Beverly Capstick

I have been judging since 1979 and currently have 4 groups (Working, Herding, Hounds and Non Sporting) plus a number of breeds in other groups. I started the Northstar Working Group Association and the North Star Herding Group Club, in Minnesota in the year 2000. I became president of the Herding Group club for the formative years and through their first Herding Group Specialty in June of 2005. Being involved, through the NSHGC, with Obedience, Agility, Rally, Herding and Conformation has given me the full appreciation of the wonderful abilities of the Border Collie. It would be a pleasure to be a part of your National.

In 1978, I started showing dogs in obedience with my HIT Doberman Pincher. I became a member of the Greater St. Louis Training Club and taught obedience classes for many years. I became interested in conformation, so in 1979, I acquired my first Belgian Sheepdog, a bitch that became my first Belgian Champion. I have also bred BIS and BISS Belgian Tervuren.

I am currently the Judges Education Chairperson for the Belgian Sheepdog Club of America (BSCA), a position I have held since 1996. I also serve on the Judges Education Committee for the American Belgian Tervuren Club (ABTC). I belong to several local kennel clubs and the American Dog Show Judges group. I am the legislative liaison for my local club. I have been an AKC approved to judge since 1995 and am currently approved for the entire Herding group, 22 Sporting breeds, 9 Working breeds, and Best in Show.

I have had the honor of judging the National Specialties for Belgian Tervuren, Belgian Malinois and twice for the Belgian Sheepdogs. I have judged numerous regional specialty and supported entries in several breeds.

Since I come from a performance background, I appreciate the athletic dog. Border Collies are one of the stars in that area. I have been to the stock dog trials in South Dakota and was amazed at the distance they travel and the work they do. I did have the honor to judge the specialty the day after the 2005 National Specialty. What a wonderful entry! I appreciate being considered to judge your National Specialty. It is a huge honor to be nominated.

I have been in dogs since the late 50s/ early 60s primarily as a breeder/owner. exhibitor of American Foxhounds, although, my wife and I originally had German Shepherd Dogs. We exhibited primarily in the South and the Midwest. In 1969, I was approved to judge American Foxhounds and Beagles, and I progressed over the years to become an all-breed judge in 1996. I have judged Border Collies since they were admitted to the Herding Group, and I must say I am very pleased at the progress they have in terms of both quality and numbers since they were recognized.

In addition to the judging, I served as a delegate to AKC in the late 90s and early 2000s and was elected twice to the AKC Board. In 2009, I was once again elected to that body.

I am both pleased and flattered to be considered as a candidate to judge this breed's National Specialty. It is truly an honor that I will cherish, whether I am selected or not.

I was born and grew up in Germany and after Medical School and Internship there came to this country in 1964 for additional training, settled here and retired in 1999 after practicing Gastroenterology. I started judging in 1982 and at this point am approved to judge the Working, Herding and Sporting Group as well as half the Hound Group. I have judged most major shows in this country, including Westminster Kennel Club and the AKC Invitational Shows. I have also judges in a variety of foreign countries.

Having bred Giant schnauzers with my wife Joan, I was an officer and delegate for the Giant Schnauzer Club of America, as well as show Chairman for a local All Breed Club. Currently I am Vice President of the Evergreen Colorado Kennel Club and President of the Colorado Federation of dog Clubs.

Approximately 6-7 years ago I was approved to judge Border Collies and have enjoyed exposure to your breed in shows with small and large entries. With a back ground in working breeds I have always tried in my judging to find entries that appear capable to do the job they are bred to do (which sometimes is a bit difficult). It would be very exciting to judge a specialty with entries large enough to have a choice. I feel honored to be nominated.

Since 1968 Annella Cooper was involved in breeding and exhibiting dogs in Alaska under the kennel name of Orkdomain. Samoyeds were her primary breed and she has bred more than 80 Samoyed champions, numerous Specialty winning dogs and nine (9) Best in Show winners. She has tied for the #2 Samoyed top breeder award, won the Samoyed Top Winning Dog Award in addition to one of her Samoyeds being tied for the Top Brood Bitch Award-all on a national basis.

She has also been extensively involved with Siberian Huskies over a period of twelve years. Not only has Annella exhibited in the confirmation ring, but she has earned many obedience titles and been active working her sled dogs in harness.

Annella started AKC judging in 1999. She has judged the Samoyed Club of America’s
National specialty twice and is slated again for 2010. She has judge the Canadian Samoyed national and national specialties for all the Arctic breeds in Spain. In addition to Spain and Canada, other international judging assignments have included Korea, Australia, Poland, and this year she is judging in China, Russia and the Philippines.

Since she started judging, Annella no longer exhibits, but enjoys five Samoyeds living at home. She has a limited breeding program and enjoys mentoring those new to the sport of purebred dogs. She currently judges the Working Group and most of the Herding Group, together with Miscellaneous, Jr. Showmanship and Best in Show.

