Judging CV for Hazel Fitzgibbon

Please email me if you require a full CV. It runs to ten pages so too large to include here.

I love to judge and take advantage of any seminars or chances to learn that occur when I am not showing or judging. I attend JDP and breed club seminars, not always for just my groups. I feel it is important to see how other breeds progress and also how they structure learning opportunities. It is my long held view that we do not train judges in the Samoyed breed particularly well in the UK. Having completed the judging courses for Chow Chows and Norwegian Elkhounds amongst others, where all abilities of judge are catered for, I feel sad that in Samoyeds, as long as you 'do the numbers', you basically get passed for CCs. I have learnt so much more from other breed seminars than that of my own breed. Sad state of affairs, but there it is.

I also learn by travelling to other countries and seeing how the breed has evolved there.

I have no favorites and fear no influences or threats when I judge; that is probably why I get quite a few engagements.

:-)

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Hazel's Judging appointments for 2010 include

February 6th - Isle of Ely - Leonbergers and Bullmastiffs

February 13/14 - Estonian Samoyed Club - Tallin

March 16th - Romford - Utilities and Group

March 27th - Belgian Samoyed Club  -

March 28th - The Hound Show Elkhounds 

April 18th - Sunderland CS - Pastorals and Group

May 3rd - Banbury - Tibetan Spaniels and AV Utility

July 24th - Kingston - Norwegian Elkhounds, Canadian Eskimo, Greenland Dogs, Leonbergers, Ch Stakes

September 12th - North Eastern Chow Chow Club Open Show

September 26th - Angus and Kincardineshire - Pastorals, Working and BIS

October 9th - White Rose CS - Utilities, Keeshond

6th November - Working and Pastoral Breeds of Scotland  -Samoyeds

7th November - German Spitz Club Ch Show - Mittels

20th November - Amman Valley, Swansea - Working, Pastoral, Utility and BIS

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Hazel's Judging Appointments for 2011 include;

5th February - Rugby - Dalmations, AVNSC

5th March - Breed Club show TBC

29th April - USA - TBC

22nd May - SKC Ch Show TBC

17th July - North East area - Pastoral TBC

27th August - South West Area - Utiities TBC

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Hazel's Judging Appointments for 2012 Include;

5th February - Home counties - Utilities - TBC

26 - 28th October - Midland Counties Ch Show - TBC

Short CV;

I am on the following Judging Lists;

A1 - Samoyeds, German Spitz Klein, German Spitz Mittel

A3 - Siberian Husky, Japanese Shiba Inu

B - Akita, Greenland Dogs, Chow Chow, Canadian Eskimo Dogs, Australian Shepherd Dogs, Keeshonden.

C - Leonberger, Shih Tzu, Schipperkes, Pomeranians, Japanese Spitz, Bearded Collie, Norwegian Elkhounds, Finnish Spitz, Bulldog, Tibetan Spaniel, Dalmations, Alaskan Malamutes, Lancashire Heelers, Lhasa Apso, Bullmastiffs,  Norwegian Buhund.

I have passed judging assessments for Field Spaniels and also a written test for Bracco Italianos. 

I specialise in Spitz Breeds but have considerable experience with many other Utility and Pastoral  and Working Breeds. (English group system!).  I have judged Stakes classes, lots of various AVs and Best In Show at Open shows.

I have been honoured to have judged Samoyed Breed Club shows in Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Ireland, Slovakia, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and the USA as well as extensively in the UK.