GDR Would Like to thank Nikki Riggsbee for helping us get to
know some of our judges .



Great Dane Judges Directory:
Judges Approved to Judge Great Danes
Compiled by Nikki Riggsbee June 2009
Copyright June, 2009

So many people are approved to judge Great Danes. Some are multi-group judges who have been judging Danes for years. Others are breeder-judges with differing levels of experience breeding and judging. Some are newer judges who applied for and were approved to judge Great Danes as an additional breed.

Many things affect how a judge judges a breed. If they were breeders, they are affected by what they liked that they bred. Non-breeder-judges have developed a picture of the breed based on what they have seen, whom they have learned from, and what their priorities are.

Judging Great Danes can be a challenge for judges when they don�t find the quality dogs that they are looking for in the ring. They participated in this survey not only to let you know who they are, but also to let you know what they are looking for and the problems they are seeing when they judge.

Exhibitors are interested in knowing more about the judges who are on upcoming panels. Judges are interested in letting exhibitors know the virtues they are looking for and the faults they are seeing so that hopefully breeders can work on these in upcoming breedings.

For the directory, some AKC judges who are approved to judge Great Danes were asked the following questions.

1. What was your primary breed?
2. Where do you live?
3. Who were your mentors in Great Danes?
4. What are your breed priorities as you judge Great Danes?
5. What problems do you see in the breed?

Click on the judges name to view their response.
Great Dane Breeder Judges are identified with an asterisk (*).
New Judges that have been added to the list are blocked in red.

Ron Acena*

Carolyn Alexander

Ralph Ambrosio

Carl Anderson

Howard Atlee

Gary Bassett

Richard Beauchamp

Kathy Beliew

Catherine Bell

Arlene Benko

Norvel Benoit*

Warren Benoit*

Eva Berg

May Bernhard

Alberto Berrios

Terry Berrios

Rita J Biddle (Ryan, then O'Ryan)*

Grace Black

David Bolus

Roberta (Bobbi) Brady

Helen Briscoe*

Mary Anne Brocious

Frandel Brown

Sam Burke

Dany Canino

Ray Carlisle

Sue Catlin

Patricia Ciampa*

Houston and Toddie Clark

Jon Cole

John Connolly

Doris Cozart

Jeraldeen Crandal

Anitra Cuneo*

Bill Cunningham

Mims Datskow

Cathy Daugherty

Roberta Davies

Terry DePietro

Lisa DeRoulet*

Bill deVilleneuve

Karen Desjardins*

Nancy Dinkfelt

Bradford Dunn

Don Dvorak

Robert Edison*

Katie Edwards (Laurado)*

Beverly Eichel

James (Jim) Ellis

Robert Ennis

Peggy Esposito

William Farnan

Marcia Feld

Rita Figg

Barbara Finch

Madeleine Fish

Daneil W Fleitas

Pamela Foulk

Jean Fournier

Dody Froehlich

Robert and Sara (Sally) Futh

Katie Gammill

Ken Gentry

Roger Gifford

Susan Godek

Terry Goldman*

Ralph Graff*

Sulie Greendale-Paveza

Vincent Grosso

Jane Haefner

Vern Harvey

Sharon (Fulford) Hennessey*

Carolyn Herbel

Ruby Hertz

Albert Holabach

Christina Hubbell*

Stephen Hubbell*

Nelson Huber

Theresa Hundt

Robert Indeglia

Lynn Jech

Sophia Kaluzniacki

Gloria Kerr

Carol Ann Kriesel

Glen Lajeski (Kolyer (co-bred with Kitty Kolyer))*

Patricia Laurans l

Victoria Jordan-Leichner

Betty Regina Leininger

Cheryl Lent

Betty Lewis*

Eric Liebes

Ronald Lombardi

Audrey Lycan

Michael Madl*

Gerald Mager

George Marquis

John Martin

Karen Martin*

Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna

Madeline Miller

Linton Moustakis

Vince Mulligan*

Rudy Munoz

Patti Neale

Beverly Nosiglia

Micky Polimeni

Angela Porpora

Roger Pritchard

Joe Purkhiser

Janne Radcliffe

Kay Radcliffe

John Ramirez

Leon Reimert*

Jay Richardson

Lenora Riddle

Linda Riedel

Nikki Riggsbee*

Eric Ringle*

John Ronald

Stuart (Roger) Rogell

Carlos Rojas

Virginia Rowland

Arlene Rubenstein

Barbara Russell

Rita Rynder

Bill Sahloff

Lois Sanford

Andre B. Schoen*

Barbara Schwartz

Robert Sharp

Michael Shea

Robert Shreve

Warren Simon (Misty Valley )*

Judy Smith

Robert & Polly Smith

Sharon Smith

Walter Sommerfelt

Linda Sparks

Sharon Sparks

Ron Spritzer

Thomson Stanfield

William Stebbins*

John Studebaker

Jill Swedlow*

Debra Thornton

Joseph Tomey

Tom Tracy

Jane Treiber (Kino)*

Patricia Trotter

Marcia Tucker

Linda (Sciacca) Tilka

Louise Van Alstyne*

Robert Van Diver

Bruce Voran

Sandra Walker

Alice Watt

Jack Watts*

Kay Watts*

Sharol Candace (Candy) Way

James White

Lee Whittier

Debby Wilkins

Carole Wilson

Maryann Wilson (Daneridge)*

Eve Williams*

Hank Williams

Pamela Winter (Winstar)*

Linda Witouski

Adrian Woodfork

Shirley Yarbro*

Sharon Zaker

Ruth Zimmerman