Shows

In con­for­ma­tion show­ing, the judge com­pares your dog (and the oth­ers in the class) to a writ­ten stan­dard for each breed which describes the exter­nally vis­i­ble details of a dog’s struc­ture and appear­ance. Judges make their choices accord­ing to their under­stand­ing and inter­pre­ta­tion of these stan­dards. Dogs are assessed both stand­ing and on the move, The breed win­ners go on to the group and at the end of the day the seven group win­ners vie for Best in Show hon­ours. Best Puppy awards are also offered at breed, group and show level.

Cale­don Ken­nel Asso­ci­a­tion is proud to cel­e­brate the Fifti­eth Anniver­sary Con­for­ma­tion Show on Novem­ber 29, 30 and Decem­ber 1, 2024. In light of this mile­stone, a num­ber of respected Inter­na­tional and Cana­dian Judges have been selected to eval­u­ate and award recog­ni­tion to the best of entries

2024 Conformation Judges

Ann Ingram, is unable to complete her assignment due to family illness.

Colm Beattie, Ireland

I am a sec­ond gen­er­a­tion exhibior and breeder. My first breed was Shih Tzu and made up many dogs as cham­pi­ons. In 1982 I dis­cov­ered Amer­i­can Cocker Spaniels which I have been breed­ing and show­ing until 2019. Dur­ing that time I have made up numer­ous cham­pi­ons, group win­ners and BIS winners.I have also made cham­pi­ons in Hun­gar­ian Vizsla and along with my wife Rita, York­shire Ter­rier and Bichon Frisé. I am now show­ing a Lhasa Apso who has just gained his title at the age of 18 months win­ning group 9 along the way.

In Judg­ing terms I judge all breeds under FCI rules. I have judged across the world includ­ing Canada, Aus­tralia, New Zealand and of course Europe. I award CC’s under Ken­nel Club Lon­don rules in Amer­i­can Cocker Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels. This is my third time to judge in Canada and am very much look­ing for­ward to it.

Richard Powell

Richard Pow­ell has been involved in show dogs most of his life, begin­ning with Eng­lish Cock­ers and Eng­lish Set­ters in his native Eng­land. He came to Cal­i­for­nia in 1976 and decided to pur­sue a career in ter­ri­ers, work­ing for many renowned ter­rier handlers.

When he and his wife Sue decided to go into the han­dling busi­ness they moved East and bought a board­ing ken­nel and small farm. As a han­dler Mr. Pow­ell showed many breeds, includ­ing breed­ing and show­ing Welsh, Cairn, Nor­folk, and Wire Fox Ter­ri­ers. Mr. Pow­ell is licensed to judge the Sport­ing and Ter­rier groups, Dachs­hunds, and Giant and Stan­dard Schnau­zers. He is presently work­ing on the Toy breeds.

Robert Shreve

I was raised in Sioux Falls, SD. with a smooth fox ter­rier as my best friend.  Shortly after I grad­u­ated from col­lege one of my fra­ter­nity broth­ers offered me a Ger­man Shep­herd puppy.  In 1968 my chil­dren decide that the Shep­herd was too big for doll clothes and they wanted a smaller dog, so for our 10th anniver­sary we pur­chased a West High­land White Ter­rier.  In the fall of 1968 we drove 350 mile drive to Rapid City, South Dakota to exhibit at our first AKC point show.  A year later our eldest daugh­ter was given a Wire Fox Ter­rier.  We bred and showed West­ies and Wires until the mid 90’s when I was approved for the sec­ond group.

 My wife and I joined Gree­ley Ken­nel Club two weeks after we bought our first Westie. I was elected Pres­i­dent in 1971 and served as pres­i­dent on five occa­sions for a total of 21 years.   In 1982 I was elected to the Board of Direc­tors of the West High­land White Ter­rier Club of Amer­ica and served 2 three years terms.   I was granted approval to judge Fox Ter­ri­ers and West High­lands on April 14, 1978.   Cur­rently I am approved to judge the Sport­ing, Work­ing, Ter­rier, Herd­ing Groups, Non-Sport­ing group plus 10 hounds and 3 toys. 

