Sally Stasytis (Victoria) - Working Dogs

Sally grew up in Gippsland with her parent’s and the family owned Labradors. Rescued their Basset Hound in 1964, the first hound the family. Rescued their first Borzoi in 1974 and from there became involved with the sport of Dog Shows.

Has shown and owned Borzoi, Deerhound, Otterhound and Tibetan Spaniels. Bred thirteen litters of Borzoi, exported Borzoi to Hawaii, New Zealand, United States of America, South Africa and Sweden

In Borzoi, Sally has made up over twenty Champions, one Grand Champion (homebred) and a New Zealand Champion. Titled numerous Deerhounds and all of her five Tibetan Spaniels.

She has had the pleasure of judging in England, South Africa, New Zealand, America and Finland. Australian judging appointments have been in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia Sally commenced judging in 1996 as a trainee for Group 4, being approved for her Hound licence in 1999. This has been followed by Gundogs, Toys and Working Dogs in 2014 Since 1999 she has judged in 6 States of Australia and one Territory.

Overseas judging appointments include; South Africa, USA, Finland and New Zealand.

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Peter King (Australia) - Non-Sporting

Peter’s association with purebred dogs can be traced back to his families association with Irish Setters, Standard Poodles and Dachshunds many years ago.

Along the way Peter has exhibited, handled and titled a number of Non-Sporting breeds and has a particular interest in Dalmatians, Standard Poodles and British Bulldogs. In the Gundog arena, breeding under his Greysouthen prefix, he has produced numerous Australian and International Champion Weimaraners and Flat Coated Retrievers and has handled Gundogs at the prestigious Crufts and World Shows.

For Peter, the progression to judging was a natural step. He has earned a solid reputation judging around Australia and New Zealand as well as Thailand, China, Japan, Scandinavia, The Baltics, Ireland, the UK, Germany, France and North America. He is readily acknowledged for his friendliness, his keen eye for a quality dog, especially youngsters, his depth of knowledge especially of Gundog & Non-Sporting breeds, their form, function and inherent qualities.

Peter is a Specialist Judge, fully approved to award Championships and judge Best in Show for all Gundog and Non-Sporting breeds. He is also approved for all Junior Handler Classes as well as the Toy Group at Open Show level.

Peter lectures and mentors on various breeds for Judges Training in three Australian states, is a regular contributor to several canine publications and magazines around the world and is a popular guest on radio and television where he provides specialist commentary on a variety of Gundog breeds.

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Rob Claman (Rolleston) - Test A & Special Beginners

Rob is delighted to have been invited to judge at the 2016 Fuji Xerox Prelude Show.

Dogs have been part of his life from an early age when his parents acquired a Beagle. She was a much-loved member of the family but could hardly be described as either well-trained or obedient. He has had dogs of his own since returning to New Zealand in 1984 but the first one he trained was Geordie, his awesome little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. With a lot of help and encouragement from the many friends he has made in the dog sport community he not only achieved his Obedience Champion title but also got his agility ADX title and made it to the semi-finals in Wonder Dogs. Rob is currently enjoying running his Border Collie cross Evey in Test C.

For him Obedience is the pinnacle of dog sports. It’s great to see the culmination of many years of hard work come together in the ring with handler and dog working together as a team. He enjoys judging combinations who are obviously trying their hardest but are also having as much fun as he is!

When not competing, judging or stewarding his hobbies include exploring exotic foreign countries and perforating his eardrums at blues and rock concerts.

Rob is looking forward to seeing everyone at the Prelude Show and especially looks forward to seeing lots of new competitors in Special Beginners. He would like to see you come along and give it a go, and have fun with your dogs!

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Ann Davis (Auckland) - Test C

Ann began the sport of dog training in the1970’s at the age of fifteen at Akarana Dog Obedience with her red Dobermann.

She has competed in Obedience with Dobermann’s, German Shorthaired Pointers and currently Irish Water Spaniels.

Always enjoys competing with her dogs and judging. Has been on the Obedience Judging panel for many years and then decided to become a Rally judge. Ann has thoroughly enjoyed watching and supporting competitors achieve Rally titles with their dogs. She has qualified with her husband’s Newfoundland and Weimaraner with RN and Caoilfhionn who has achieved her RAE title.

Ann is looking forward to judging the dogs at the Nationals, watching dogs and handlers work together to achieve qualifications.

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Barbara McDonald (NZ) - Rally-O

Barbara would like to thank you for the invitation to judge at the 2016 Nationals Prelude Show.

She became interested in Rally Obedience after attaining Canine Good Citizen Gold with her Staffy cross Chopper and was looking around for something further to do with Chopper. Rally Obedience was just gaining interest in Auckland so she gave it a go and found it suited her well. Barbara has been a Canine Good Citizen Assessor for some time and it didn’t take long before she was jumping at the opportunity to become a Rally Obedience judge.

She thoroughly enjoy judging Rally Obedience which is suitable for a whole range of dogs including pet dogs, young and old dogs. She finds it rewarding watching the enthusiasm of the handler teams working through the various levels and attaining their qualifying certificates. Barbara looks forward to continuing in this role and helping the sport grow.

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Maree Gavigan (NZ) - Test B & Novice

Maree is really looking forward to judging at the 2016 Fuju Xerox Prelude Show.

She lives in Rolleston with her partner and four dogs. Her involvement in competitive obedience started back in 1999 when she started competing with her Labrador Albert – he got his CDX title and made it to Test B. Then came Molly, a Beardie/Huntaway cross who Maree rescued from the pound. Molly loved working and let everyone know it by barking the whole time. She became an Obedience Champion and also got her CDX title. At 15 she still loves working but is now retired much to everyone’s relief.

Maree is currently working her two Border Collies, Fergus and Panda who are father and son. Fergus is a Grand Obedience Champion with 54 challenges and is the most awesome dog to train. His son Panda is an Obedience Champion and is also a lovely wee dog. She has been on the obedience judges panel and CD panel for around eleven years. She thinks it is awesome to watch and judge a great team that work well together.

As well as judging Maree has been an instructor for many years and also a Show Secretary for several clubs. She has made many friends in the obedience world and always has a great time at competitions whether she does well or not.

On a final note she is looking forward to seeing everyone at the Prelude Show and would like to wish you all good luck! .