Thank you, members of the BCSA from Albany, Oregon for this consideration – I consider it an honor. While born in Oregon, I grew up on a 700 acre ranch in Northern California. Along with other livestock, we had about 500 ewes (mostly Columbia and Suffolk) and I know what herding dogs need to do. (We actually had McNabs). Sheep dog trials are a fond memory from that time.

In 1993, I was approved to judge Old English Sheepdogs and Portuguese Water Dogs for the American Kennel Club. I am currently approved by AKC to judge Best in Show, the Herding Group, the Working Group, some Sporting breeds and Junior Showmanship.

I have judged all over the world for ARBA, IABCA, Australian National Kennel Council, and FCI shows. I have finished numerous championships on my Timbermist OES, PWDS, and Tennessee Walking Horses. I have completed many performance titles (obedience, agility, water trials, herding instinct tests) with my wonderful Timbermist dogkids, including having the first Portuguese Water Dog to perform at a Herding Instinct Test-- along with my Old English Sheepdogs .

My grandparents raised working Border Collies (we called them Collies Without Borders), and early on I developed a deep fondness for this versatile, athletic and intelligent breed. I saw the tremendous value of Border Collies (especially talented Twister and snake-savvy Sheba) as aides with the livestock, and I totally enjoyed their companionship. I make a point of attending the sometimes wild, and definitely wooly, Sheepdog Trials held in Hotchkiss and Meeker, Colorado.

Raised a baseball brat (St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets). I am a health care professional, an artist, a sommelier, and was a volunteer member of the dental surgery team for the Denver Zoo (working on, yes-- lions and tigers and bears!).

I truly value and recognize form as it relates to function and appreciate the specific breed beauty and attributes of the dogs I judge.

I am pleased to be considered as your conformation judge for the Border Collie Society of America's National Specialty. The Border Collie is one of my favorite breeds and it would be an honor and a pleasure to be your conformation judge for 2011.

Dionne (Debbie) Butt has been showing dogs for 35 years, and finished her first Champion at the age of nine.
Sporting Fields Kennels was started by Debbie’s parents and is known worldwide. Debbie has bred and shown top winning Whippets, Scottish Deerhounds, Greyhounds, Smooth Fox Terriers, and of course Border Collies.

Debbie’s accomplishments with Whippets include:
250 Whippet champions
Bred the only dog to be #1 in conformation and performance of any breed
Bred the first and only OTCH Whippet
Bred the only Whippet to go BIS, BIF, and SBIS
Bred and owned the two all time top winning Whippets with 59 Best In Shows each.

Debbie bought her first Border Collie 9 years ago and to date has bred over 18 Border Collie champions. Debbie imported a bitch from Borderfame Border Collies in Australia in 2004 - all nine of her first litter became champions and this litter produced a BOB winner at Westminster and a Crufts CC winner in the UK.

Debbie has three daughters and lives in Virginia on a farm where she dotes on her dogs, and also raises and shows sheep.

Just to give you a brief summery about myself I have been in dogs since 1983 with German Shepherd Dogs. I bred my first CH in 1987. I have bred several multiple Group Placement winners and am now showing a Special I bred that currently has over 100 GP placements including 42 GP 1st and 7 BIS, and is still going Strong.

I have been judging for about 4years, mostly doing specialties (about 80%). When it comes to my judging I am mostly a movement judge. Of course everything factors in, but if you can't move than you can't herd day after day after day and that’s just a fact. Being low man on the totem pole, so to speak, I know what it's like to have to compete with the big name handler's so I put up what I feel is the best I’ve got and if it's a handler then so be it. Anyway I take judging very seriously and enjoy it tremendously. I am fair to all and try to make sure everyone has a good time.

My name is Anna Quigley and first I would like to thank you for considering me for your sweepstakes.

I started in dogs in 1973 with a Rough Collie and in that same year purchased our first Komondor. In 1976 I purchased our first Puli. Since that time we have always had at least one Puli and remained very active showing and breeding our Komondor. We have won the National 11 times and are very proud to say we showed the only Group One Komondor at the Westminster Dog Show. We became more active in the Puli as we aged and have shown them as well to great success. We were the breeders of the Group One Puli at this past years Westminster.

I have always tried to breed dogs in both of these breeds that could still perform the job they were bred to do. I am approved on a provisional basis for both of these breeds and also Junior Showmanship.

My introduction to obedience training and the sport of dogs was in 1970 with a German Shepherd puppy, Heidi, who was the first of my three GSDs trained and shown through Utility. My first Pembroke Welsh Corgi came along in 1982 and there have been three Corgis trained through Utility since then. My present Corgi is Cezanne’s Scribblelina VCD2, UD, RAE, MXP, MJP, who is 13 years of age and retired. We also have a 10+-year-old Saint Bernard, Kris (the most-titled Saint in the history of the breed), trained by my husband, John. Along with our own dogs, I do have a few delightful Border Collie “godchildren” and an Afghan Hound “grandson.”

