James Brownstarted Showing Irish Setters in 1970. He Showed the BIS Winning Irish Setter

James Brownstarted showing Irish setters in 1970. He showed the BIS winning irish setter Ch. Innisfail Kismet of Gala Glen. He and his wife, Susan St. John Brown are most well known for their SerandidaIbizan Hounds. They have had many top winning Ibizans since 1979. Owner, breeder, handling Ch. Serandida's Spirit of Luxor to Best of Breed at the 2010 National specialty, the following year Jim showed SerqetShadey Grove Autumn to his championship by going Best in Show from the classes during national specialty week end to finish "Grover's championship with three Group One's and a Best to finish. Jim has been judging since 2003. He judges the Sporting Group and the Non-Sporting Group and Best in Show.

Pamela Bruceis afourth generation 'dog person'. She finished her first champion at age four alongside her parents who bred Maltese and Lhasa Apsos.

Pamhas handled and appreciates all breeds.Her expertise ~ coated breeds~ conditioning andpresenting numerous Top Hounds, Terriers, Toys ~ Pekingese, and all varieties of Poodles. She has also bred and exhibited top winning Weimaraners.

For overforty yearsPam specialized in the breed she is best known for ~ co piloting numerous top dogs under the Afghans of 'Grandeur'prefix with her mentor Michael Canalizo.

Pam has bred Airedale Terriers under the'Accolade'prefix for the past 17 years.

Sheis an investigator with the Toronto Police Service ~ specializing in DNA 'cold cases’Dangerous Offenders, Sexual Assault /Child Abuse investigations.

Dana Cline began breeding and exhibiting as a boy. He has bred champion Beagles, Borzoi, German Wirehaired Pointers, Great Danes, and Miniature Bull Terriers, including one of the few BIS-winning Mini Bulls in the breed’s history.

An AKC judge since 1998, he includes among his career highlights judging at Westminster and at seven national specialties, including twice at Great Dane Club of America. This year is his second AKC/Eukanuba assignment.

Mr. Cline is corresponding secretary and a board member for the Lake Shore Great Dane Club, and has conducted seminars on various breeds. He enjoys gardening, antiques, and "working in and around" his koi ponds.

Clay Coady competed in his first dog show at the age of 12 with his first purebred dog, aSamoyednamed Snow. He didn’t win, but it ignited a passion for the sport that still burns to this day. His career in dogs was blessed by the good fortune to work with the very best of people and dogs.

In his teens he worked for legends Ben Brown and, later, Larry Downey. In his 20s he set out on a successful professional handling career, and before it was over, he would handle some of thetop-winning dogsof their time for some wonderful clients, finishing and specialing dogs in every Group.

Mr. Coady retired from handling in 1999 to focus on his business interests, including boarding kennels, veterinary clinics and pet supply businesses in the Phoenix area. He and his son, Ryan, also own nine Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchises in Oregon. He has been judging since 2001 and is presently approved to judge breeds in every Group, as well as the Sporting, Working andTerrier Groups, and Best in Show.

Sam Houston MacDonaldof Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, grew up among dogs of several breeds but became enamored of Irish Setters after seeing the filmBig Red.During his forty years in the breed, Mr. McDonald bred and owned several Best in Show dogs and once owned the nation's number-one Irish Setter. At various times, he has also been involved in Beagles, Cocker Spaniels, Dachshunds, Scottish Deerhounds, and Wirehaired Pointing Griffons. "I continue to breed and exhibit Irish Setters and Irish Wolfhounds left to me by the great breeder Samuel Evans Ewing III," he says.
Mr. McDonald has been an AKC judge since 1987, approved for the Sporting Group, Australian Shepherds, Junior Showmanship, and Best in Show. He is the AKC delegate and show chairman for the Bryn Mawr Kennel Club, a director of the Dog Judges Association of America, Irish Setter Club of America Foundation board member, and a member of the Chester Valley Kennel Club and the Kennel Club of Philadelphia. During his long association with the Irish Setter Club of America, he served as director and president, and was show chairman for three national specialties.
Mr. McDonald, a retired speech language pathologist, was instrumental in creating a standardized breed presentation for the Irish Setter and has had many articles published in the akc gazette.

Sydney MarxA chance encounter in 1963 with James Wright, a local judge, started him off in the world of the dog show fancy. The first match show ribbon won by my Irish Setter, Lady, hooked me for life.

