2008 BORDER COLLIE NATIONAL SPECIALTY
October 15-21, 2008-Purina Farms-Gray Summit, Missouri
JUDGE SONJA DONALDSON

I live in Santa Barbara, California with my husband and 12 year old daughter. I have trained, shown, and trialed my Border Collies in conformation, herding, agility, and a bit of obedience and especially love doing performance events with my three dogs - Puck, Beckham, and Miss Piggy. I am particularly interested in pedigrees and health issues and I hope someday to be both a herding and a conformation judge. I recently bred my first litter under the affix Cordillera Border Collies. I am the President of the Border Collie Club of Greater Los Angeles and Chair the Border Collie Society of America Judge Selection Committee. I also train, raise, and evaluate canine candidates for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. I work to support my dog habit as a geologist and the Director of Environmental Affairs for an aerospace manufacturing company. I am delighted to have the opportunity to judge the conformation of a fine group of accomplished Border Collies in the Performance Match at the 2008 BCSA National Specialty.