Linda Voláriková
I got my first dog, an English Springer Spaniel, in 1989, and I have been deeply involved
with everything concerning dogs ever since then. I won the search and rescue
championship in Slovakia with this Springer and we also tried agility.My first show dog
was an American Cocker Spaniel just two years later. Didn't have much success with
him, but fell in love with this breed so much that I breed and show them till the present
time. Under my prefix LAYTON in very limited breeding, I have bred 41 champions,
including 22 Interchampions and a World Show Best of Breed. I have also bred one
litter of Dobermanns out of my beloved bitch Petra z Tomky, with which I also actively
worked. I started judging in 2002, my first breed was, of course, the American Cocker
Spaniel. Since then I am approved to judge over 70 other breeds and I have been
honoured to judge in more than 25 European countries, including European shows
and World Show. I like judging also the junior handling competition, as I very much
appreciate the devotion of the young people to the dog world. I have been a part of
organizing team of the oldest international dog show in Slovakia for several years and
enjoy devoting my time to this interesting work. At many shows, not only in Slovakia,
I have acted as the main ring speaker, which gives me so much experience in looking at the dogs closely, but also
studying the different breeds in detail, as I like doing a lot of preparation work prior to the job.
Breeds I am licensed to judge:
FCI 1 ­ Berger de Brie
FCI 2 ­ Dobermann, Black Terrier, Pinscher, Miniature Pinscher, Schnauzers, English Bulldog
FCI 5 ­ Akita, American Akita, Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, Shiba, Samoyed, German Spitz
FCI 8 ­ GROUP JUDGE
FCI 9 ­ GROUP JUDGE
FCI non recognized – ALL BREEDS
Junior Handling
BEST IN SHOW
Countries I have judged in:
Slovakia, Czech, Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Serbia, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy,
Montenegro, Russia, Cyprus, Belgium, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Sweden, Hungary, Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal,
Netherlands, Germany
Anita Duggan
I got my first husky about 24 years ago and was well and truly smitten by the Breed.
I had already been involved
with showing as my mother has owned and Bred Shih Tzus for about 40 years under
the Leorient affix. I represented Ireland twice at the International Junior Handling
Final in Crufts in 1990 and 1991. We have owned bred and Campaigned about 20
Siberians to their Irish title and International titles. We have owned or Bred the top
winning Siberian male or female and sometimes both in Ireland since 2003 with my
current Siberian Male being runner up top dog All breeds in Ireland for 2012and
2014. He was also runner up champion of champions in 2012. We have been very
fortunate to have in our Kennel the first ever Irish Champion in the breed, the
youngest ever Champion in the Breed , First Siberian to win a Best in Show in Ireland and currently have the top 3
most winning Siberians in Ireland in our Kennel to date to name but a few. I started judging in 1997 and currently I
judge Groups 2,5,6,9,and 10. I am also approved to judge BIS and have had the honour of doing so 3 times now in my
own country as well as USA. Due to family commitments I have only recently started judging abroad and I have judged
in Sweden, Denmark and USA.
Spela Briski Cirman
I was born in the year 1976. Together with my husband and 2 children, we live in a
nice village near the town of Postojna. We all love animals. Beside breeding dogs
(Cirman Family kennel) we professionaly breed falcons - Cirman Falcons. We are
the biggest falcon breeders in this part of Europe.
I work at the Veterinary Faculty in Ljubljana and since last year I have been studying
Forestry and hunting management. I started to work in dog breeding in my
childhood, when my father broug home a Cocker Spaniel and since then dogs have
always been a part of my life. I breed Chihuahuas under the name Cirman Family
Kennel. We also own an English Setter and 3 Pomeranians.
Since 2004 I have been a international dog show judge, specialist for group 9 and
also a judge for a group 5. I judged in my home country and in Croatia, Germay, Denmark, Russia, Estonia, Holland,
Lithuania. I am a member of the Breeding Committe for the Slovenian Toy Dogs Club and a Board member of the same
club. Moreover, I am the first woman falconer in Slovenia.