He credits the time spent as an assistant handler at Marianne Cook’s sporting dog kennel with furthering his understanding why a dog has to be built a certain way to do what its breed was meant to do. He later became an AKC licensed handler, and was approved as an AKC judge in 1974. He and his wife and still show their own dogs, and this makes him appreciate the physical, mental, emotional, and financial effort it takes for every exhibitor to attend a show, and that reminds him that each one deserves the judges’ best look.

He is currently approved to judge BIS, Sporting Group, Hound Group, Australian Terriers, Border Terriers, Miniature Schnauzers Smooth Fox Terriers, Wire Fox Terriers, and West Highland White Terriers.He also greatly enjoys judging Juniors.

Kimberly Meredith-Cavannabegan exhibiting an Alaskan Malamute in 1972. She owned the youngest (9 months, two weeks) group winner in breed history, a record that still stands. Mrs. Meredith-Cavanna has had Winners Bitch at three different national specialties, bred numerous specialty winners, and bred 2004’s number-one Malamute, all systems: the female BIS/BISS Ch. Atanik’sSilverIce Hot Pants, ROM, a national specialty winner and BOB at Westminster. Her limited breeding program has produced more than 60 champions.

Mrs. Meredith-Cavanna judges BIS, the Working, Sporting, and Herding groups, 10 hounds, and Junior Showmanship. She has filled three Westminster assignments, including the Working Group in 2010, and has judged the Malamute, Akita (twice), Siberian Husky, and Portuguese Water Dog national specialties. In 2012, she will judge the Newfoundland national.

Mrs. Meredith-Cavanna is vice president and assistant show chair of Contra Costa (California) County KC and is a board member of Concerned Dog Owners of California. She was a founding member of the Alaskan Malamute Club of America’s judge’s education program and has written extensively about the breed.

Linda C. More grew up with Shetland Sheepdogs, and started showing in Breed, Obedience and Juniors at age 12. Linda bred Shelties for about 20 years and Keeshonden more briefly. Her dogs earned Obedience titles through Utility as well as Championships.

In the early 1970's she was granted a handler's license and before long was busy as a full-time professional handler based in Connecticut. In 1989 Linda was honored with a nomination for the Kennel Review Best Female Professional Handler award.

By the time she retired from handling in 1991, Linda had shown clients' dogs in some 60 different breeds representing all seven Groups, and campaigned Specialty and All-Breed BIS winners in Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier and Herding breeds.

In November of 1991 Linda was granted AKC approval to judge, starting with the Herding Group. She joined AKC as a conformation field rep in 1997, worked in the Raleigh office from 1999 to 2003, and is now retired. Linda had German Shepherd Dogs as companions from 1992 through 2008, and the current resident entertainer is a Border Collie.Linda isa member of the Dog Judges Association of American and at present the Judges' Education Chairman for the American Shetland Sheepdog Association.

Linda Robey acquired her first Belgian Sheepdog in 1979. She competed in conformation and obedience for many years. She is currently the Chairperson of the Belgian Sheepdog Judges Education and a member of the ABTC judges education committee.

She has had the honor of presiding as a judge at the American Belgian Tervuren Club National Specialty, the Belgian Sheepdog Club of America National Specialty and the American Belgian Malinois Club National Specialty.

Judy Webbwas raised with Boston Terrier and Boxers, her first show dog was a Basenji, she raised and showed them for number of years. Judy was always the child that collected any stray animal that was available. By the time she was four or five, she knew that she would grow up to be involved with either dogs or horses. Fortunately, that did come true. Judy was raised with Boston Terriers and Boxers. Her first "show" dog was a Basenji that happened to her by accident. She continued to raise and show them for a number of years. She was granted a handler's license by the AKC in 1966 and continued to show on a full-time basis until 1990 when she was granted the Hound Group to judge. Subsequently, she has been given the Sporting Group as well as Bostons, Cairns and Miniature Pinschers and Junior Showmanship. As a handler, Judy finished dogs of 68 different breeds with Groups or Best in Shows on 34 of those breeds. She was fortunate to show many of the top dogs in their respective breeds including the first Vizsla to go Best in Show, the #1 Bassett in the history of the breed, the #2 Cairn Terrier.