dog, so you can not win with your bitch too', trying to do some obscure kind of justice
... are extra critical as to the progeny of dogs of their own breeding
... do not use alcohol when executing their judging commission, hopefully not even the night before
... cannot be bribed, no matter what
... do not dash about showing exhibitors photos of their own dogs during the breaks
... do not favour friends and colleagues or even compatriots
... do not write hate letters to kennel clubs to 'punish' exhibitors/breeders whom they do not like and
... do not try to rule the cocker spaniel clubs around the world

Here are some names that I have gladly shared, don't know if they are all still around:
 

Judge	Prefix	Origin
Moray Armstrong	Bitcon
Dr Peter Beyersdorf
Monica Blaha
Michael Boothroyd
Mark Boswell	Marquell
Hans J Brunotte
Maudie Burke
Elsbeth Clerc
Ado Cornelius	Widukind's
Tom Creamer
Deirdre Crofts
Brian Cummins
Ann Cuthbert
Joanna Darby	Classicway
Rony Doedijns
Paolo Dondina
Louise Dorr
Monica Dreijer	Nobhill
Barbara Engländer	vom Pointenbach
Sandra Fleming	Palacecraig
Valerie Foss	Elswood
Roy Garner	Chrisandre
Jinty Gill Davis	Rosecourt
Pamela Halkett	Wiljana
Jostein Halvorsen	Bomway
James Hayward
Gerry Hickey
Patsy Hollings	Gunalt
K G Holmes
Tuija Kaipainen	Sheerclever
Magdalena Karlsson	Disodil's
Geoff Kill
Horst Kliebenstein
Yvonne Knapper
Denis Kuzelj
Christen Lang
Helge Larsen
Penny Lester	Quettadene
Fonia Mace	Fonesse
Mike Masters	Manchela
Robert McCormack-Kelly
Ken McFarlane, England	Maxway
Jane Mitchell	Glowhill
Peter Morgan	Spinneyhill
Carolyn Muirhead	Shipden
Colin Muirhead	Shipden
Adam Murray	Worlewood
Kjell Nielsen	Dream Max
Geoff Parkin	Mistfall
Tony Pascoe	Trewinnard
Luis Pinto Teixeira
Sandra Radomski	judge-to-be
Dr Kazimierz Sciesinski
Carol West	Sheigra
Barbara Skilton
Ferelith Somerfield	Oudenarde
Regine Sommer	Meiendorf
Susie Svoldgaard
John Thirlwell	Ferndel
Harry Vella		Malta
Barbara Ward	Wensum
Roland Webb	Speechouse
David Wong
Rodney Wyatt	Kendalwood
Philip Young	Cannyon
Silva Zeferino

Of course there is a 'black' list too.

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