Monthly Archives: February 2015

Milan Došen He was born in 1967 in Inđija, Republic of Serbia. In 1991 he became the international judge. The same year, his kennel „Sebastian Hogar“, FCI 1083 became official. He has judged at many international dog shows in the country and abroad, out of which the most significant ones are the Club Shows in Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. A special recognition for his work is the judging at the ISPU Show 2011 and VDH Europasieger in Dortmund in 2014. One of the co-founders of the Schnauzer-Pinscher Club of Serbia, one of the most successful clubs in the region, in which, for many years he has been a breeding leader. With his dogs, Giant Schnauzers, he was very successful at the European scene. He achieved his first significant success in 1996 when his dog, Publer de Pichera became the World Junior Champion and later the International Champion and the Champion of many countries. Second success that could be called a great achievement was made with his female Gently Born Elit Top Model by winning the title of the European Junior Champion 2009. After this title, she won many more champion titles. Since he was 21, Milan Došen was engaged in dog grooming activities. He is the owner of the grooming salon „Hogar“ in Belgrade.

Ernst Theisen He was born 1952 in Essen, Germany. After university he worked as research and development engineer at a famous institute, the last 20 years as Quality chief-manager in the automotive industrie. Since 15 years he is living with his wife and his little daughter in Bavaria near Munich. 1978 he entered the PSK and his “story of dogs” began. He started breeding under the kennel name “vom Mausegatt”. At that time, more than 20 years before, he has had standard schnauzer pfs and German pinscher in his breed. One of his schnauzer females was Janis v. d. Goliathhöhe a sister of the famous male Je t`aime, well known in Russia. In the meanwhile he is still breeding, continuing with German pinscher and mini pinscher.  His kennel name now is “DelFharo”. He is a specialist judge for all pinscher and schnauzer breeds, FCI standard Nr.181-186. In the PSK he instruct and examine the young judges He was invited to judge in a lot of European Countries and in the USA. He is 1. President of PSK 1895 e.V. and 1. President of ISPU

Bo Skalin KENNEL: Hassan Hills Mr. Bo Skalin has owned Giant Schnauzers since 1977 and Miniature Schnauzers since 1984. Breeding in Sweden over 50 Champions under prefix HassanHills during 1985-2004. He became authorized to judge international FCI shows in 1995. Over the years he has became an all-round judge for group 1, 2 4 and 8. He is authorized to judge several breeds within group, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10. He is a breed specialist for all varieties of Schnauzers and Pinschers. He has moved to Finland in 2005 and judges under the Swedish Kennel Club, in Swedish or in English languages. He has been judging at Breed Specials in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Russia. He also has judged at National and International shows in the Scandinavia, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Belgium ,Slovenia and South Africa.

Natalja Skalin Natalja Skalin(Nekrošienė) is involved in the doggy world since very early age. Her family purchased the first German Shepherd just after she has born. In 1989 she acquired her first own Shetland Sheepdog and a year later the Rough Collie bitches. Since that time she was breeding under “Fantazija” prefix the breeds mentioned above, Smooth Collies and Chihuahua. She has bred and owned over 50 Champions, International Champions, European and World Winners. She was awarded by the Lithuanian Kennel Club for the successful breeding during all those years. She was the member of board of the Lithuanian KC over 14 years. She is graduated from the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy in 1991, a veterinarian by profession and runs the private clinic. She got the judge license in 1987 and was approved by the Lithuanian Kennel Club as All Breeds Judge in 2007. She has been judging in more than 40 countries all over the world including the World Dog Show’09 and the European Dog Show 2011, has the appointments to judge at the WDS 2015 and EDS 2015. In 2012 she has moved to Sweden. Natalja and her husband Bo Skalin continue breeding of Collies, Chihuahuas, Miniature Schnauzer and Shetland Sheepdogs under “Skabona” prefix. They are members of the Swedish Kennel Club.

Massimo Inzoli KENNEL: De Angel O Demonio Massimo has a degree in Economic Sciences and is General Manager of a hotel in the heart of Sicily. To be honest, Massimo's interest in Dogos began by chance. One afternoon in the early nineties, he went to visit a friend at his warehouse for construction materials. After a couple of minutes of conversation, he began to tell him about a man that walked a strange white mastiff in the area, on a daily basis. With time, Massimo's curiosity grew, as did his visits, in hope of seeing this mysterious white dog. After a couple of unfruitful attempts to see this strange dog, just as he was about to give up hope, he finally saw the dog! It was a female who was a couple of years old and, in all truth, its coat was rather stained. However, in his eyes, she was so beautiful that it was love at first sight. He had found his dog! The owner began to tell him about this exotic breed which, at that time, was very rare, and was created by crossing a number of other breeds in order to produce a dog which would serve to hunt pumas and wild boars. At that point, Massimo's love for the breed had already transformed itself into profound passion. Massimo and his wife had already been planning to move into a house in the country ... what better occasion to have a new friend? The owner of the female dog told him that he was planning to mate his dog with another male of the same breed, a very nice male at that. Without thinking twice, he decided to book one of the [...]

Fabrizio La Rocca Since 1985 he has held many offices: Founder Member, Arbiter, Councilor, Secretary in many Kennel Clubs; Managing Director within the Regional Board of Directors of Sicily; Councilor, Vice-President and President of the Breeding Technical Committee of the "Club Italiano del Terranova" (Newfoundland Italian Club); International Show Judge, Substitute Member of the Control Committee of ENCI; Italian Delegate within the FCI Commission for Rescue Dogs.

Petru Muntean Show judge since 1991, but active in the dog world since 1974. First dog that he owned was a Pekingese. During the years he owned various dogs, but his constant love remained the Dachshunds. In 1986 he became the President of Hunedoara Kennel Club, and also a member in the Romanian Kennel Club's board. From these positions, he took part in organising various shows. Between the years 1996-2001, he had the honour of being the President of the Romanian Kennel Club. All-rounder since 2005, also since 2005 he is the vice-president of the Judges Committee of ACHR. Has judged all over the world, being a very familiar face at all the big shows. Friends also know him as "Mr. Draculescu", due to his initiative to create "The DDS ® CACIB" as a new Romanian brand. Fluent in English, French, German, Hungarian, and Italian.

Boris Chapiro An all-rounder judge of the French Kennel Club (Societe Centrale Canine). Started his cynological career in the late 1980s. His first breeds were Rottweilers and Dobermans. After that he was a breeder of American Staffordshire Terrriers for 20 years (*Neusky Perspective* kennel). Has handled numerous international champions and champions of many countries, the dogs from his kennel were prize-winners of European and World Dog Shows. During the last 10 years together with his wife he has been breeding Apricot and Red Standard Poodles . Proud to have many World and European Champions as well as Champions of many countries, born in the kennel.Has judged many prestigious international dog shows in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania, Croatia, Russia, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Moldova, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belarus, Poland, Finland, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Turkey, Hungary, the Ukraine, Israel, Argentina, Switzerland, Greece, Canada. Was a member of Judge Teams of World Dog Shows in 2009, 2011, 2013 and European Dog Shows in 2012, 2013, 2014.