Mirja Lapanja
I was born in 1973 and I live in Ljubljana. All my life has been connected with dogs, first we were breeding English
Cocker Spaniels, then Great Danes and Chihuahuas. In 1992 I bought my first Airedale Terrier and since then my heart
belongs to that gorgeous breed. Under my kennel prefix »Shadow of Aire« 41 litters were born in those years. I have
bred more then 100 Champions of many countries, including World and European winners.
In 1999 first Border Collie joined our family. I have them mainly for Agility and I breed them very occasionally. I am a
licensed FCI International judge for FCI Groups 1,2 and 3 and for Agility. I have judged many International, National
and Specialty show all around Europe. Besides I am also a member of Breeding committee for Schnauzer and Pincher
and a member of Presidium of Slovenian kennel Club
Rodila sem se leta 1973 in živim v Ljubljani. Že od rojstva me spremljajo psi, doma smo vzrejali angleške koker španjele,
zatem nemške doge in čivave.
Leta 1992 sem si kupila prvo airedalsko terierko in od takrat moje srce pripada tej prelepi pasmi. Pod imenom moje
psarne “Shadow of Aire” sem do sedaj vzredila 41 legel. V teh leglih sem vzredila več kot 100 šampionov različnih
držav, prav tako pa tudi nekaj svetovnih in evropskih prvakov.
Leta 1999 se je naši družini pridružil tudi prvi mejni ovčar. Uporabljam jih prvotno za agility in jih vzrejam le redko.
Sem FCI mednarodni sodnik za pasemske skupine FCI 1, 2 in 3 ter za Agility. Sodila sem na mnogo mednarodnih,
državnih in specialnih razstavah po Evropi. Poleg tega sem član vzrejne komisije za šnavcerje in pinče in član upravnega
odbora pri Kinološki zvezi Slovenije.
Gerard Jipping
- FCI­ Judge
- President Dutch Kennelclub “Raad van Beheer”
- Vice President of the FCI
- President FCI Euro Sight hound Show committee
- President FCI WorldDogShow 2018
Judging license (December 2014)
- F.C.I.­ Group 1
- All Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs
- F.C.I. ­ Group 5:
- All Spitz and Primitive types
- F.C.I. ­ Group 9:
- Chinese Crested Dog (288), French Bulldog (101)
- F.C.I. ­ Group 10:
- All Sighthounds
Judging license since: 01.08.1996
Owner from: Afghan Hounds & France Bulldogs
Languages spoken: Dutch, German and English
Judging experience in countries:
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, Ukraine and USA
Inviting also in: 2015 Mexico, 2016 San Marino, Kazachstan and China
Comments:
Dogs have always been part of Gerard’s life and as from 1976 especially Afghan Hounds. Around 1985 he started to
show dogs and had many (International) championships mostly in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Becoming
more and more interested in dogs, Gerard started to his cynotogigal study in 1992 and in 1995 he did his first exam
for the Afghan Hound. Ten years later, 2006, he is judge of all ­FCI group 10­ breeds, the Sight hounds. At this moment
he is also group judge of ­FCI group 5­ all breeds of the Spitz and primitive types, ­FCI group 1­ all breeds of the
Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs and some breeds of group 9. Gerard judged in many European countries, America,
Australia and Asia at national and international Dog shows (including FCI European and FCI World Dog Show’s)
Champion of Champion shows, many breed specialties and title shows. Since 1994 he showed successfully his Afghans
Hounds with the kennel name “El Harakat”. Afghan Hounds from “El Harakat” are all over the world like France, USA,
Germany, Switzerland, Israel and Denmark etc.
A few other experience in the cynology of Gerard:
­ Secretary of the national Sight Hound show committee Hochdahl/Duisburg (Germany)
­ President of the International CACIB Dog Show committee KC. DOIJ (Netherlands)
­ Member of the dispute committee of the Dutch Kennel Club “Raad van Beheer”
­ President from the Dutch Sight hound Club “N.V.O.W.”
­ President of the FCI European Dog Show 2011
On this moment he is:
­ President of the FCI World Dog Show 2018
­ President of the Dutch Kennel Club "Raad van Beheer”
­ Vice president of the FCI General Committee
­ President of the FCI Euro­Sighthound show committee