Since 1972 I have been an active member of our local obedience club and breed clubs. For those who remember the Gaines events, I chaired a few of those. I have been approved as an AKC Obedience Judge since 1985 and Rally judge since 2005, and thoroughly enjoy this role in our sport. It would be a joy and honor to be invited to judge the Border Collie Society of American national specialty!

My first Saint Bernard came to live with me in 1969. This five-week-old puppy went on to become the breed’s most-titled (at the time) with American and Canadian Champion titles and American and Canadian Utility Dog (UD) obedience titles. Since Nicklus, I have lived with seven other Saints and have earned additional championships and UDTs.

I also had a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, which earned a Tracking Dog (TD) title in the 1980s. In 1999 I started all over again with a Saint puppy (Kris) imported from Belgium. Kris is now the most-titled Saint Bernard in the history of the breed. He is titled in conformation, obedience, weight pulling, carting, tracking and agility. His registered name lists his accomplishments which tallies to 36 titles in 7 venues. CH/WDCH XmaxKris Van ‘t Hof Ten Eynder, VCD2, UDX, RAE2, MXP5, MJP4, XFP, DD, WPS. This dog thrives on being “busy” and has set so many firsts and records for our breed that my shirt buttons just keep popping off as my chest swells with pride. The biggest thrill was going to the AKC Agility Invitational with a “Saint Bernard!” He was a “star” and ended up on national television—there are videos now on You Tube of his runs, plus weight pulling. Kris was also invited to the AKC National Obedience Invitational (NOI) but that was in FL at the time and we live in WA, so we did not make the trek.

We also currently own a Pembroke Welsh Corgi being trained by my wife (Sue); Ms. Lina has her, VCD2, UDT, MXP and MJP titles.

I started judging in 1978 and entered into my 31st year in 2009. Scary-but I was only ten when I started :-}! Another fun thing I did was writing a continuous running column in Front & Finish on the Obedience Regulations called Dog-Talk. I have judged several Gaines events in the past, plus the first NOI in 1995. If we could only revive the Gaines type events! Those nationally recognized competitions are needed to jump-start obedience once again. It worked before and it will work again!

I am currently approved to judge Novice, Open, Utility, all Titling Classes and all Non Regular Classes for the American Kennel Club.  I have been judging Obedience for over 30 years at this time.

My dogs and I have titled seven utility degrees and have obtained four OTCH titles. My husband and I are quite busy with our Golden Retrievers and Doberman Pinschers. We participate in both obedience and conformation with our dogs.

Along with my passion for obedience and all it entails I have been busy Chairing as Obedience and Rally for our four day Cluster in Eugene for the past ten years. Have also served on the Eugene Kennel Club’s BOD as Vice President and President (two terms).

My sincerest thanks to the Border Collie Society of America for considering my name as one of four judges nominated to judge Obedience at your 2011 National Specialty on September 17 and 18, 2011 in Albany, Oregon.

Cindy Rustad grew up in a house with dogs – Chihuahuas. After she and her husband, Phil married in 1981, they got their first dog together in 1984, a Brittany named Pepper. Although Pepper was Phil’s hunting dog, Cindy took him to obedience school for Beginners at the Des Moines Obedience Training Club. In 1987, after moving back home to the Twin Cities, Cindy got her own dog – a Sheltie named Kirby, (Sharim’s Sack A Taters UD CanUD). Around the time Kirby was finishing his UD Cindy got interested in teaching and taught Beginners at the St. Paul Dog Training Club for about 8 years. In 1998 she followed Phil into judging and has been an ASCA and AKC judge ever since.

Cindy currently has two Shetland Sheepdogs one actively showing and the other retired. Her older Dog, Chaser, (OTCH MACH Hobi’s Chasing My Fantasy UDX6 MX MXJ Can CDX U-CD), is only the second dog in Minnesota to earn both the OTCH and MACH titles. He retired after finishing his MACH. Chaser also competed at the 2003 National Obedience Invitational where he ran clean in the first day and made the cut to finish tied for 9th on day two. Chaser competed with his brother at the 2005 National Agility Tournament. Cindy’s young dog Zack, (U-Ch Hobi’s Xact Time O’Bluebanner UDX RN U-CD), is working on his AKC OTCH, and recently qualified for an invitation to the AKC National Obedience Invitational in 2009.

Cindy has been an AKC and ASCA Obedience Judge for over 11 years. She has judged Obedience outside the U.S. in the Bahamas. She is a member of many local dog training clubs and AKC Clubs. She is a past board member and past President of the St. Paul Dog Training Club and has served as a trial chair, trial committee member and steward for numerous local Obedience, Agility and Conformation events. She currently has the privilege of judging many fine working Border Collies in the Twin Cities and surrounding area.