I grad­u­ated from the Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota with a B.A. in Art and Archi­tec­ture and a Mas­ters in Archi­tec­ture.  In 1967 I accepted a posi­tion as depart­ment head for an architectural/engineering firm in Gree­ley, Col­orado and in 1979 I and eight oth­ers pur­chased the firm.  In 1993 I left the firm to open an archi­tec­tural office in Gree­ley that I con­tinue to work in today. 

Doug Johnson

Breed­ing under the world-famous Clus­sexx pre­fix, Doug John­son has pro­duced more than 250 AKC Cham­pi­ons. Dogs from his ken­nel have won more than 175 Best in Show awards and 18 National Spe­cial­ties across four breeds. Mr. John­son holds the dis­tinct honor of pro­duc­ing two West­min­ster Best in Show win­ners, and he is the only breeder of West­min­ster Best in Show win­ners in two dif­fer­ent breeds. He is approved to judge five Groups in the AKC sys­tem; all Sport­ing, Hound, Work­ing, Toy, and Non-Sport­ing. He has had the priv­i­lege of judg­ing at some of the most pres­ti­gious shows in the AKC sys­tem. A founder in the Canine Con­ser­va­tion move­ment, Mr. John­son strives to be a voice for all breed­ers who work tire­lessly to pro­duce and pro­mote their breed of choice. He believes, “Advo­cat­ing for dogs is a pas­sion, but also a respon­si­bil­ity to ensure the suc­cess­ful longevity of unique breeds. Together, we must con­tinue to fos­ter the best breed­ing prac­tices to keep breeds from extinction.”

Jamie Hubbard

Jamie was born in Aus­tralia and began in the sport of pure­bred dogs at the age of 9. His par­ents were breed­ers of Bas­set Hounds; how­ever, Jamie’s suc­cess would later come in Amer­i­can Cocker Spaniels and Eng­lish Set­ters. In those breeds, he owned and/or bred mul­ti­ple Best in Show win­ning dogs, includ­ing Best in Shows at the Mel­bourne Royal and Syd­ney Royal shows. Jamie moved to the USA in 2014, and along with his part­ner, breed var­i­ous spaniel breeds under the world renowned Clus­sexx ken­nel name

JEREMY BROWNE, ONTARIO

Jeremy and his wife Vicki have been show­ing and breed­ing dogs for
45 years. Byeyo Ken­nels, estab­lished in 1975, has pro­duced or owned 100 con­for­ma­tion cham­pi­ons. Both our Aus­tralian Cat­tle Dogs and past Alaskan Mala­mutes have excelled in the show ring with Mul­ti­ple Best in Show, Reserve Best in Show, Best Puppy in Show win­ners along with two National Spe­cialty breed win­ners. Besides con­for­ma­tion shows, Byeyo dogs have delved
into agility, obe­di­ence, scent detec­tion and herd­ing.
Jeremy is the Past Pres­i­dent of the For­est City Ken­nel Club and is
cur­rently Pres­i­dent of the Lon­don Canine Asso­ciate (Canada’s old­est
ken­nel club). He is also the Vice-Pres­i­dent of the Cat­tle Dog Club of
Canada.
A CKC con­for­ma­tion judge since 1994, Jeremy has judged in Eng­land, Italy, Spain, the U.S. and Columbia.

ROSEMARY SHOREMAN, ONTARIO

Rose­mary, along with her late hus­band Michael, has been active in
the sport of breed­ing, show­ing and per­for­mance events under the
Roschel pref x since 1970. Over the decades, Roschel has pro­duced­sev­eral Cana­dian and Amer­i­can all-breed Best in Show, Group and
National-win­ning Weimaran­ers and Bor­der Ter­ri­ers.
As found­ing mem­bers of the Bor­der Ter­rier and Weimaraner national clubs, and strong pro­po­nents of form fol­low­ing func­tion, Shore­mans were instru­men­tal in orga­niz­ing the first Field Dog test and the sec­ond Earth­dog test held in Canada. Rose­mary has been active in all-breed clubs, includ­ing our very own Cale­don Ken­nel Asso­ci­a­tion, where she has served as the club’s Trea­surer and Show Chair. In addi­tion to Canada, I have judged in Argentina, Aus­tralia, Bermuda, Chile, China, Colom­bia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Swe­den, South Africa, USA, Venezuela. I am will­ing to judge Rare Breed Shows. Sem­i­nars for Weimaraner and Bor­der Terrier.