I am a BCSA member and a charter member of the newly formed Border Collie Club of Arizona. In May 2004, I judged the Border Collie Club of Greater Los Angeles Specialty, and in October 2004 I judged the BCSA Parent Club Specialty at Purina Farms. Of course, I have judged Border Collies many times at AKC all-breed shows as well. I first judged in Hungary and Belgium in the early 1980's and became an AKC judge a few of years later. I am approved by AKC to judge the entire Herding group as well as some Working and Hound breeds. Besides judging multiple times in Hungary and Belgium, I have also judged in Austria and Germany.

I have been presenter or primary presenter at a number of Border Collie seminars. Most recently, at the request of the BCSA Judges Education Chair, I organized and was the primary presenter for a Border Collie seminar and workshop at the Western Dog Judge’s Association of America Institute, which was held San Bernardino, Cal. in May, 2008. I was the ring steward for the Los Angeles Club's Specialty in 2007 for Ross Green from the UK and in 2008 for Helena Fitzgerald from Australia.

I owned a Sheltie and Collie as a teenager. I started showing in obedience with a Hungarian import Komondor who was the first CDX and the first UD in that breed (a picture of that dog jumping was on the cover of the AKC Gazette and in the Complete Dog Book). I got into Pulis about 10 years later and obtained a CDX on my first Puli. I've mostly been involved with Pulis in recently years. I owned a flock of sheep in California, and I've done some additional herding since I moved myself and my dogs to Arizona in 1997. “One Man and His Dog” was my favorite TV program when the San Jose PBS station was broadcasting it. I only charge for expenses when I judge a Specialty.

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